Abstract
We established an evaluation framework for sustainable forest management (SFM) development based on locals’ perspectives using the importance-performance analysis (IPA) method in a rural area of Taiwan. It identified the factors that affected local people’s participation in and awareness of SFM based on local demographics, development factors of SFM, and perceptions of SFM, through the logistic regression method (LRM). Both the levels of importance and performance (I-P) of the SFM indicators were rated by the local residents and the differences between importance–performance among indigenous and non-indigenous people were examined. The factors that affected differentiation of local people’s participation in the SFM program were: (1) forestry workers, (2) indigenous people, and (3) SFM development factors. The findings provide both theoretical constructs and policy implications for SFM mechanisms for the forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a sustainable rural development.
Highlights
The importance of forest conservation and sustainable forest management (SFM) in developing countries for sustainability goals has been highlighted [1], while management frameworks have emphasized the importance of reducing deforestation rates, and conserving existing stocks of forest carbon using SFM [1,2]
For model II, we found that respondents will join the local SFM program, which contains the groupings of males, marital status, forestry workers, and indigenous people, and which acknowledges that
We established an evaluation framework for SFM corresponding to forest stewardship council (FSC) principles based on local people’s perspectives using the importance-performance analysis (IPA) method, which included workers’
Summary
The importance of forest conservation and SFM in developing countries for sustainability goals has been highlighted [1], while management frameworks have emphasized the importance of reducing deforestation rates, and conserving existing stocks of forest carbon using SFM [1,2]. With respect to effectiveness and equitability, conventional approaches are, at the same time, focusing on forest resource governance related to establishing and protecting private property rights, creating markets, and mobilizing private finance, which are underlying drivers of deforestation [3,4,5]. From a long-term forest management interventions process, SFM is focused on forest resource evaluation relating to the productive, protective, and social roles of forest ecosystems, monitored regularly over time [8]. It has been observed that some local people do not support the sustainable development of forest resources at their disposal. Community forest management (CFM) is a form of forest management that encourages local people to participate in management with forest management officials under the framework of SFM [16]. Identifying the factors influencing public participation in decision-making on SFM programs, and the implementation of actions related to SFM, is critical to ensuring a greater impact on SDGs and well-being
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