Small-scale farm forestry has the potential to offer many benefits both to landholders and the wider community. As with all
changes in land-use practices, there are associated benefits and costs and these are not uniformly distributed. They have
varying impacts on the different values, aspirations, goals and objectives that exist within the community. Furthermore, the
community does not consider these values, aspirations, goals and objectives of equal importance. The degree of concern can
vary from minor to high and overriding all other considerations. When evaluating farm forestry options it is necessary to
address all of these concerns. This paper examines the combined use compensatory and non-compensatory multi-criteria analyses
to evaluate forestry options, in a case study for the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. These aggregation techniques
are found to be highly complementary and together provide a comprehensive analysis. The compensatory technique provides a
sound measure of overall performance of a forestry system, whereas the non-compensatory technique alerts decision-makers to
presence of particularly poor performance with respect to individual criteria. The compensatory technique used is simple and
understandable even for those with non-mathematical backgrounds. This analysis can identify and aid communication of the relative
benefits and costs, and trade-offs, between economic, environmental and social considerations. 相似文献
Efforts at mitigating global biodiversity loss have often focused on preserving large, intact natural habitats. However, preserving biodiversity should also be an important goal in the urban environment, especially in highly urbanized areas where little natural habitat remains. Increasingly, research at the city/county scale as well as at the landscape scale reveals that urban areas can contain relatively high levels of biodiversity. Important percentages of species found in the surrounding natural habitat, including endangered species, have been found in the urban forest.
This contribution concisely highlights some examples of urban biodiversity research from various areas of the world. Key issues involved in understanding the patterns and processes that affect urban biodiversity, such as the urban–rural gradient and biotic homogenization, are addressed. The potential for urban areas to harbor considerable amounts of biodiversity needs to be recognized by city planners and urban foresters so that management practices that preserve and promote that diversity can be pursued. Management options should focus on increasing biodiversity in all aspects of the urban forest, from street trees to urban parks and woodlots. 相似文献