Multi-actor perspectives on afforestation and reforestation strategies in Central Europe under climate change

Hazarika, Reneema; Bolte, Andreas; Bednarova, Dagmar; Chakraborty, Debojyoti; Gaviria, Julian; Kanzian, Monika; Kowalczyk, Jan; Lackner, Magdalena; Lstibůrek, Milan; Longauer, Roman; Nagy, Lazlo; Tomášková, Ivana; Schueler, Silvio

doi:10.1007/s13595-021-01044-5

Annals of Forest Science

Table 10 Responses of CM. All figures in percentage of the total responses for the respective question (n)

From: Multi-actor perspectives on afforestation and reforestation strategies in Central Europe under climate change

Q. no	Question	Answer	Responses
			Austria	Czechia	Germany	Hungary	Poland	Slovakia
1	Do you consider genetic diversity of forest trees to be important?	Yes	100	100	100	100	100	100
	n = 49	No	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Uncertain	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Do you consider forest genetic diversity in your management plans?	Yes	83	100	71	100	41	57
	n = 49	No	17	0	14	0	29	43
		Uncertain	0	0	14	0	29	0
3	Do you feel you are well-informed about forest genetic diversity?	Yes	42	40	43	100	53	14
	n = 49	No	42	60	43	0	41	43
		Uncertain	17	0	14	0	6	43
4	Do you expect changes of your conservation area due to climate change?	Yes	100	40	100	100	88	71
	n = 49	No	0	40	0	0	12	14
		Uncertain	0	20	0	0	0	14
4.1	If yes, will it have any influence on the conservation objectives?	Will be easier to reach?	0	0	0	0	0	0
	n = 49	Will be more difficult to reach?	8	40	29	0	29	29
		Conservation objectives will not change	67	20	29	0	59	29
		Will not have any influence on the conservation objectives	25	40	29	100	0	14
		No answer	0	0	14	0	12	29
5	Do you consider climate change in your management planning	Yes	67	60	71	0	35	43
	n = 49	No	33	40	29	100	41	57
		Uncertain	0	0	0	0	24	0
6	Do you consider planting and afforestation/reforestation activities in order to improve forest ecosystem services, in particular to increase forest stability in climate change?	Yes	50	100	43	100	65	57
	n = 49	No	50	0	57	0	29	43
		Uncertain	0	0	0	0	6	0
6.1	If yes, how do you select forest reproductive material?	I use material of our own forests (seeds, seedlings…)	67	80	33	100	40	0
		I use material from the closest nursery	0	0	67	0	20	0
		Other	33	20	0	0	0	67
		I have never used FRM in the area	0	0	0	0	40	33
6.2	Do you take national regions of provenance into account when selecting the planting material?	Yes	88	100	100	100	56	33
		No	0	0	0	0	6	0
		Don’t know	0	0	0	0	0	17
		Never used FRM	13	0	0	0	38	50
6.3	Have you ever used planting material in the area from other regions outside your country?	Yes	33	0	29	0	0	14
6.3		No	67	100	71	100	100	86
6.3.1	If yes, why?	Unavailability of domestic seeds/seedlings	0		100			100
		Less expensive reproductive material	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Better genetic material (i.e., better growth, stem form)	50		0			0
		Better adaption to expected climate conditions	50		0			0
6.4	Would you use planting material from other regions outside your country?	Yes	25	20	0	0	12	29
6.4		No	75	80	100	100	88	71
7	Have you ever received subsidies for planting activities?	Yes	30	40	29	100	41	0
	n = 49	No	40	40	29	0	29	43
		Never used FRM	30	20	43	0	29	57
8	Please rank the following aspects regarding the importance for the conservation activities in the area:
	n = 49
	[1] Plant tree provenances fit for climate change (also from other countries)	Very important	8	20	43	0	12	14
		Important	33	60	14	0	41	43
		Less important	17	0	29	0	12	29
		Not important	33	0	14	100	18	0
		No answer	8	20	0	0	18	14
	[2] Keep the tree composition of the area the same	Very important	50	20	29	0	53	29
		Important	33	40	29	0	47	14
		Less important	0	20	29	100	0	43
		Not important	17	0	14	0	0	14
		No answer	0	20	0	0	0	0
	[3] Use of domestic seeds and plants	Very important	42	40	43	0	71	29
		Important	17	60	43	100	29	71
		Less important	33	0	14	0	0	0
		Not important	8	0	0	0	0	0
		No answer	0	0	0	0	0	0
	[4] Minimize anthropogenic influence in the area	Very important	50	60	29	100	71	14
		Important	8	20	14	0	29	71
		Less important	33	20	43	0	0	14
		Not important	0	0	14	0	0	0
		No answer	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	How big is the conservation area of your organization in ha	Not answered
9	n = 49
10	Please specify the category of the conservation area (IUCN categories):	Strict nature reserve	10	0	0	0	0	0
	n = 45	Wilderness area	20	0	17	0	0	0
		National park	40	60	33	0	63	43
		National monument or natural feature	0	0	0	0	0	14
		Habitat management area/species management area	10	0	0	0	25	0
		Protected landscape/protected seascape	0	40	0	0	0	43
		Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources (managed resource protected area)	0	0	0	0	6	0
		Other:	20	0	50	0	6	0
		NA = no response

Back to article page

ISSN: 1297-966X

Contact us

Submission enquiries: annforsci@inrae.fr
General enquiries: info@biomedcentral.com