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A new protocol for monitoring operational outcomes of environmental management in commercial forestry plantations.
Journal of Environmental Management ( IF 8.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110922
L Joubert-van der Merwe 1 , M J Samways 1 , J S Pryke 1
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Environmental degradation is a global phenomenon with a high likelihood of influencing human quality of life. Effective management responses are needed to achieve societal goals of sustainability. We develop here a new monitoring protocol (Management Check: MATCH) that comprehensively evaluates management outcomes at the operational level. Using the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework, we identified pressures influencing ecosystem integrity inside conservation corridors and commercial compartments of a timber production landscape mosaic. They were 1) domestic livestock grazing (the only exogenous pressure), 2) fire management, 3) invasive alien plants (IAPs), and potential soil erosion from two sources: 4) roads, and 5) harvested timber compartments. We assessed the effects of these on wetland and stream buffers. Environmental incidents accounted for more serious management issues (e.g. oil spills). Management responses were systematically unpacked into point-form questions, which formed the building blocks of our monitoring protocol. We assessed management in twelve plantations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Answers were compared with Best Operational Practice (BOP), and reworked into a Weighted Index of Compliance (WIC) per section. We found that there was poor management of livestock grazing, but good management of IAPs, roads, and timber compartments. Management of wetland and stream buffers was very good. Fire management presented problems linked to lack of direct effects, measurable at the spatial and temporal scales of operations. We discuss operational outcomes within their respective legislative frameworks, and suggest ways of improving management operations, where needed. MATCH is the first monitoring protocol to comprehensively assess environmental management of commercial forestry at the operational level, and to clearly translate operational activities into measurable progress towards strategic goals. In doing so, MATCH breaks down silos and builds bridges for efficient environmental management in dynamic socio-ecological systems. Moreover, the principles developed here can be applied to build tools that help manage major risks in other economic sectors too. Overall, MATCH strengthened strategic and informed action, which is necessary at multiple levels of an organization, to combat major societal risks, such as environmental degradation.



中文翻译:

监测商品林业人工林环境管理业务成果的新协议。

环境退化是一种全球现象,极有可能影响人类的生活质量。需要有效的管理对策来实现可持续发展的社会目标。我们在这里开发了一种新的监视协议(管理检查:MATCH),可以在运营级别全面评估管理结果。使用驱动程序压力状态影响响应(DPSIR)框架,我们确定了影响木材生产景观马赛克保护走廊和商业隔室内的生态系统完整性的压力。它们是:1)放牧的家畜(唯一的外来压力),2)火灾管理,3)外来入侵植物(IAP)以及来自两个来源的潜在水土流失:4)道路,以及5)伐木场。我们评估了这些对湿地和溪流缓冲区的影响。环境事件是更严重的管理问题(例如漏油)。管理人员的回应被系统地整理成点状问题,这构成了我们监测方案的基础。我们评估了南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的十二个种植园的管理。将答案与最佳操作规范(BOP)进行比较,并重新制作为每节的加权合规性指数(WIC)。我们发现牲畜放牧管理不善,但IAP,道路和木材隔间的管理良好。湿地和溪流缓冲区的管理非常好。消防管理提出了与缺乏直接影响有关的问题,这些影响可以在行动的时空尺度上进行衡量。我们在各自的立法框架内讨论运营成果,并在需要时提出改善管理操作的方法。MATCH是第一个监视协议,可以在操作级别上全面评估商品林业的环境管理,并将操作活动清楚地转化为实现战略目标的可衡量进度。这样,MATCH可以打破孤岛,并为动态社会生态系统中的有效环境管理搭建桥梁。此外,此处开发的原理还可用于构建工具,以帮助管理其他经济部门的重大风险。总体而言,MATCH加强了战略和知情行动,这对于组织的多个级别都是必需的,以应对主要的社会风险,例如环境恶化。MATCH是第一个监视协议,可以在操作级别上全面评估商品林业的环境管理,并将操作活动清楚地转化为实现战略目标的可衡量进度。这样,MATCH可以打破孤岛,并为动态社会生态系统中的有效环境管理搭建桥梁。此外,此处开发的原理还可用于构建工具,以帮助管理其他经济部门的重大风险。总体而言,MATCH加强了战略和知情行动,这对于组织的多个级别都是必需的,以应对主要的社会风险,例如环境恶化。MATCH是第一个监视协议,可以在操作级别上全面评估商品林业的环境管理,并将操作活动清楚地转化为实现战略目标的可衡量进度。这样,MATCH可以打破孤岛,并为动态社会生态系统中的有效环境管理搭建桥梁。此外,此处开发的原理还可用于构建工具,以帮助管理其他经济部门的重大风险。总体而言,MATCH加强了战略和知情行动,这对于组织的多个级别都是必需的,以应对主要的社会风险,例如环境恶化。MATCH打破了筒仓,为动态社会生态系统中的有效环境管理搭建了桥梁。此外,此处开发的原理还可用于构建工具,以帮助管理其他经济部门的重大风险。总体而言,MATCH加强了战略和知情行动,这对于组织的多个级别都是必需的,以应对主要的社会风险,例如环境恶化。MATCH打破了筒仓,为动态社会生态系统中的有效环境管理搭建了桥梁。此外,此处开发的原理还可用于构建工具,以帮助管理其他经济部门的重大风险。总体而言,MATCH加强了战略和知情行动,这对于组织的多个级别都是必需的,以应对主要的社会风险,例如环境恶化。

更新日期:2020-07-02
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