Historical roots and the evolving science of forest management under a systemic perspective

Author:

Nocentini S.1,Ciancio O.2,Portoghesi L.3,Corona P.34

Affiliation:

1. Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Via San Bonaventura 13, 50145 Florence, Italy.

2. Italian Academy of Forest Sciences (AISF), Piazza Edison 11, 50133 Florence, Italy.

3. Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy.

4. CREA, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Viale Santa Margherita 80, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.

Abstract

In recent history, both a growing awareness of how scientific and societal uncertainty impacts management decisions and of the intrinsic value of nature have suggested new approaches to forest management, with a growing debate in forest science over the need for a paradigmatic shift from the classic conventional world view, based on determinism, predictability, and output-oriented management, towards a world view that has roots in complex adaptive systems theory and is consistent with a nature-based ethic. A conceptual framework under this context is provided by systemic silviculture. In this discussion, we analyze how this approach can be linked to three fundamental moments of the history of forestry and forest science: the Dauerwald theory, Gurnaud’s control method, and the origins of environmental ethics. Relationships with the recent history of forest management science and current research perspectives are also highlighted.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Ecology,Forestry,Global and Planetary Change

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