Ein Ansatz zur Einbeziehung von Biodiversität und Naturnähe in die Waldinventur und -planung

Hannover

H. Schaper

2004

S. 22-26

47 Lit. Ang.

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200108735

Forst und Holz 2004, 59(1) : Naturgemäße Waldwirtschaft : Diversität : Aufforstungspolitik : Schwedens Holzindustrie, S. 22-26

Since the Conference of the United Nations on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, international demans on German and European Forestry are increasing. Germany is obligated to implement the results of international decisions in forest management. Consequently, the Forest Service of the federal states are committed to put near-natural forest management into practice, but without having efficient and feasible techniques available to realize and control these aspects. The Statewide Forest Inventory Program is currently the best controlling instrument for our forests. A modified and slightly extended inventory program could become an important tool enabling comprehensive ecosystem management, that meets the criteria of biodiversity, naturalness and productivity equally. The running project at the University of Applied Sciences at Eberswalde worked to develop a practicable procedure for the implementation of the political aims with the following contents: a. Develop appropriate measurement methods for aspects of biodiversity and naturalness (The project explores the implementation of new biodiversity and naturalness measures in two forest enterprises); b. Develop Criteria and Indicators, assessment methods and evaluation systems for biodiversity and naturalness in forest enterprises; c. Develop appropriate extensions to the Statewide Forest Inventory Program. The principle component is development, assessment and evaluation of a set of Criteria and Indicators (C&I) which is based on international and national standards for sustainable forest management. We have adapted previously published indicators to create a new set of C&I which meets the German standards for forest management. The proposed natural biodiversity indicators could be used not only in forest inventory programs, but also in certification systems, forest biotope inventory and mapping programs, internal enterprise analysis and extended sustainability standards. In cooperation with the Forest Service, the project evaluates the integration of selected parameters in the Forest Inventory Program of Brandenburg State.