Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey
Forest management plans often suggest that economic, ecological, and/or social sustainability will be achieved if the proposed management actions are followed. Using forest plans developed by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Republic of Turkey, the purposes of this study were...
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| description | Forest management plans often suggest that economic, ecological, and/or social sustainability will be achieved if the proposed management actions are followed. Using forest plans developed by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Republic of Turkey, the purposes of this study were to (<i>i</i>) extract those statements that suggest sustainability will be achieved and (<i>ii</i>) assess whether there exist statistical differences between the two countries’ plans and the emphases of the findings. A content analysis and non-parametric statistical tests were employed to measure the frequency of a set of terms related to sustainability and to estimate significant differences in the use of sustainability terms in the plans sampled. Results suggest that ecological aspects are dominant in forest plans from both countries. While <i>silviculture</i>, <i>sustained yield</i>, and <i>multiple use</i> were the most frequently used terms in Turkish plans, the occurrences of <i>conservation</i> and <i>recreation</i> were significantly higher in US plans (<i>p</i> < 0.001). These findings suggest that the differences in the plans’ emphases could be attributable to the importance of Turkey’s forests for the wood production-related needs of Turkish society, whereas US national forests might no longer be seen as an important wood supply base but instead have been given a more “passive” forest use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acca222cc70e485cb6282ce1d1fa25812023-11-17T11:08:44ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-02-0114344710.3390/f14030447Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and TurkeyCan Vatandaşlar0Pete Bettinger1Alba Rocio Gutierrez Garzon2Krista Merry3Kevin Boston4Taeyoon Lee5Joshua Uzu6Faculty of Forestry, Artvin Coruh University, 08000 Artvin, TurkeyWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USAIndependent Researcher, Summerville, SC 29483, USAWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USADepartment of Forestry and Wildland Resources, California State Polytechnic University Humboldt, Arcata, CA 95521, USAWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USAWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USAForest management plans often suggest that economic, ecological, and/or social sustainability will be achieved if the proposed management actions are followed. Using forest plans developed by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Republic of Turkey, the purposes of this study were to (<i>i</i>) extract those statements that suggest sustainability will be achieved and (<i>ii</i>) assess whether there exist statistical differences between the two countries’ plans and the emphases of the findings. A content analysis and non-parametric statistical tests were employed to measure the frequency of a set of terms related to sustainability and to estimate significant differences in the use of sustainability terms in the plans sampled. Results suggest that ecological aspects are dominant in forest plans from both countries. While <i>silviculture</i>, <i>sustained yield</i>, and <i>multiple use</i> were the most frequently used terms in Turkish plans, the occurrences of <i>conservation</i> and <i>recreation</i> were significantly higher in US plans (<i>p</i> < 0.001). These findings suggest that the differences in the plans’ emphases could be attributable to the importance of Turkey’s forests for the wood production-related needs of Turkish society, whereas US national forests might no longer be seen as an important wood supply base but instead have been given a more “passive” forest use.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/3/447forest sustainabilitysustainable forest managementforest plansnational forest systemcontent analysissustainability aspects |
| spellingShingle | Can Vatandaşlar Pete Bettinger Alba Rocio Gutierrez Garzon Krista Merry Kevin Boston Taeyoon Lee Joshua Uzu Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey Forests forest sustainability sustainable forest management forest plans national forest system content analysis sustainability aspects |
| title | Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey |
| title_full | Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey |
| title_short | Sustainability Language in Forest Management Plans: A Comparative Analysis for Public Forests of the US and Turkey |
| title_sort | sustainability language in forest management plans a comparative analysis for public forests of the us and turkey |
| topic | forest sustainability sustainable forest management forest plans national forest system content analysis sustainability aspects |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/3/447 |
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