Forestland managers must deal with the complexity of balancing environmental sustainability with the economic demand for wood and alternate forestland uses. Decisions are not always easy, and looking to human history might provide a framework for dealing with modern forestland management issues. The Stone Age was a period when basic engineering skills were developed, animals were domesticated, and humans began establishing permanent settlements around agricultural crops. It was also a time when great stone structures like Stonehenge were built. By going back to the Stone Age, the roots of modern civilization, we might find some basic underlying principles that guided our ancestors, and they might be useful for modern management. I have called these five basic principles the Stone Age principles: (1) observe and learn from nature, (2) use the resources you have, (3) leverage skills and knowledge, (4) use teamwork, and (5) commit to the task.

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现代森林管理的石器时代原则

林地管理者必须应对平衡环境可持续性与木材和替代林地用途的经济需求的复杂性。做出决定并不总是那么容易，回顾人类历史可能会为处理现代林地管理问题提供一个框架。石器时代是一个基本工程技能得到发展、动物被驯化、人类开始在农作物周围建立永久定居点的时期。那个时期还建造了像巨石阵这样的巨大石头建筑。通过回到现代文明的根源石器时代，我们可能会发现一些指导我们祖先的基本原理，它们可能对现代管理有用。我将这五个基本原则称为石器时代原则：（1）观察自然并向自然学习，（2）利用你拥有的资源，（3）利用技能和知识，（4）利用团队合作，以及（5）致力于任务。