DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.034
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84946882256
论文题名: Forest certification as a policy option in conserving biodiversity: An empirical study of forest management in Tanzania
作者: Kalonga S.K. ; Midtgaard F. ; Klanderud K.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 361 起始页码: 1
结束页码: 12
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Biodiversity
; Forest management
; Forest Stewardship Council
; Green growth
; Human forest use
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Conservation
; Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Environmental protection
; Biodiversity conservation
; Forest Certification
; Forest certification standards
; Forest stewardship councils
; Forest use
; Green growths
; Implementation process
; Temporal and spatial scale
; Forestry
; biodiversity
; certification
; community forestry
; empirical analysis
; environmental policy
; forest management
; nature reserve
; nature-society relations
; population density
; resource use
; species diversity
; species richness
; standard (regulation)
; Africa
; Amazon Basin
; Congo Basin
; Kilwa
; Lindi [Tanzania]
; Tanzania
英文摘要: Forest certification management standards aim at maintaining forest ecosystem integrity, including forest biodiversity conservation. However, studies from the Amazon and Congo basin find that forest certification may not protect forest biodiversity and ecosystems, and may therefore be unsustainable. This study evaluates the influence of forest certification on conserving biodiversity. Specifically, we (a) estimate tree (adult and seedling) species richness, diversity and density among different forest management regimes; (b) assess the relationship between environmental and human forest use variables, and species richness, diversity and density among the forest management regimes; and (c) assess the influence of forest governance of villages adjacent to the forests on tree (adult and seedling) species richness, diversity and density among the forest management regimes. This is achieved in a comparative study of Forest Stewardship Council certified community forests, non-certified open access forests, and non-certified state forest reserves in the Kilwa District in Tanzania. Our results show that forest certification standards and implementation processes are positively related to biodiversity conservation. There are significantly higher tree (adults) species richness, diversity, and density in certified community forests than in open access forests and state forest reserves. These findings suggest that forest certification may be a good policy option to conserve biodiversity. The present study is one of the first studies in tropical Africa, which contributes to the limited data on the influence of forest certification on conserving biodiversity. Our results may also serve as baseline for further research on the contribution of certified forests in conserving biodiversity at both temporal and spatial scales. © 2015. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65111
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作者单位: Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Post Box 5003, Ås, Norway
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Kalonga S.K.,Midtgaard F.,Klanderud K.. Forest certification as a policy option in conserving biodiversity: An empirical study of forest management in Tanzania[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,361