Assessing wild forest products using a real-time forest resource and planning system
Wild forest products (WFPs) are of utmost cultural and economic importance in Finland. Households pick 5–10 M kg of mushrooms and 40–60 M kg of berries as part of their everyman’s rights. There has been little benefit to forest owners in terms of WFPs, apart from birch sap, spruce shoots and spruce resin, which are excluded from collection under everyman’s rights. This is due to a lack of supporting forest management system3502939s that could consider the multiple use of forests, including WFPs, Here, we present the world’s first nationwide forest resource management system for WFPs, incorporated into an up-to-date resource management planning system, aimed at supporting forest-owner decision-making relating to WFP production, and allowing the diversification of income options from their forests. Models for potential gain in two different WFPs (birch sap, spruce shoots) and two different cultivable WFPs (Pakuri, lingzhi) were generated, using forest inventory data on WFPs, cultivation data and expert estimates from researchers on the suitability of forest compartments (soil, forest type, main tree species, development class, basal area, number of stems, annual growth, average tree age and diameter, soil wetness, area). The potential forest compartments were derived using models from forestry data. The production potential (kg, l) or potential to cultivate was calculated (FME) for each compartment, according to the models. This information was then uploaded to the database at the Metsaan.fi portal. This portal is available free to each forest owner and forestry operator. The database at this portal is updated daily to compartments, after forest management activities have been performed. This digital service offers promising possibilities for forest owners and industry, as the system allows resource estimation, its management and also, in the future, a trading place for actors. This will help to facilitate a shift towards more diverse and sustainable forest use. Keywords: Forest management, forest resources, wild forest products, multi-objective forest management, GIS, remote sensing ID: 3502939
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| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2022
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc1742en http://www.fao.org/3/cc1742en/cc1742en.pdf |
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