This book proposes strategies for improving the resilience and conservation of temperate forests in South America, such that these forests can provide ecosystem services in a sustainable way. As such it contributes to the design of a resilient human-forest model that takes into account the multiculturalism of local communities, in many cases including aspects of ecological economics, development economics and territorial development planning that are related to indigenous peoples or first nations. Further, it provides proposals for public and territorial policies that improve the state of conservation of native forests and forest ecosystems, based on a critical analysis of the economic factors that lead to the degradation of forest ecosystems in South America today. This edition was conceived by members of the Transdisciplinary Research Center for Social and Ecological Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management in South America at the Universidad Austral de Chile. It includes contributions by distinguished researchers from around the world, combining the fields of economics, ecology, biology, anthropology, sociology and statistics. It is not, however, simply a collection of works written by authors from different disciplines, but rather each chapter is in itself transdisciplinary. This approach makes the book a unique contribution to enhancing social, managerial and political approaches to forestry management, helping to protect forest ecosystem services and make them more sustainable. This, in turn, will benefit local communities and society as a whole, by reducing the negative externalities of forestry management and enhancing future opportunities.

 This book combines the field of economics —especially monetary theory— with other disciplines like ecology, physics, humanities, social sciences and development theory. This transdisciplinary approach makes the book a unique contribution for researchers, students, policy makers and professionals working in governmental or nongovernmental institutions, as well as anyone interested in society’s well-being and achieving a true social-ecological transformation. It is written in an accessible language in order to reach a broad audience. In 2015, more than 190 world leaders recognized that the world is on a “collision course� (Max-Neef) and committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many conferences and high-level meetings have been held since then, and one of the most frequently discussed topics is how to finance these goals. There is a widespread belief that coming up with more money for sustainable development will “do the trick�. Usually, the discussions focus on finding additional financial resources in order to achieve the goals faster. In this book it is argued that not only is more money needed, but it needs to be a different kind of money. The book demonstrates that ALL but one of the SDGs are directly linked to our monetary system, which —being completely unnatural— can be seen as the most important, but at the same time least recognized, reason for market failure. Many people think we just need to do more, faster, better. Very few say that we have done things fundamentally wrong and that the institutions and values which motivated us to do those things need to be changed. It will be concluded that only if we change our unnatural design of money to a more natural one, will we be able to reach these goals

In diesem Buch werden Strategien zur Verbesserung der Widerstandsfähigkeit und des Schutzes der gemäßigten Wälder in Südamerika vorgeschlagen, damit diese Wälder auf nachhaltige Weise Ökosystemleistungen erbringen können. Als solches trägt es zum Entwurf eines widerstandsfähigen Mensch-Wald-Modells bei, das die Multikulturalität lokaler Gemeinschaften berücksichtigt und in vielen Fällen Aspekte der ökologischen Ökonomie, der Entwicklungsökonomie und der territorialen Entwicklungsplanung einbezieht, die mit indigenen Völkern oder „First Nations“ zu tun haben. Darüber hinaus werden Vorschläge für öffentliche und territoriale Politiken unterbreitet, die den Erhaltungszustand der einheimischen Wälder und Waldökosysteme verbessern, und zwar auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse der wirtschaftlichen Faktoren, die zur Degradierung der Waldökosysteme im heutigen Südamerika führen. Dieses Buch wurde von Mitgliedern des Transdisziplinären Forschungszentrums für soziale und ökologische Strategien zur nachhaltigen Waldbewirtschaftung in Südamerika an der Universidad Austral de Chile konzipiert. Es enthält Beiträge von renommierten Forschern aus der ganzen Welt, die die Bereiche Wirtschaft, Ökologie, Biologie, Anthropologie, Soziologie und Statistik miteinander verbinden. Es handelt sich jedoch nicht einfach um eine Sammlung von Arbeiten, die von Autoren aus verschiedenen Disziplinen verfasst wurden. Vielmehr erhebt jedes Kapitel  den Anspruch, in sich selbst transdisziplinär zu sein. Dieser Ansatz macht das Buch zu einem einzigartigen Beitrag zur Verbesserung sozialer, betriebswirtschaftlicher und politischer Ansätze in der Waldbewirtschaftung, die dazu beitragen, die Ökosystemleistungen des Waldes zu schützen und nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Dies wiederum kommt den lokalen Gemeinschaften und der Gesellschaft als Ganzes zugute, indem die negativen externen Effekte der Forstwirtschaft verringert und die Zukunftschancen verbessert werden.  

This book proposes strategies for improving the resilience and conservation of temperate forests in South America, such that these forests can provide ecosystem services in a sustainable way. As such it contributes to the design of a resilient human-forest model that takes into account the multiculturalism of local communities, in many cases including aspects of ecological economics, development economics and territorial development planning that are related to indigenous peoples or first nations. Further, it provides proposals for public and territorial policies that improve the state of conservation of native forests and forest ecosystems, based on a critical analysis of the economic factors that lead to the degradation of forest ecosystems in South America today. This edition was conceived by members of the Transdisciplinary Research Center for Social and Ecological Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management in South America at the Universidad Austral de Chile. It includes contributions by distinguished researchers from around the world, combining the fields of economics, ecology, biology, anthropology, sociology and statistics. It is not, however, simply a collection of works written by authors from different disciplines, but rather each chapter is in itself transdisciplinary. This approach makes the book a unique contribution to enhancing social, managerial and political approaches to forestry management, helping to protect forest ecosystem services and make them more sustainable. This, in turn, will benefit local communities and society as a whole, by reducing the negative externalities of forestry management and enhancing future opportunities.