Forest harvesting is a basic component of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). Consideration of all aspects of harvesting operations in an effort to improve forest practices requires an approach that first addresses multiple criteria and incorporates a wide range of data. Second, the approach...

Sustainable forest management is a key to maintaining the economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits and services of forests for the long term. In Turkey, all forestry activities, such as regeneration and stand tending, are carried out according to forest management plans, which are...

Community involvement, a recognized cornerstone of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in many jurisdictions, often relies on Public Advisory Groups (PAGs) to inform forest management planning. This study analyzes perceptions of PAG members in Canada regarding how forest tenures promote or...

Forest certification has become a key driver in efforts towards sustainable forest management. Certification processes include commitments to respect the rights of Aboriginal peoples. However, there has been little investigation into the relationship between certification and Aboriginal rights....

Determining an appropriate forestry extension model remains as a major challenge if sustainable forest management is a goal. This article was an attempt to show how the analytical hierarchy process can effectively be helpful in selecting appropriate model for forestry extension. The results...

Socially robust science refers to a mode of knowledge production that is validated through an expanded peer-review process, involving the knowledge users. It therefore integrates conventional criteria of validity with non-scientific criteria of usefulness. This paper seeks to better understand...

To implement policies about sustainable forest management (SFM), different international and national concepts have appeared. The Polish Promotional Forest Complex (PFC) concept was introduced in the 1990s. We analysed the emergence of this concept, its objectives and establishment, and its...