What is it about?
The adoption of new silvicultural methods and approaches requires an understanding of the differences between those and “old” or “conventional” approaches, along with extensive training to break previous knowledge bias. We analyzed the effect of forestry background and demographic variables (gender and age) of 24 raters on the application of the systemic approach and the conventional approach in the Northern Apennines (Italy) and compared this with tree marking performed by experts.
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Why is it important?
Forestry is in transition towards ecosystem-based management, and new silvicultural approaches are appearing worldwide. However, the adoption of an alternative silvicultural approach is difficult in practice.
Perspectives
The adoption of the systemic as a silvicultural system may be conditioned by previous knowledge. The difference between systemic approach and conventional approach remains unclear when it comes to non-foresters. Gender was a more important variable than age in selecting which trees would be harvested.
Piermaria Corona
CREA Research Centre for Forestry and Wood
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This page is a summary of: Adoption of new silvicultural methods in Mediterranean forests: the influence of educational background and sociodemographic factors on marker decisions, Annals of Forest Science, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-020-00947-z.
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