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Biological processes as indicators of sustainable plantation forestry

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dc.contributor.authorScholes, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:23Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the use of an ecosystems approach in the management of plantations and the concept of plantations in providing goods and services. Ecological indicators are compared for the CIFOR and South African systems. The CIFOR system focuses on three criteria, which involve the maintenance of a) biodiversity, b) ecosystem function and c) genetic variation. The South African system has chosen six criteria: a) the protection of natural forests, b) conservation of biodiversity, c) conservation of ecosystem structures and processes, d) protection of forests from fire, pests, diseases and alien plants, d) maintenance of production potential and e) the conservation of soil and water resources. Ideas are presented on indicators and measures, which may be useful in the sustainable management of nutrient cycling, yield production, pest outbreaks and water use and quality. Indices of nitrogen mineralization rates, soil carbon stocks and ongoing mensuration of biomass are key measurements. Under global change conditions it is predicted that the outbreaks of pests will be more severe and the industry must be prepared to invest in appropriate monitoring and technologies. It is emphasized that a framework needs to be provided into which the indicator measures can be placed. This would best be accomplished by the simultaneous development of a number of relatively simple ecosystem and plant-physiological based models.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier656en
dc.identifier.citationSouthern African Forestry Journal 195: 57-62en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2167en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65662en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherPretoria, South Africa: South African Institute of Forestryen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ajol.info/viewarticle.php?jid=23&id=999&layout=abstracten
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyrights 2002 by Southern African Forestry Journalen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectZoningen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectPest managementen
dc.subjectLivestock managementen
dc.subjectResource management toolsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectRange managementen
dc.subjectEcosystems approachen
dc.subjectCiforen
dc.subjectSouth african systemsen
dc.subjectPlant-physiological based models,en
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleBiological processes as indicators of sustainable plantation forestryen
dc.typeAbstracten
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