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The German Forest Strategy 2020: Target achievement control using national forest inventory results / Martin Lorenz in Annals of forest research, vol 61 n° 2 (July - December 2018)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of forest research > vol 61 n° 2 (July - December 2018) . - pp 129 - 146 Titre : The German Forest Strategy 2020: Target achievement control using national forest inventory results Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Martin Lorenz, Auteur ; Hermann Englert, Auteur ; Matthias Dieter, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 129 - 146 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] acteurs de la filière bois-forêt [Termes IGN] Allemagne [Termes IGN] arbre caducifolié [Termes IGN] conservation des ressources forestières [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] écosystème forestier [Termes IGN] forêt privée [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] Pinophyta [Termes IGN] politique forestière [Termes IGN] puits de carbone [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] service écosystémique [Termes IGN] volume en bois [Vedettes matières IGN] Inventaire forestier Résumé : (auteur) In the year 2011, the German Federal Government adopted its Forest Strategy 2020. This strategy includes 60 goal formulations in nine action fields. The present paper analyses to which extent the results of the German National Forest Inventory (BWI) prove achievements of those of the 60 goals, which are quantitatively verifiable. The results reveal that forestry in Germany in general meets its own standard of multi-functionality, securing that forests fulfil manifold demands of the society. However, while the objectives of nature and climate protection are on track for being achieved, the prospects for objectives related to employment, income and value added are less encouraging. Total forest area and forest growth are increasing, forests currently constitute a carbon sink, and the naturalness and structural diversity of forests are growing. Also the high but sustainable use of the wood fosters currently the income of and employment in forest enterprises and timber industries. But the ongoing regeneration of forest stands predominantly with deciduous tree species is expected to cause a long-term lack of faster growing and higher valuated coniferous stands. The resulting lack of highly demanded softwood of small or medium-sized diameters will raise problems to timber industries. Moreover, shrinking timber production due to a decreasing share of coniferous forests has adverse consequences not only from the economic point of view. It will also decrease the climate-friendly use of wood products, in particular due to the foregone substitution effect. The results of the study also show that BWI is an indispensable source of information for forest politics and forest science particularly in view of its long-term time series. The preservations of time series must be kept in mind whenever changes in the methods of BWI are considered. Numéro de notice : A2018-648 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.15287/afr.2018.1185 Date de publication en ligne : 31/12/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2018.1185 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93346 [article]