The Human Dimensions of Forest and Tree Health : Global Perspectives

This book explores the specifically human dimensions of the problem posed by a new generation of invasive pests and pathogens to tree health worldwide. The growth in global trade and transportation in recent decades, along with climate change, is allowing invasive pests and pathogens to establish in new environments, with profound consequences for the ecosystem services provided by trees and forests, and impacts on human wellbeing. The central theme of the book is to consider the role that social science can play in better understanding the social, economic and environmental impacts of such tree disease and pest outbreaks. Contributions include explorations of how pest outbreaks are socially constructed, drawing on the historical, cultural, social and situated contexts of outbreaks; the governance and economics of tree health for informing policy and decision-making; stakeholder engagement and communication tools; along with more philosophical approaches that draw on environmental ethics to consider ‘non-human’ perspectives. Taken together the book makes theoretical, methodological and applied contributions to our understanding of this important subject area and encourages researchers from across the social sciences and humanities to bring their own disciplinary perspectives and expertise to address the complexity that is the human dimensions of forest and tree health.__Chapters 5 and 11 are open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.__ Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxii Introducing the Human Dimensions of Forest and Tree Health (Julie Urquhart, Mariella Marzano, Clive Potter)....Pages 1-20 English Tree Populations: Economics, Agency and the Problem of the “Natural” (Tom Williamson, Gerry Barnes, Toby Pillatt)....Pages 21-45 Local Knowledge on Tree Health in Forest Villages in Turkey (Akile Gürsoy)....Pages 47-76 Mountain Pine Beetles and Ecological Imaginaries: The Social Construction of Forest Insect Disturbance (Elizabeth W. Prentice, Hua Qin, Courtney G. Flint)....Pages 77-107 Indigenous Biosecurity: Māori Responses to Kauri Dieback and Myrtle Rust in Aotearoa New Zealand (Simon Lambert, Nick Waipara, Amanda Black, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Waitangi Wood)....Pages 109-137 User-Generated Content: What Can the Forest Health Sector Learn? (John Fellenor, Julie Barnett, Glyn Jones)....Pages 139-164 The Social Amplification of Tree Health Risks: The Case of Ash Dieback Disease in the UK (Julie Urquhart, Julie Barnett, John Fellenor, John Mumford, Clive Potter, Christopher P. Quine)....Pages 165-192 Implementing Plant Health Regulations with Focus on Invasive Forest Pests and Pathogens: Examples from Swedish Forest Nurseries (E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Caroline Strömberg, Maria Pettersson, Johanna Boberg, Maartje Klapwijk, Jonàs Oliva Palau et al.)....Pages 193-210 The Economic Analysis of Plant Health and the Needs of Policy Makers (Glyn Jones)....Pages 211-234 Stated Willingness to Pay for Tree Health Protection: Perceptions and Realities (Colin Price)....Pages 235-267 The Use of Rubrics to Improve Integration and Engagement Between Biosecurity Agencies and Their Key Partners and Stakeholders: A Surveillance Example (Will Allen, Andrea Grant, Lynsey Earl, Rory MacLellan, Nick Waipara, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt et al.)....Pages 269-298 Enhancing Socio-technological Innovation for Tree Health Through Stakeholder Participation in Biosecurity Science (Mariella Marzano, Rehema M. White, Glyn Jones)....Pages 299-329 Gaming with Deadwood: How to Better Teach Forest Protection When Bugs Are Lurking Everywhere (Marian Drăgoi)....Pages 331-354 The Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle on Drinking Water Quality: Assessing Communication Strategies and Knowledge Levels in the Rocky Mountain Region (Katherine M. Mattor, Stuart P. Cottrell, Michael R. Czaja, John D. Stednick, Eric R. V. Dickenson)....Pages 355-381 Forest Collaborative Groups Engaged in Forest Health Issues in Eastern Oregon (Emily Jane Davis, Eric M. White, Meagan L. Nuss, Donald R. Ulrich)....Pages 383-417 Environmental Ethics of Forest Health: Alternative Stories of Asian Longhorn Beetle Management in the UK (Norman Dandy, Emily Porth, Ros Hague)....Pages 419-444 Towards a More-Than-Human Approach to Tree Health (Alison Dyke, Hilary Geoghegan, Annemarieke de Bruin)....Pages 445-470 Towards an Agenda for Social Science Contributions on the Human Dimensions of Forest Health (Mariella Marzano, Julie Urquhart)....Pages 471-488 Erratum to: The Use of Rubrics to Improve Integration and Engagement Between Biosecurity Agencies and Their Key Partners and Stakeholders: A Surveillance Example (Will Allen, Andrea Grant, Lynsey Earl, Rory MacLellan, Nick Waipara, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt et al.)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 489-498 This book explores the specifically human dimensions of the problem posed by a new generation of invasive pests and pathogens to tree health worldwide. The growth in global trade and transportation in recent decades, along with climate change, is allowing invasive pests and pathogens to establish in new environments, with profound consequences for the ecosystem services provided by trees and forests, and impacts on human wellbeing. The central theme of the book is to consider the role that social science can play in better understanding the social, economic and environmental impacts of such tree disease and pest outbreaks. Contributions include explorations of how pest outbreaks are socially constructed, drawing on the historical, cultural, social and situated contexts of outbreaks; the governance and economics of tree health for informing policy and decision-making; stakeholder engagement and communication tools; along with more philosophical approaches that draw on environmental ethics to consider 'non-human' perspectives. Taken together the book makes theoretical, methodological and applied contributions to our understanding of this important subject area and encourages researchers from across the social sciences and humanities to bring their own disciplinary perspectives and expertise to address the complexity that is the human dimensions of forest and tree health. Chapter 5 and 11 are open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.-- Provided by publisher "This book explores the specifically human dimensions of the problem posed by a new generation of invasive pests and pathogens to tree health worldwide. The growth in global trade and transportation in recent decades, along with climate change, is allowing invasive pests and pathogens to establish in new environments, with profound consequences for the ecosystem services provided by trees and forests, and impacts on human wellbeing. The central theme of the book is to consider the role that social science can play in better understanding the social, economic and environmental impacts of such tree disease and pest outbreaks. Contributions include explorations of how pest outbreaks are socially constructed, drawing on the historical, cultural, social and situated contexts of outbreaks; the governance and economics of tree health for informing policy and decision-making; stakeholder engagement and communication tools; along with more philosophical approaches that draw on environmental ethics to consider 'non-human' perspectives. Taken together the book makes theoretical, methodological and applied contributions to our understanding of this important subject area and encourages researchers from across the social sciences and humanities to bring their own disciplinary perspectives and expertise to address the complexity that is the human dimensions of forest and tree health. Chapter 5 and 11 are open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com"--Page 4 of cover This book explores the specifically human dimensions of the problem posed by a new generation of invasive pests and pathogens to tree health worldwide. The growth in global trade and transportation in recent decades, along with climate change, is allowing invasive pests and pathogens to establish in new environments, with profound consequences for the ecosystem services provided by trees and forests, and impacts on human wellbeing. The central theme of the book is to consider the role that social science can play in better understanding the social, economic and environmental impacts of such tree disease and pest outbreaks. Contributions include explorations of how pest outbreaks are socially constructed, drawing on the historical, cultural, social and situated contexts of outbreaks; the governance and economics of tree health for informing policy and decision-making; stakeholder engagement and communication tools; along with more philosophical approaches that draw on environmental ethics to consider ‘non-human’ perspectives. Taken together the book makes theoretical, methodological and applied contributions to our understanding of this important subject area and encourages researchers from across the social sciences and humanities to bring their own disciplinary perspectives and expertise to address the complexity that is the human dimensions of forest and tree health. Chapters 5 and 11 are open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.