Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany
Both in Germany and in China, there is strong expertise regarding the different aspects of forest management, as well as forest products management. Nevertheless, forestry in both countries is facing challenges, some of which are regional, but many of which are shared. Therefore, experts from both c...
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J. Philipp Benz Shaolin Chen Shuangren Dang Matthias Dieter Eric R. Labelle Guangzhe Liu Lin Hou Reinhard M. Mosandl Hans Pretzsch Klaus Pukall Klaus Richter Ralph Ridder Shuaichao Sun Xiaozhou Song Yifei Wang Hongli Xian Li Yan Jie Yuan Shuoxin Zhang Anton Fischer |
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J. Philipp Benz Shaolin Chen Shuangren Dang Matthias Dieter Eric R. Labelle Guangzhe Liu Lin Hou Reinhard M. Mosandl Hans Pretzsch Klaus Pukall Klaus Richter Ralph Ridder Shuaichao Sun Xiaozhou Song Yifei Wang Hongli Xian Li Yan Jie Yuan Shuoxin Zhang Anton Fischer Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany Forests multifunctionality, ecosystem services, forest management, forest products, societal demands |
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J. Philipp Benz Shaolin Chen Shuangren Dang Matthias Dieter Eric R. Labelle Guangzhe Liu Lin Hou Reinhard M. Mosandl Hans Pretzsch Klaus Pukall Klaus Richter Ralph Ridder Shuaichao Sun Xiaozhou Song Yifei Wang Hongli Xian Li Yan Jie Yuan Shuoxin Zhang Anton Fischer |
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Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany |
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Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany |
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Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany |
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Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany |
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Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and Germany |
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multifunctionality of forests: a white paper on challenges and opportunities in china and germany |
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Both in Germany and in China, there is strong expertise regarding the different aspects of forest management, as well as forest products management. Nevertheless, forestry in both countries is facing challenges, some of which are regional, but many of which are shared. Therefore, experts from both countries (Technical University of Munich Germany; Northwest A&F University Yangling, China; Forestry Academy of Shaanxi, China; Thünen Institut, Germany; FEDRC GIZ Forest Policy Facility (Forestry Economics Development and Research Center of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH), Germany; and Center for Natural Forest Protection in Shaanxi, China) met to share their knowledge and deduce recommendations for future multifunctional forest management for the temperate zone. The workshop, held at the Northwest A&F University in September 2018, included presentations and intensive discussions, as well as a field tour. The results of the workshop that are summarized in this white paper are meant to provide an overview of the multi-faceted nature of the topic for interested scientists and forest practitioners, describe tools that can be used to analyze various aspects of multifunctionality and, in an exemplary fashion, highlight gathered experience from long- and short-term experiments. Included are social demands, economic goals, and scientific baselines. The topics reach from economic evaluations of forest ecosystem services over forest management practices, including afforestation, restoration, and preparations to face climate change, to wood/forest products utilization and participation of local people for poverty reduction. Overall, an optimistic picture emerges, showing that by using adapted forest management practices, which try to embrace the concept of multifunctionality, various use schemes and demands can be integrated at single sites, allowing us to achieve both environmental protection and productive forests, including societal demands, as well as aspects of tradition and national identity. |
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doaj-67420abd94a84795b3ea4d22dad6cc6e2020-11-25T02:01:59ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-02-0111326610.3390/f11030266f11030266Multifunctionality of Forests: A White Paper on Challenges and Opportunities in China and GermanyJ. Philipp Benz0Shaolin Chen1Shuangren Dang2Matthias Dieter3Eric R. Labelle4Guangzhe Liu5Lin Hou6Reinhard M. Mosandl7Hans Pretzsch8Klaus Pukall9Klaus Richter10Ralph Ridder11Shuaichao Sun12Xiaozhou Song13Yifei Wang14Hongli Xian15Li Yan16Jie Yuan17Shuoxin Zhang18Anton Fischer19TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyCollege of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaForestry Academy of Shaanxi, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710082, ChinaThünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics, 21031 Hamburg, GermanyTUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaTUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyTUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyTUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyTUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyFEDRC GIZ Forest Policy Facility, Beijing 100125, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaCenter for Natural Forest Protection Program in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710082, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, ChinaTUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, GermanyBoth in Germany and in China, there is strong expertise regarding the different aspects of forest management, as well as forest products management. Nevertheless, forestry in both countries is facing challenges, some of which are regional, but many of which are shared. Therefore, experts from both countries (Technical University of Munich Germany; Northwest A&F University Yangling, China; Forestry Academy of Shaanxi, China; Thünen Institut, Germany; FEDRC GIZ Forest Policy Facility (Forestry Economics Development and Research Center of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH), Germany; and Center for Natural Forest Protection in Shaanxi, China) met to share their knowledge and deduce recommendations for future multifunctional forest management for the temperate zone. The workshop, held at the Northwest A&F University in September 2018, included presentations and intensive discussions, as well as a field tour. The results of the workshop that are summarized in this white paper are meant to provide an overview of the multi-faceted nature of the topic for interested scientists and forest practitioners, describe tools that can be used to analyze various aspects of multifunctionality and, in an exemplary fashion, highlight gathered experience from long- and short-term experiments. Included are social demands, economic goals, and scientific baselines. The topics reach from economic evaluations of forest ecosystem services over forest management practices, including afforestation, restoration, and preparations to face climate change, to wood/forest products utilization and participation of local people for poverty reduction. Overall, an optimistic picture emerges, showing that by using adapted forest management practices, which try to embrace the concept of multifunctionality, various use schemes and demands can be integrated at single sites, allowing us to achieve both environmental protection and productive forests, including societal demands, as well as aspects of tradition and national identity.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/3/266multifunctionality, ecosystem services, forest management, forest products, societal demands |