Sains Malaysiana 44(2)(2015): 159–166
Identification of Appropriate Biodiversity Indicators for
Ecologically Sustainable
Forest Management at National Level
(Pengenalpastian
Penunjuk Kepelbagaian Biologi Sesuai untuk Pengurusan
Hutan Mampan
daripada Segi
Ekologi di Peringkat Kebangsaan)
AHMET TOLUNAY*
& AYHAN AKYOL
Faculty
of Forestry, Suleyman Demirel University, 32260 Cunur Isparta,
Turkey
Diserahkan: 2 Mei
2014/Diterima: 4 Ogos 2014
ABSTRACT
Sustainable forest
management (SFM) practices have started in 1999 in Turkey. A set of
criteria and indicators, composed by the General Directorate of Forestry (GDF)
on the basis of the criteria and indicators defined in the Pan-European and
Near Eastern Processes, was enquired via a survey to serve this purpose. GDF tested
the sustainability under the following titles: Situation of forest resources,
biodiversity, health and vitality, production capacity and functions,
protective functions and environmental and socio-economic functions. There were
problems in identification and definition of SFM criteria
and indicators. Biological diversity indicators has been selected, described
and developed in this study. At this phase, the survey was completed upon
receiving the views of the scientists interested in different dimensions of
this topic as well as the views of other interest groups affiliated with
forestry. As a result, there were 13 indicators that may be used as the basis
of a regional or forest management unit level for the purpose of protecting,
developing and maintaining biodiversity. Furthermore, these indicators are
instruments, which may easily be used by relevant decision-makers in the
management of forest resources in a more effective and productive manner.
Keywords:
Biodiversity; ecological sustainability; forest resources; indicators; natural
resource management; sustainable forest management
ABSTRAK
Amalan pengurusan hutan
mampan (SFM) telah
dimulakan pada
tahun 1999 di Turki. Satu set kriteria
dan petunjuk,
digubah oleh Direktorat
Jeneral Perhutanan
(GDF)
berasaskan kriteria
dan petunjuk yang ditakrifkan dalam proses Pan-Eropah dan Timur
berhampiran, diperoleh
melalui kaji selidik
untuk tujuan
ini. GDF menguji
ketahanan di bawah tajuk berikut: Situasi sumber hutan, kepelbagaian biologi, kesihatan dan kecergasan, kapasiti pengeluaran dan fungsi, fungsi
perlindungan dan
alam sekitar serta
fungsi sosio-ekonomi.
Terdapat
masalah dalam pengenalpastian
dan definisi
kriteria dan petunjuk
SFM.
Petunjuk
kepelbagaian biologi telah dipilih, diterang dan dibangunkan dalam kajian ini. Pada fasa ini,
kaji selidik
tersebut telah selesai setelah menerima pandangan daripada para saintis yang berminat dalam dimensi yang berbeza bagi topik ini
serta pandangan
kumpulan berkepentingan yang
lain berkaitan perhutanan.
Hasilnya,
terdapat 13 penunjuk yang boleh digunakan sebagai asas serantau
atau peringkat
unit pengurusan hutan untuk tujuan melindungi,
membangun dan
mengekalkan kepelbagaian biologi. Di samping
itu, petunjuk ini adalah
instrumen yang boleh
digunakan dengan mudah oleh pihak
pembuat keputusan
dalam pengurusan sumber hutan dengan
cara yang
lebih efektif dan
produktif.
Kata kunci: Kepelbagaian biologi; pembangunan mapan ekologi; pengurusan hutan mampan; pengurusan sumber alam; petunjuk; sumber hutan
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email: ahmettolunay@sdu.edu.tr
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