Framing ecological forestry: applying principles for the restoration of post-production forests

Grant W. Wardell-Johnson; Beth Schultz; Todd P. Robinson

doi:10.1071/PC24033

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Framing ecological forestry: applying principles for the restoration of post-production forests

Grant W. Wardell-Johnson

^A ^* , Beth Schultz ^B and Todd P. Robinson

^C

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^A Centre for Mine Site Restoration and School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

^B PO Box 203, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.

^C School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: Grant.Wardell-Johnson@outlook.com

Handling Editor: Mike Calver

Pacific Conservation Biology 30, PC24033 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC24033

Submitted: 1 May 2024 Accepted: 25 June 2024 Published: 18 July 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

Decades of industrial-scale logging have damaged the structure, function, and composition of Australia’s forests; increased the threat from severe fires; and generated social distrust – all in a disrupted climate regime. As state agencies withdraw from logging, restoration of forest resilience becomes paramount. We critique two recent proposals for ‘commercial timber operations’ in two Australian states that have recently ‘ceased logging native forests’: (1) wind-throw removal via ‘community forestry’ in Victoria; and (2) ‘ecological thinning’ in Western Australia. Analysis suggests that ecological restoration will require: (1) scientifically valid and reliable projects; (2) integration across knowledge systems; (3) full cost-benefit accounting; (4) repair of forest legacy damage; (5) restoration of environmental resilience; (6) control of environmental weeds, pests and pathogens; (7) enhanced capacity for early detection of, and rapid response to disturbance; (8) generation of trust to enable a social licence; (9) fostering integrity in media and public relations; and (10) appropriate categorisation in land use. Neither case study demonstrate the application of these forest restoration principles nor provides a way to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposals. These case studies continue the resource-led exploitation of post-production forests, exacerbating damage through the continued depletion of the natural assets essential to generating resilience. Moving beyond resource-led to environment-led management is necessary to restore the ecological integrity of these forests. A shift from the resource-led focus to an environment-led focus guided by scientifically validated principles is likely to also require new administrative and governance arrangements for these forests.

Keywords: community forestry, ecological forestry, fire management, post-production, resilience, restoration, thinning, wind-throw.

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