| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91735 | Forest Policy and Economics | 2015 | 8 Pages |
•Local participation is relevant to know social demand towards forest's multiple functions.•We have applied the Analytic Hierarchy Process to prioritise some forestry planning measures.•Society demands economic, environmental and social forestry functions, giving a similar priority to each of them.•The weighted measure has been to increase rural development of populations associated with forests.•Measures weights obtained are a very useful tool to political decisions makers.
The main aim of this paper is to determine the adequate forest strategy to fulfil the multi-functional objectives that society demands. To this end, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been applied as a quantitative technique to prioritise various forestry planning measures in the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León, based on the opinion of a group of stakeholders representing the region's forestry sector. The need to promote this forest multi-functionality is a matter of priority for forest policies at international, national and regional levels. The final results indicate that society prefers clearly multi-functional forests, judging from the highly balanced weightings given to social, environmental and economic objectives and action measures.
