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Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests

Tropical forests are globally important for both biodiversity conservation and the production of economically valuable wood products. To deliver both simultaneously, two contrasting approaches have been suggested: one partitions forests (sparing); the other integrates both objectives in the same loc...

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Main Authors: Runting, R.K., Ruslandi, R., Griscom, B.W., Struebig, M., Satar, M.
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Published: ResearchGate 2019
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29618/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Runting/publication/330235692_Larger_gains_from_improved_management_over_sparing-sharing_for_tropical_forests/links/5c3e61b6299bf12be3cb31a8/Larger-gains-from-improved-management-over-sparing-sharing-for-tropical-forests.pdf?origin=publication_detail
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spelling my.unimas.ir.296182020-06-04T02:06:44Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29618/ Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests Runting, R.K. Ruslandi, R. Griscom, B.W. Struebig, M. Satar, M. Q Science (General) Tropical forests are globally important for both biodiversity conservation and the production of economically valuable wood products. To deliver both simultaneously, two contrasting approaches have been suggested: one partitions forests (sparing); the other integrates both objectives in the same location (sharing). To date, the ‘sparing or sharing’ debate has focused on agricultural landscapes, with scant attention paid to forest management. We explore the delivery of biodiversity and wood products in a continuum of sparing-to-sharing scenarios, using spatial optimization with set economic returns in East Kalimantan, Indonesia—a biodiversity hotspot. We found that neither sparing nor sharing extremes are optimal, although the greatest conservation value was attained towards the sparing end of the continuum. Critically, improved management strategies, such as reduced-impact logging, provided larger conservation gains than altering the balance between sparing and sharing, particularly for endangered species. Ultimately, debating sparing versus sharing has limited value while larger gains remain from improving forest management. ResearchGate 2019-01 E-Article PeerReviewed Runting, R.K. and Ruslandi, R. and Griscom, B.W. and Struebig, M. and Satar, M. (2019) Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 2 (1). pp. 53-61. ISSN 2398-9629 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Runting/publication/330235692_Larger_gains_from_improved_management_over_sparing-sharing_for_tropical_forests/links/5c3e61b6299bf12be3cb31a8/Larger-gains-from-improved-management-over-sparing-sharing-for-tropical-forests.pdf?origin=publication_detail 10.1038/s41893-018-0203-0
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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topic Q Science (General)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Runting, R.K.
Ruslandi, R.
Griscom, B.W.
Struebig, M.
Satar, M.
Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
description Tropical forests are globally important for both biodiversity conservation and the production of economically valuable wood products. To deliver both simultaneously, two contrasting approaches have been suggested: one partitions forests (sparing); the other integrates both objectives in the same location (sharing). To date, the ‘sparing or sharing’ debate has focused on agricultural landscapes, with scant attention paid to forest management. We explore the delivery of biodiversity and wood products in a continuum of sparing-to-sharing scenarios, using spatial optimization with set economic returns in East Kalimantan, Indonesia—a biodiversity hotspot. We found that neither sparing nor sharing extremes are optimal, although the greatest conservation value was attained towards the sparing end of the continuum. Critically, improved management strategies, such as reduced-impact logging, provided larger conservation gains than altering the balance between sparing and sharing, particularly for endangered species. Ultimately, debating sparing versus sharing has limited value while larger gains remain from improving forest management.
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author Runting, R.K.
Ruslandi, R.
Griscom, B.W.
Struebig, M.
Satar, M.
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Ruslandi, R.
Griscom, B.W.
Struebig, M.
Satar, M.
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title Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
title_short Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
title_full Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
title_fullStr Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
title_full_unstemmed Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
title_sort larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
publisher ResearchGate
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29618/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Runting/publication/330235692_Larger_gains_from_improved_management_over_sparing-sharing_for_tropical_forests/links/5c3e61b6299bf12be3cb31a8/Larger-gains-from-improved-management-over-sparing-sharing-for-tropical-forests.pdf?origin=publication_detail
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