Lehto Carl, Sirén Anders, Hedblom Marcus, Fredman Peter
Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
Universidad Intercultural de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indígenas Amawtay Wasi, Av. Colón E5-56 y Juan León Mera, Edif. Ave María, Torre B, Quito, Ecuador.
Ambio. 2025 Feb;54(2):184-197. doi: 10.1007/s13280-024-02091-8. Epub 2024 Nov 23.
Forests' ability to provide opportunities for recreation is an important ecosystem service. This has prompted attempts to create indicators to assess forests' suitability for recreation, although hitherto with limited success. This study introduces a novel framework for indicators of potential and realised recreational values of forests, with a primary focus on Sweden and Fennoscandia. We divided forest attributes into intrinsic qualities (i.e. the structure and composition of the forest), extrinsic qualities (i.e. the location of the forest in relation to other components of the landscape), and facilitation qualities (i.e. the presence of recreational infrastructure). Using Fennoscandia as a case study, we performed a literature review to find specific indicators of recreational values, as well as evaluate the current availability of spatial data suitable to map the forest qualities on a national scale. The most important intrinsic quality we identified was tree size/age, whereas for extrinsic quality it was proximity to water. Systematic monitoring of recreational use is essential to estimate realised recreational values. The conceptual framework proved to be a valuable tool for identifying potential indicators, and applying it in other regions is likely to yield useful outcomes.
森林提供休闲机会的能力是一项重要的生态系统服务。这促使人们尝试创建指标来评估森林对休闲的适宜性，尽管迄今为止成效有限。本研究引入了一个关于森林潜在和实际休闲价值指标的新框架，主要聚焦于瑞典和芬诺斯坎迪亚地区。我们将森林属性分为内在品质（即森林的结构和组成）、外在品质（即森林相对于景观其他组成部分的位置）和便利品质（即休闲基础设施的存在情况）。以芬诺斯坎迪亚地区为案例研究，我们进行了文献综述，以找到休闲价值的具体指标，并评估目前在国家层面绘制森林品质所需空间数据的可得性。我们确定的最重要的内在品质是树木大小/年龄，而外在品质则是靠近水源。对休闲利用进行系统监测对于估算实际休闲价值至关重要。该概念框架被证明是识别潜在指标的宝贵工具，将其应用于其他地区可能会产生有益成果。
