Concerning
the basic concept of Technodiversity, decision making should respect local
societal needs to keep a certain societal compatibility. In some cases,
the local society has developed a specific sensitivity against human impacts to
nature in general, and forest land in particular. In other cases, people fear
that forest activities can destroy historical sites, natural monuments etc.
In general,
the correlations with harvesting activities are too specific for drawing
general rules. When an issue arises, decision makers need to manage it
individually.
Very often,
restrictions are explicitly formulated as laws, landscape plans or other
regulations. Obviously, official regulations must be heeded to and if any such
regulations concern an operation, they must be considered since the beginning
at the planning stage. When selecting the most suitable system, any option
going against such regulations must be immediately excluded from the list.
