2002 socioeconomic topics richard haynes, program manager human and natural resource interactions...
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2002 Socioeconomic Topics2002 Socioeconomic Topics
Richard Haynes, Program Manager
Human and Natural Resource Interactions Research Program
Socioeconomic Research in Support of Federal Land
Management Monitoring market activity as a proxy for
economic conditions Developing notions of social well-being and
their application in land management planning
Assessing the success of the Adaptive Management Process
Understanding the nontimber forest products industry
Socioeconomic Research in Support of Federal Land Management (cont.)
Developing an understanding of communities– From dependency to adaptability,
understanding community transformations– Developing community typologies
Social and economic aspects of changing management paradigms
Assessing viability and Assessing viability and adaptability of forest based adaptability of forest based
communitiescommunities
Ellen Donoghue, Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory
What is viability and adaptability?
Community viability and adaptability is one indicator used in the Montreal Process for assessing the progress toward sustainable forest management
The past two decades has seen an evolution in terms used to depict communities adjacent to public forests
Viability and adaptability emphasize the complex, dynamic and interrelated aspects of communities and the natural resources that surround them
Findings
Helps managers determine the extent that land management activities promote the well being of forest industries and communities.
Recent work has identified the communities in the Northern Spotted Owl Region—there are 1314 non-metropolitan localities of varying sizes (250-115,000 people)
N
0 40 80 120 Miles
Lake
State borderCommunity
Metropolitan area
Communities in the
NWFP Region
Policy Implications
Helps us understand the relation between communities and the forests and contributes to the discussion of how human activities can lead to sustainable forest management
In general, results show that while the area that is thought to have low viability covers a third of the Northwest, a small part (probably around 10%) of the population lives in this area
Management Implications
Helps us understand the propensity of communities to be adaptable in response to changing conditions resulting from changes in land management activities
Could help us be more selective in the design of assistance programs
Provides a baseline for social and economic monitoring at the community level
Assessing the acceptability of Assessing the acceptability of forest management practices forest management practices
and conditionsand conditions
George Stankey, Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Findings
The process of judging acceptability of forest management practices and conditions is highly complex and the role of science only one factor
All judgments are provisional and can change as more information becomes available
The distrust of large organizations can override trust developed at the local levels between land managers and communities
Policy Implications
We need to understand both the context in which judgments are made as well as how public values are changing
We need to be active participants in the forums where the public is developing their notions of social acceptability of our actions
Management Implications Social acceptability emerges when the
publics are involved throughout the entire planning process
A commitment to building social acceptability should permeate the planning processes – Requires monitoring of changes in public uses,
values– Requires understanding of the institutional
forums where judgments of social acceptability are made
When social acceptability cannot be achieved, legal and political remedies are often the means of resolution