Will the multiple use of nature save nature?

The term âmultiple useâ was introduced in Finland in the late 1960âs as a planning principle for the use of natural resources. It was hoped that multiple use, in contrast to âsingle useâ, would be less destructive and more amenable to multiple interests and to more efficient planning. However, the term âmultiple useâ carries several hidden assumptions which superficially at least seem easy to handle but which may, at the very end, prove equally destructive to the planned object. This term generally lacks the dimensions of time and place. In reality, different uses follow in a definite sequence and in definite place. As a planning strategy, multiple use may lead, if carelessly applied, to quite unexpected results that run contrary to the intended purposes. This paper was presented in the âMan and the Biosphereâ programme project 2 seminar held on August 24â25 1978 in Hyytiälä research station of University of Helsinki. The PDF includes a summary in English.

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