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1 MODERN LAND Ecological MANAGEMENT and Socio-Cultural SYSTEM based FOR CHINA Multipurpose Market Forestry Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften Alfred Pitterle, Institute of Silviculture Walter Mayer, PROGIS Austria Alfred Pitterle University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austria Institut Institut für für Waldbau Waldbau I I Ass.Prof. Ass.Prof. DI DI Dr. Dr. Alfred Alfred PITTERLE PITTERLE 1 1

2 BOKU Research in China (MSc + PhD Theses) BOKUMS MSc-Theses Tree species and natural Forest Communities in the Tianshan and Qinling Mountains 3BOKUPhD PhD-Theses Conifer Forests in China Forest Product- and Service-Potential and Management Concept Afforestation Models 2

3 BOKU Research in China (STC- and EU- Projects) Sustainable Forest- Management Model Qinling Mountains Sustinable Land-Use Planning based on Satellite- Images SUCCESS 3

4 BOKU Research in China (Implementation Projects) EU-Panam Integrated Rural Development Project Shigatse / Tibet Forest Product- and Service- Potential ti, Afforestation ti Models (1.100 ha) Sino-German Afforestation Projects - Three North Project - Yangtze River Conservation Project Afforestation Models ( ha) 4

5 Partner Institutions in China Forestry Universities Yangling g Nanjing Kunming Harbin Changsha Tibet Plateau Institute of Ecology Lhasa Provincial Forestry Departments Yunnan Sichuan Hubei Hunan Jiangxi Anhui Henan Hebei Liaoningi Shaanxi Academia Sinica Academy of Forestry Chinese Agricultural University 5

6 Content Situation & Issues of China Sustainable Land-Use Planning Modern Expert System Planning 6

7 Situation & Issues of China Increasing Population (15 million/year) Decreasing Arable Land (1,500 2,000 km²/year) Decreasing Water Resources & Ground Water Level Increasing Drought Increasing Soil Erosion, Dust Storms & Floods Increasing Water & Air Pollution 7

8 Wind Erosion I_31_120.jpg 8

9 Wind Erosion 9

10 Agriculture 10

11 Agriculture 11

12 Agriculture 12

13 Agriculture 13

14 Agriculture 14

15 Grazing 15

16 Sand Fixation and Wind Protection 16

17 Shelterbelts for Agriculture 17

18 Improvement of Grazing Land 18

19 Development of Economic Systems N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s Planned Economy Market Economy Socio - MEconomy create Over - Use Restoration Ecological Socio-MEconomy prevents Cultural MEconomy 19

20 Principles of Modern Land Management Principle (1): Principle (2): Principle (3): Principle (4): Protection of Land and Biodiversity Sustainable Management Multipurpose Land-Use Economic Benefit Principle (5): Public Awareness/Information of Public Society and Training of Land Owners/Managers on Land- Use Options (based on Land-Use Potentials and Natural Carrying Capacities of Land) Principle (6): Land Management based on measurable, reliable, quantitative Criteria and Indicators (Basis Information for Decision i Makers of Policy and Economy) 20

21 Ecological and Social Market Economy needs Hu uman Syst tem Real Production Cost Payment Real Production Cost Method of Interests of Society Proof Product- & Service- Potential ti Natural Carrying Capacities Natu ural Syst em 21

22 Multipurpose p Land-Use Products Services Wood Non-Wood Products Forest Services 22

23 Ecological-, Social- and Market- based Economy Cycle needs Hu uman Syst tem Real Production Cost Payment Real Production Cost Method of Interests of Society Proof Product- & Service- Potential ti Natural Carrying Capacities Natu ural Syst em 23

24 Ecological-, Social- and Market- based Economy Cycle needs Hu uman Syst tem Real Production Cost Payment Real Production Cost Method of Interests of Society Proof Product- & Service- Potential ti Natural Carrying Capacities Natu ural Syst em 24

25 Forest Inventory- and Certification- System based on int. Standards FOrest FOMUMIIS Multiple-Use Results: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Measurable Indicator Identification System as demanded by International Forestry Authorities for Forest-Products & -Services Basis: EN / 1998 for Environment-Quality Management Basis: ISO / 1996 for Forest-Quality Management Basis: ISO 9001 / 2000 FOMUMIIS Method: developed by Alfred Pitterle ; Label protected 2001; Patent

26 Analyses by FOMUMIIS : Touch Screen 26

27 FOMUMIIS - Calculation: Potential Danger Forest Effect 27

28 University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna Department of Forest- and Soil-Sciences Institute of Silviculture Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften Ass.Prof. DI Dr. Alfred PITTERLE Peter Jordan-Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria Tel.: , Fax: alfred.pitterle@boku.ac.at l, 28

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