CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Wojtynia, Niko |
|---|---|
| Title | "We live in a Utopia": Adapting Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management at the Local Level in Hungary to Achieve Community Visions of Sustainable Forests |
| Summary | Criteria and indicators (C&I) developed by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) are currently in use as a monitoring and evaluation instrument at the regional European level to assess progress towards sustainable forests. This study explores to what extent these C&I apply at the local level in Hungary, questioning the appropriateness of the policy instrument for use by small-scale forestry operations and its adequacy for a community that endorses ecocentric values and an independent lifestyle. In order to relate C&I to practical issues in forest management, conceptual links between silvicultural decision-making according to a classification of forest management approaches (FMA), and environmental, economic and social sustainability, were developed. Based on an extensive literature review, analysis of forest management plans and interviews with members of the community of Gyűrűfű in Southern Hungary, MCPFE C&I were adapted for use by the community. Conceptually, the synthesis of FMA and C&I was crucial in this regard, and should be made the subject of further research. The findings of this study suggest that with significant modifications, Forest Europe C&I can form the basis of a concrete strategy to realize a small community’s forest vision. This research also suggests that sustainable development trajectories in small-scale forestry are complex and nonlinear. |
| Supervisor | Pintér, László |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/wojtynia_niko.pdf |
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