IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jlands/v13y2024i2p217-d1336474.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Conceptualizing Forest Operations Planning and Management Using Principles of Functional Complex Systems Science to Increase the Forest’s Ability to Withstand Climate Change

Author

Listed:
  • Stergios Tampekis

    (Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management, Agricultural University of Athens, 3 Dimokratias St., 36100 Karpenisi, Greece)

  • Apostolos Kantartzis

    (Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou St., 68200 Orestiada, Greece)

  • Garyfallos Arabatzis

    (Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou St., 68200 Orestiada, Greece)

  • Stavros Sakellariou

    (Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larisa, Greece)

  • Georgios Kolkos

    (Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Chrisovalantis Malesios

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos St., 11855 Athens, Greece)

Abstract

The sustainable management of forest resources is greatly influenced by forest operations (FO). Interactions between humans and nature describe how people engage with and are impacted by the natural world. As we enter the Anthropocene epoch, we are being compelled to reevaluate our past and present methods of managing and planning our forest operations in order to find new ones that are more adaptable and successful at addressing the growing unpredictability resulting from accelerating global change. We briefly discuss the goals and constraints of the prior and current management and planning principles for forest operations in this study, focusing on how these principles have evolved on a worldwide scale. We then propose a promising idea, such as managing forest operations as complex adaptive systems and approaches based on resilience and sustainable use of forest resources, in order to achieve the necessary economic, social, and ecological goals. An in-depth understanding of the ecological, economic, and social factors that influence forest resilience is necessary for planning and managing forest operations efficiently. The proposed strategy combines the effectiveness of forest operations with a functional, complex network approach in order to manage forests for the Anthropocene.

Suggested Citation

  • Stergios Tampekis & Apostolos Kantartzis & Garyfallos Arabatzis & Stavros Sakellariou & Georgios Kolkos & Chrisovalantis Malesios, 2024. "Conceptualizing Forest Operations Planning and Management Using Principles of Functional Complex Systems Science to Increase the Forest’s Ability to Withstand Climate Change," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:13:y:2024:i:2:p:217-:d:1336474
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/217/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/217/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Andres Weintraub & Daniel Navon, 1976. "A Forest Management Planning Model Integrating Silvicultural and Transportation Activities," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 22(12), pages 1299-1309, August.
    2. Jennifer Clapp & Peter Dauvergne, 2011. "Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 2, volume 1, number 0262515822, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Georgios Kolkos & Apostolos Kantartzis & Anastasia Stergiadou & Garyfallos Arabatzis, 2024. "Development of Semi-Mountainous and Mountainous Areas: Design of Trail Paths, Optimal Spatial Distribution of Trail Facilities, and Trail Ranking via MCDM-VIKOR Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-24, November.
    2. Sackser, Mario Gabriel & Rojas, Lucas & Keller, Héctor Alejandro & Hilgert, Norma Inés, 2025. "Diversity of plant species used as firewood in indigenous colonized communities: An ethnobotanical study in East Misiones, Argentina," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    3. Li, Yuheng & Gao, Guangya & Wen, Jiuyao & Zhao, Ning & Du, Guoming & Stanny, Monika, 2025. "The measurement of agricultural disaster vulnerability in China and implications for land-supported agricultural resilience building," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Kai L. Ross & Sándor F. Tóth & Weikko S. Jaross, 2018. "Forest Harvest Scheduling with Endogenous Road Costs," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 48(3), pages 260-270, June.
    2. Johan Nordensvard & Jason Alexandra & Markus Ketola, 2021. "Internalizing Animals and Ecosystems in Social Citizenship and Social Policy: From Political Community to Political Country," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-15, June.
    3. Song, Malin & Xie, Qianjiao & Tan, Kim Hua & Wang, Jianlin, 2020. "A fair distribution and transfer mechanism of forest tourism benefits in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    4. Alonso-Ayuso, Antonio & Escudero, Laureano F. & Guignard, Monique & Weintraub, Andres, 2018. "Risk management for forestry planning under uncertainty in demand and prices," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 267(3), pages 1051-1074.
    5. Jennifer Clapp, 2017. "Responsibility to the rescue? Governing private financial investment in global agriculture," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 34(1), pages 223-235, March.
    6. Sconfienza, Umberto Mario, 2021. "The "new" environmental narratives and the resurgence of old debates," Global Cooperation Research Papers 27, University of Duisburg-Essen, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21).
    7. E. Carina H. Keskitalo & Elias Andersson, 2017. "Why Organization May Be the Primary Limitation to Implementing Sustainability at the Local Level: Examples from Swedish Case Studies," Resources, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-16, March.
    8. Jiehong Kong & Mikael Rönnqvist & Mikael Frisk, 2015. "Using mixed integer programming models to synchronously determine production levels and market prices in an integrated market for roundwood and forest biomass," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 232(1), pages 179-199, September.
    9. Mikael Rönnqvist & Sophie D’Amours & Andres Weintraub & Alejandro Jofre & Eldon Gunn & Robert Haight & David Martell & Alan Murray & Carlos Romero, 2015. "Operations Research challenges in forestry: 33 open problems," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 232(1), pages 11-40, September.
    10. Flatberg, Truls & Nørstebø, Vibeke S. & Bjørkelo, Knut & Astrup, Rasmus & Søvde, Nils Egil, 2018. "A mathematical model for infrastructure investments in the forest sector of coastal Norway," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 202-209.
    11. Sourafel Girma & Holger Görg & Erasmus Kersting, 2019. "Which boats are lifted by a foreign tide? Direct and indirect wage effects of foreign ownership," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 50(6), pages 923-947, August.
    12. Nader Naderializadeh & Kevin A. Crowe, 2020. "Formulating the integrated forest harvest-scheduling model to reduce the cost of the road-networks," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 2283-2306, December.
    13. Andres Weintraub P., 2007. "Integer programming in forestry," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 149(1), pages 209-216, February.
    14. Bouchard, M. & D’Amours, S. & Rönnqvist, M. & Azouzi, R. & Gunn, E., 2017. "Integrated optimization of strategic and tactical planning decisions in forestry," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 259(3), pages 1132-1143.
    15. Benjamin M. Abraham, 2021. "Ideology and non-state climate action: partnering and design of REDD+ projects," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 669-690, December.
    16. Manal Hamam & Daniela Spina & Roberta Selvaggi & Gabriella Vindigni & Gioacchino Pappalardo & Mario D'Amico & Gaetano Chinnici, 2023. "Financial sustainability in agri-food supply chains: A system approach," Economia agro-alimentare, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 25(2), pages 135-154.
    17. Carla Inguaggiato & Michele Graziano Ceddia & Maurice Tschopp & Dimitris Christopoulos, 2021. "Collaborative Governance Networks: A Case Study of Argentina’s Forest Law," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-14, September.
    18. Nicolas Andalaft & Pablo Andalaft & Monique Guignard & Adrian Magendzo & Alexis Wainer & Andres Weintraub, 2003. "A Problem of Forest Harvesting and Road Building Solved Through Model Strengthening and Lagrangean Relaxation," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 51(4), pages 613-628, August.
    19. Antonio Alonso-Ayuso & Laureano Escudero & Monique Guignard & Martín Quinteros & Andres Weintraub, 2011. "Forestry management under uncertainty," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 190(1), pages 17-39, October.
    20. Hamam, Manal & Spina, Daniela & Selvaggi, Roberta & Vindigni, Gabriella & Pappalardo, Gioacchino & D’Amico, Mario & Chinnici, Gaetano, 2023. "Financial sustainability in agri-food supply chains: A system approach," Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy, Italian Society of Agri-food Economics/Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare (SIEA), vol. 25(2), October.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:13:y:2024:i:2:p:217-:d:1336474. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.