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The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time
tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given the
long-term successions in forest landscapes and the hundred years'
rotations in forestry. Historically established path dependencies
and conflicts determine our present situation and delimit what is
possible to achieve. Similarly, future trends and desires have a
large influence on decision making. Nevertheless, decisions about
forest governance and management are always made in the present -
in the present-time appraisal of the developed situation, future
alternatives and in negotiation between different perspectives,
interests, and actors. This book explores historic and future
outlooks as well as current tradeoffs and methods in forest
governance and management. It emphasizes the generality and
complexity with empirical data from Sweden and internationally. It
first investigates, from a historical perspective, how previous
forest policies and discourses have influenced current forest
governance and management. Second, it considers methods to explore
alternative forest futures and how the results from such
investigations may influence the present. Third, it examines
current methods of balancing tradeoffs in decision-making among
ecosystem services. Based on the findings the authors develop an
integrated approach - Reflexive Forestry - to support exchange of
knowledge and understandings to enable capacity building and the
establishment of common ground. Such societal agreements, or what
the authors elaborate as forest social contracts, are sets of
relational commitment between involved actors that may generate
mutual action and a common directionality to meet contemporary
challenges.
The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time
tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given the
long-term successions in forest landscapes and the hundred years'
rotations in forestry. Historically established path dependencies
and conflicts determine our present situation and delimit what is
possible to achieve. Similarly, future trends and desires have a
large influence on decision making. Nevertheless, decisions about
forest governance and management are always made in the present -
in the present-time appraisal of the developed situation, future
alternatives and in negotiation between different perspectives,
interests, and actors. This book explores historic and future
outlooks as well as current tradeoffs and methods in forest
governance and management. It emphasizes the generality and
complexity with empirical data from Sweden and internationally. It
first investigates, from a historical perspective, how previous
forest policies and discourses have influenced current forest
governance and management. Second, it considers methods to explore
alternative forest futures and how the results from such
investigations may influence the present. Third, it examines
current methods of balancing tradeoffs in decision-making among
ecosystem services. Based on the findings the authors develop an
integrated approach - Reflexive Forestry - to support exchange of
knowledge and understandings to enable capacity building and the
establishment of common ground. Such societal agreements, or what
the authors elaborate as forest social contracts, are sets of
relational commitment between involved actors that may generate
mutual action and a common directionality to meet contemporary
challenges.
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