"New concepts, same forests: the role of SFM and other forest-related concepts to solve competing interests and needs on forest ecosystem services"
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Conceptual clarifications
The questionaire is based on a litterature-review to clarify  what is sustainable forest management (SFM), what is a forest-related concept and what is a sylvicultural system. A list of definition of forest-related concepts is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ekdatF2JVU6zNKL097r3V5837b7yCdcJ/view?usp=sharing

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1. In your opinion, which are the most important challenges that the forest management in Europe will face in the next decade?

1 - not important; 2 - minor importance; 3 - moderate importance; 4 - important 5 - extremely important

Cope with rapid changes in the societal demand over forests ecosystem services

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Not important
Extremely important
Climate-change adaptation and mitigation
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Not important
Extremely important
Forest health deterioration
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Not important
Extremely important
Risks and uncertainty in forest management planning
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Not important
Extremely important
Stop the biodiversity loss
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Not important
Extremely important
Balancing competing interests upon forest utilization
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Not important
Extremely important
Land use change
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Not important
Extremely important
Maintain a multifunctional forest management
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Not important
Extremely important
Increased demand on timber
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Not important
Extremely important
Enhance forests resilience
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Not important
Extremely important
If other challenge, please nominate: 

2. In your opinion, to which extent the SFM is interconnected with other forest-related concepts that are currently abundant in the scientific literature and political debate? (List of compiled definitions here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ekdatF2JVU6zNKL097r3V5837b7yCdcJ/view?usp=sharing)

1 - Can not say; 2 - Not at all connected; 3 - Little interconnection; 4 - Moderate interconnection; 5 - Highly interconnected; 6 - Fully interconnected
1. Uneven-aged forestry *
Can not say
Fully interconnected
2. Forest bioeconomy
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
3. Biodiversity safe-forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
4. Climate-smart forestry/ climate-proof 
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Can not say
Fully interconnected

5. Multi-functional forestry

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Can not say
Fully interconnected
6. Close-to-nature forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
7. Retention forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
8. Continuous cover forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
9. Nature - based forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
10. Systemic sylviculture
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
11. Old-growth forest
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
12. Rewilding
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
13. Ecological forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
14. Selection-based forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
15. Urban forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
16. Restoration forestry
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
17. Green infrastructures
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Can not say
Fully interconnected
3. To which extent do you agree with the following sentences:
1 - Strongly disagree; 2 - Disagree; 3 - Neither agree or disagree; 4 - Agree; 5 - Strongly agree
Forest-related concepts mentioned above are different facets of the same SFM paradigm
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Forest-related concepts above mark a shift from multifunctional forest management to a prioritized provision of a certain category of forest ecosystem services
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Forest-related concepts above intend to correct the failures of production-oriented forestry to balance the provision of ecological, economic and social services of forests
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
SFM provides an overarching framework for balancing the provision and enhancement of ecological, economic, and social services of forests
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Forest-related concepts mentioned above address biogeographical particularities of society demand for ecosystem services (they are context-dependent)
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
There is a high risk to promote as suitable a single forest-related concept/system in the EU policy relevant documents
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
SFM need to be further operationalized through normative frames (define thresholds or ranges as benchmarks for the desirable forest condition)
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
All the forest-related concepts above are similar, but they refer to different geographical scales (stand, management unit, landscape, region, etc..)
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
All the forest-related concepts above are similar, but they refer to different moments of the forest vegetation lifetime
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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

4. In the light of increasing societal demand and policy concern for biodiversity-friendly AND climate-resilient forest management, which is, in your opinion, the forest-related concept that is most likely to address, in the same time, these two important challenges?

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5. Is the concept you mentioned above relevant for :
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6. In your opinion, which is the ‘must to read’ paper that stream-out the main features of the forest-related concept mentioned above?

7. How the forest-concept you mentionned above addresses the issue of scale?
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8.  How the forest-concept you mentionned above adresses the issue of multiple ecosystem services the forest provides?
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9.  Which silvicultural system is promoted by the forest-related concept mentionned above? (see the illustration bellow)
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Silvicultural systems used in regenerating the stands, and their similarity to natural disturbances, as described by Kimmins (2004) and adapted by Stancioiu (2022, p.53)
Thank you for participating to this survey. If you want to be further informed about the results of this study, please let as know by sending an email with the topic EFI study on SFM to laura.bouriaud@usm.ro.
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