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dc.contributor.authorBlattert, Clemens
dc.contributor.authorLemm, Renato
dc.contributor.authorThürig, Esther
dc.contributor.authorStadelmann, Golo
dc.contributor.authorBrändli, Urs-Beat
dc.contributor.authorTemperli, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-08T12:58:06Z
dc.date.available2021-02-08T12:58:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationBlattert, C., Lemm, R., Thürig, E., Stadelmann, G., Brändli, U.-B., & Temperli, C. (2020). Long-term impacts of increased timber harvests on ecosystem services and biodiversity : A scenario study based on national forest inventory data. <i>Ecosystem Services</i>, <i>45</i>, Article 101150. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101150" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101150</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_41658767
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74034
dc.description.abstractThe transition to a climate-neutral economy is expected to increase future timber demands and endanger the multifunctionality of forests. National scenario analyses are needed to determine long-term forest management impacts and support forest policy making in defining guidelines for the sustainable provision of forests’ ecosystem services and biodiversity (ESB). Using national forestry inventory data, the forest management model MASSIMO and a model to estimate harvesting costs, we simulated forest development in Switzerland under five politically relevant timber harvesting scenarios until 2106 (business as usual and four increased timber mobilisation scenarios). Model results were analysed using a utility-based multi-criteria approach regarding timber production, protection against gravitational hazards, carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation for the whole of Switzerland and for five sub-regions. The development of ESB benefits over time and existing trade-offs were analysed. Apart from the Plateau region, the business-as-usual scenario resulted in the highest overall ESB benefits. However, this scenario did not mobilise possible timber potentials, which is not in line with current forest policies. In the Plateau region, ESB benefited most under a constant growing stock scenario that guaranteed long-term sustainable timber usage. Nevertheless, both scenarios showed strong trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and the service carbon sequestration. The latter was achieved best under a scenario with conifer promotion and increased harvested timber volumes that can be used for long-living timber products and substitution of energy intensive materials and fossil fuels. Even though weighting the ESB according to regional management priorities further increased the trade-off situation, it also increased the overall benefits of harvesting scenarios, except for in mountainous regions. We conclude that no single scenario can maximize all ESB benefits simultaneously. A combination of locally adapted scenarios with targeted priorities can guarantee a higher degree of multifunctionality and long-term timber supply, but at the cost of locally more accentuated trade-offs. Overall, our study provides new insights into ESB interactions, and the presented multi-criteria framework and results provide a valuable basis to support forest policy decision making in Switzerland and beyond.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEcosystem Services
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.otherbiodiversity conservation
dc.subject.othercarbon sequestration
dc.subject.otherdecision support
dc.subject.otherforest management
dc.subject.othermulti-criteria analysis
dc.subject.otherprotection forest
dc.titleLong-term impacts of increased timber harvests on ecosystem services and biodiversity : A scenario study based on national forest inventory data
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202102081476
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn2212-0416
dc.relation.volume45
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
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dc.subject.ysometsänhoito
dc.subject.ysobiodiversiteetti
dc.subject.ysometsäpolitiikka
dc.subject.ysopäätöksenteko
dc.subject.ysomonimuuttujamenetelmät
dc.subject.ysohiilensidonta
dc.format.contentfulltext
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7534
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5496
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p11339
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8743
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2131
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p21940
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101150
jyx.fundinginformationThe Swiss NFI program (by the Federal Office of the Environment FOEN and the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape research WSL) funded this research.
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