Evaluation of logging operations in terms of sustainable forest management

Saliha UNVER OKAN; Selcuk GUMUS; H. Hulusi ACAR

Article Details

Evaluation of logging operations in terms of sustainable forest management

Authors:

Saliha UNVER OKAN | Selcuk GUMUS | H. Hulusi ACAR

Publisher:

Forest Engineering and Technologies Platform

Main Topics:

Applied physics

Journal:

European Journal of Forest Engineering 2017 Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.78-84

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000424944

eISSN:

2149-5637

Abstract:

 


Today, the importance given to the sustainability of the existence of
forests and using from forests has increased. This brings to the forefront that
forestry activities should be carried out in accordance with sustainable forest
management (SFM) criteria. Sustainable forest management criteria and
indicators determined in Near East and Helsinki processes have been assessed by
the General Directorate of Forestry (GDF) and 6 criteria and 28 indicators have
been put forward for Turkey. The forest ecosystem is influenced by every
factors originating from nature or human. Forestry activity which has the
largest share in terms of production of goods in forests is the logging
activity that requires periodical intervention to forests in every year. The logging
activities have economic functions in terms of meeting the wood needs of the
country, ecological functions in terms of some of the services offered and
social functions in terms of being realized by forest villagers or near forest
villages. Sustainable forest management has briefly been defined that the
environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable
management of forests for present and future generations. This study includes
assessment of wood logging activities according to sustainable forest
management criteria and indicators.

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Article Details

Evaluation of logging operations in terms of sustainable forest management

Authors: Saliha UNVER OKAN | Selcuk GUMUS | H. Hulusi ACAR

Publisher: Forest Engineering and Technologies Platform

Main Topics: Applied physics

Journal: European Journal of Forest Engineering 2017 Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.78-84

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2017

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000424944

eISSN: 2149-5637

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Authors:

Saliha UNVER OKAN | Selcuk GUMUS | H. Hulusi ACAR

Publisher:

Forest Engineering and Technologies Platform

Main Topics:

Applied physics

Journal:

European Journal of Forest Engineering 2017 Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.78-84

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000424944

eISSN:

2149-5637