Levels Of Fire Protection For Sustainable Forestry In Ontario

Author : David Leigh Martell,Dennis Boychuk,Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Publisher : Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : MINN:31951D014168370

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Levels of Fire Protection for Sustainable Forestry in Ontario by David Leigh Martell,Dennis Boychuk,Great Lakes Forestry Centre Pdf

After a brief historical overview of forest fire management in Ontario, this paper discusses several potentially useful levels of protection measures. It describes a hypothetical forest which is used to illustrate how very simple fire management subsystems can interact to produce complex system behaviour that is sometimes difficult to understand and manage. An overview of the basic principles of fire economics, planning under uncertainty, and traditional approaches to level-of-protection planning provides an analytical foundation for fire management planning. An integrated fire/forest management framework that can be enhanced and used for level-of-protection planning in Ontario is then presented. Finally, several important issues that should be addressed when assessing Ontario's level of fire protection needs are briefly discussed.

Author : Edward A. Johnson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080506746

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Forest Fires by Edward A. Johnson Pdf

Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependent communities have contributed to more intense and more damaging fires. For these reasons, foresters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behavior and ecological effects of fires. This book will be the first to focus on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function. Leading international contributors have been recruited by the editors to prepare a didactic text/reference that will appeal to both advanced students and practicing professionals.

Author : Michael Bevers,Tara M. Barrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Forest management
ISBN : MINN:31951D02977056G

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Systems Analysis in Forest Resources by Michael Bevers,Tara M. Barrett Pdf

The 2003 symposium of systems analysis in forest resources brought together researchers and practitioners who apply methods of optimization, simulation, management science, and systems analysis to forestry problems. This was the 10th symposium in the series, with previous conferences held in 1975, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2002. The forty-two papers in these proceedings are organized into five application areas: (1) sustainability, criteria and indicators, and assessment; (2) techniques and decision support for forest planning; (3) forest assessment and planning case studies; (4) fire suppression, fire planning, and fuels management; (5) harvest scheduling; and (6) mill supply and forest product markets.

Author : Martin W. Ritchie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Forest productivity
ISBN : MINN:31951D02881920W

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A Compendium of Forest Growth and Yield Simulators for the Pacific Coast States by Martin W. Ritchie Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : CORNELL:31924097800563

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General Technical Report PNW-GTR by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lisa J. Buse,Ajith H. Perera,Robert Gordon Routledge,Ontario Forest Research Institute
Publisher : Sault Ste. Marie : Ontario Forest Research Institute
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D02183894A

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An Analysis of Literature on Natural Fire Disturbances in Relation to Ontario's Forest Management Guide for Natural Disturbance Pattern Emulation by Lisa J. Buse,Ajith H. Perera,Robert Gordon Routledge,Ontario Forest Research Institute Pdf

Ontario's "Forest management guide for natural disturbance pattern emulation" provides direction for emulating natural fire disturbances in forest management planning. This report examines the North American scientific literature on natural fire disturbances in relation to the directions in this guide for: landscape harvest size patterns; landscape harvest patch separation; residual stands; and residual trees & downed woody debris. Gaps in the published knowledge are identified. An annotated bibliography of the literature reviewed for the report is included.

Author : Albert J. Simard,Canadian Forest Service. Science Branch
Publisher : Canadian Forest Service
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : MINN:31951D020764087

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National Workshop on Wildland Fire Activity in Canada by Albert J. Simard,Canadian Forest Service. Science Branch Pdf

Increasing forest fire activity is of great concern to many Canadians. Forestry plays a key roll in the Canadian economy and the Canadian way of living. This workshop had five objectives: determine whether fire activity has increased ; evaluate and prioritize the possible causes ; summarize the potential impacts ; recommend appropriate responses ; and communicate the findings and recommendations, which is the purpose of this report. The report combines presentation notes taken by Paul Ward and discussion notes taken by the rapporteurs. It summarizes the workshop and makes no attempt to interpret the discussions, findings, or recommendations from any particular perspective.

Author : Mike Wotton,R. S. McAlpine,Kim Logan,Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Applied Research and Development
Publisher : Sault Ste Marie : Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Applied Research and Development
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951D023630928

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Climate Change and the Future Fire Environment in Ontario by Mike Wotton,R. S. McAlpine,Kim Logan,Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Applied Research and Development Pdf

The increased fi re load is expected to increase the cost of fi re management in the province 16% by the year 2040 and 54% by the year 2090 over year 2000 costs, exclusive of infl ation or other factors. [...] In addition to increases in seasonal fi re severity indices, a number of these studies also predict increases in the frequency of occurrence of extreme fi re danger in some areas of the country (e.g., Stocks et al. [...] This study uses lightning- and people-caused fi re occurrence models developed specifi cally for Ontario with GCM projections of future climate and Ontario's level of protection analysis software, LEOPARDS (see McAlpine and Hirsch 1999) to estimate the impacts of climate change on the fi re management organization both in terms of numbers of escaped fi res and with respect to changes in operationa [...] The sites of the GCM grid cell centres and OMNR weather stations used are shown in Figure 1. Fire Weather and Fire Danger To create the fi re climate of a future decade, the monthly anomalies were applied to the daily data from the OMNR fi re weather station archive from the years 1992-2001 (corresponding to the period over which lightning records were available). [...] The Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System (Forestry Canada Fire Danger Group 1992) was used in conjunction with the Initial Spread Index (ISI), the Build-up Index (BUI) (calculated on the detection date of the fi re using the FWI System), and the fuel type associated with the fi re to estimate an initial rate of spread for each fi re.

Author : Diana Callaghan,Great Lakes Forestry Centre,Canada-Ontario Northern Ontario Development Agreement,Northern Forestry Program (Canada)
Publisher : Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Forest management
ISBN : MINN:31951D01475797R

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Northern Ontario Development Agreement (NODA), Northern Forestry Program by Diana Callaghan,Great Lakes Forestry Centre,Canada-Ontario Northern Ontario Development Agreement,Northern Forestry Program (Canada) Pdf

Reports on the status of over 140 projects funded under the Northern Ontario Development Agreement, Northern Forestry Program. Information given includes plot locations, plot layouts, sampling, design information, preliminary results, and an update on projected results. Projects cover a broad spectrum of sustainable forestry, including integrated management, silvicultural practices, forest protection, environmental impacts, planning and forest resource management, socio-economic analysis, integrated resource management demonstration areas, and Aboriginal forestry programming.

Author : Arthur Herbert Richardson,Ontario. Department of Lands and Forests
Publisher : Ontario : Department of Forestry
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046996802

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Forestry in Ontario by Arthur Herbert Richardson,Ontario. Department of Lands and Forests Pdf

Author : R. L. Macnaughton,Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Publisher : Sault Ste Marie : Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Forest management
ISBN : MINN:31951D01911105V

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Northern Ontario Development Agreement, Northern Forestry Program by R. L. Macnaughton,Great Lakes Forestry Centre Pdf

Descriptive summary of 58 applied research technology development and transfer, and decision-support projects, funded by Forestry Canada-Ontario Region. The projects cover a broad range of topics in integrated resource management, silvicultural practices, forest protection, environmental impacts, and planning and forest resource management. Each project summary describes the objectives, methodology, expected results, and implications of the research.

Author : Jennifer Beverly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Wildfires
ISBN : MINN:31951D02014118Q

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Wildland Fire Management Economics by Jennifer Beverly Pdf

Provides a general overview of recent research related to wildland fire economics and decision support systems. After an introduction, section two describes the general evolution of concepts and approaches relative to wildfire economics in its historical context. Section three summarizes a major state of the art review of wildland fire management by Baumgartner and Simard, 1982. Section four updates that work with an overview of selected research and analysis conducted since 1982. Section five synthesizes the material discussed in the previous sections, and section six is an annotated bibliography of 26 studies and reports selected to represent the spectrum of issues in fire economics which have been provided in the literature since 1982. The final section contains a more complete listing of citations obtained through an electronic search of the TREE CD database.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : UCD:31175028983651

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The Forestry Chronicle by Anonim Pdf

Author : Canadian Forest Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : PSU:000063618945

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Abrégé Des Publications by Canadian Forest Service Pdf

Author : George Francis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780774831413

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Striving for Environmental Sustainability in a Complex World by George Francis Pdf

In the face of growing anxiety about global environmental sustainability, George Francis, a leading authority in the field of sustainability studies, examines initiatives undertaken in Canada over the past twenty-five years to protect some of our unique environments. Focusing mainly on collaborative studies of thirty-one landscape regions – designated as “Biosphere Reserves” by UNESCO or as “Model Forests” by the Canadian Forest Service – Francis also summarizes smaller sustainability projects across the country. The author concludes on a hopeful note, looking at solutions considered, proposed, and in some cases already implemented by groups striving for sustainability in an increasingly complex world.