Policies For Sustainably Managing Canada S Forests

Author : Martin K. Luckert,David Haley,George Hoberg
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774820684

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Policies for Sustainably Managing Canada?s Forests by Martin K. Luckert,David Haley,George Hoberg Pdf

Three quarters of Canada’s forests are under provincial control, so provincial forest policies are crucial to long-term sustainability. By offering an up-to-date comparative scrutiny of forest policies, this book provides forest managers, policy-makers, scholars, and students with the information and concepts to critically examine Canada’s complex forest tenure systems. Looking at tenure, stumpage fees, and other forest practices, the authors assess how well different provincial schemes achieve the goals of sustainable forest management. They identify essential policy attributes that could be used to guide tenure reform, consider barriers that could prevent meaningful change, and offer much-needed practical guidance on overcoming these obstacles.

Author : Philip Joseph Burton
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 0660187620

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Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest by Philip Joseph Burton Pdf

Presenting a summary of the development in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for some of the world's northern forests. It includes a selection of chapters based on the research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada. It includes a number of case histories.

Author : Canada. Environment Canada,Canada. Natural Resources Canada,United Nations. Commission on Sustainable Development
Publisher : Ressources naturelles Canada
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : UIUC:30112049111443

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Aménagement Forestier Durable by Canada. Environment Canada,Canada. Natural Resources Canada,United Nations. Commission on Sustainable Development Pdf

This document provides a brief overview of the importance of forests to Canada's economy, environment and communities including Aboriginal peoples. Canada's efforts in sustaining its forests are described, and key national, provincial and local-level initiatives are highlighted, including the development of criteria and indicators for defining Canada's progress in the sustainable management of forests.

Author : Shashi Kant,R. Albert Berry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781402035197

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Institutions, Sustainability, and Natural Resources by Shashi Kant,R. Albert Berry Pdf

This work proposes that new economic theory, rather than a new public policy based on old theory, is needed to guide humanity toward sustainability. The book includes the ideas from old as well as new institutional economics, discussed in detail by leading experts in the field. This book follows a companion work, 'Economics, Sustainability, and Natural Resources: Economics of Sustainable Forest Management', volume 1 of the series.

Author : Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
Publisher : Published for the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers by Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D00901636E

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Defining Sustainable Forest Management by Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Pdf

Forests are essential to the long-term well-being of Canada's communities, economy, and environment. This document presents a Canadian approach to criteria and indicators on sustainable forest management. Topics covered are: conservation of biological diversity; maintenance and enhancement of forest ecosystem condition and productivity; conservation of soil and water resources; forest ecosystem contributions to global ecological cycles; multiple benefits to society; and, accepting society's responsibility for sustainable development.

Author : J. E Edwards,Cindy Pearce,T. B Williamson,Aynslie Elizabeth Ogden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 110025577X

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Climate Change and Sustainable Forest Management in Canada by J. E Edwards,Cindy Pearce,T. B Williamson,Aynslie Elizabeth Ogden Pdf

Author : Michael Howlett
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802081754

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Canadian Forest Policy by Michael Howlett Pdf

Arguing that the complexity of policy-making in the forest sector has led many analysts to focus exclusively on specific sectoral activities or jurisdictions, this collection of essays offers a simplifying framework of analysis.

Author : Bruce A. Shindler,Thomas M. Beckley,Mary Carmel Finley
Publisher : Corvallis : Oregon State University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015057605548

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Two Paths Toward Sustainable Forests by Bruce A. Shindler,Thomas M. Beckley,Mary Carmel Finley Pdf

In recent decades, new scientific information has transformed our understanding of forest ecosystems, driving forest policy changes in both Canada and the United States. The extraction-oriented policies that dominated forest management for more than a century have given way to new approaches, leading often to acrimonious public debate, controversy over the interpretation of science, and frequent litigation by groups who support conflicting points of view. Today, the U.S. and Canada face a common challenge: to achieve a sustainable form of forest management that has wide public support. Many books discuss the scientific changes underlying forest policy, but this is the first to examine the social and economic aspects of sustainable forestry and the resulting impacts on resource policy in the two countries. The authors attempt to make sense of citizens' expectations for forests, and the responses by public-land managers and policymakers. Contributors include sociologists, research foresters, economists, political scientists, and geographers, as well as scholars in recreation and tourism. Together, their writings provide an in-depth interdisciplinary perspective on Canadian and U.S. efforts to manage public forests on a sustainable basis. The premise of "Two Paths toward Sustainable Forests is that academics and students, resource professionals, policymakers, and members of industry, environmental, and forest community groups can benefit from a comparison of the situations on either side of the border. By comparing the challenges of sustainable forestry and the different approaches adopted in Canada and the U.S., this book points the way towards potential solutions to common problems.

Author : Ken Drushka
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780773571693

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Canada's Forests by Ken Drushka Pdf

Ken Drushka analyses the changes in human attitudes towards the forests, detailing the rise of the late nineteenth-century conservation movement and its subsequent decline after World War I, the interplay between industry and government in the development of policy, the adoption of sustained yield policies after World War II, and the recent adoption of sustainable forest management in response to environmental concerns. Drushka argues that, despite the centuries of use, the Canadian forest retains a good deal of its vitality and integrity. Written in accessible language and aimed at a general readership, Canada's Forests will be a must-read for anyone interested in the debate about the current and future uses of this precious natural resource.

Author : Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
Publisher : Hull, Quebec : Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D00913269Z

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Durabilité Des Forêts, Un Engagement Canadien by Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Pdf

At a series of public forums sponsored by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers in 1991, Canadians who work in the forest sector and those who enjoy the forests' physical, cultural, and recreational values provided a fresh statement of their vision for Canada's forests in the 1990s. The new vision that emerged from those public forums is captured in this document, which updates the National Forest Sector Strategy of 1987.

Author : Canadian Forest Service. Science and Programs Branch
Publisher : Canadian Forest Service
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : MINN:31951D02375824D

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Conservation Lands by Canadian Forest Service. Science and Programs Branch Pdf

This publication contains an abridged version of a background paper that analyzed the status of policy, legislation, and planning mechanisms for biodiversity conservation in Canada's forests and proposed a framework for classifying, assessing, and reporting on the extent of conservation lands in Canada. The publication also includes the proceedings of a side event at the 12th World Forestry Congress (Quebec City, 2003) whose primary objective was to introduce the proposed framework and to seek international & national perspectives on it. The response to this presentation is organized around four questions that sought to determine the comprehensiveness, utility, and practicality of implementation of the framework and its compatibility with other reporting processes.

Author : Canadian Forest Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D02027366M

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Canada's Report on the Montréal Process Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests by Canadian Forest Service Pdf

The Montreal Process was formed to advance the development of internationally agreed-upon criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management. The Canadian commitment to this process is demonstrated by the development of a domestic set of seven criteria & indicators, six of this relate to forest conditions, attributes, functions, or benefits. The seventh relates to the overall policy framework that can facilitate sustainable forest management and support efforts to conserve, maintain, or enhance the conditions, attributes, and benefits captured in the first six criteria. This report begins with an introduction describing forest ecosystems and forest management in Canada, explaining the area of forest covered by the report, and indentifying Canada-specific forest management characteristics to help place the criteria & indicators framework in context. The main section contains reports on the criteria, each with an introduction and reports on the corresponding indicators (what is being measured, indicator data or factual description, information sources). The final section contains a summary of all the criteria as well as an overview of Canada's ability to report on them and plans to enhance reporting capability in the future. Includes glossary.

Author : Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
Publisher : Canadian
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D02030889J

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Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Canada by Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Pdf

Conservation, biological diversity, soil, water, global ecological cycles, social responsibility.

Author : Marc G. Stevenson,David C. Natcher
Publisher : University of Alberta Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1896445446

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Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada by Marc G. Stevenson,David C. Natcher Pdf

Existing institutions and rules of engagement for sustainable forest management (SFM) in Canada are not designed to accommodate the rights or interests of its Aboriginal peoples. In recognition of this, there has emerged a community of Aboriginal partners and academic researchers committed to changing forestry practices, institutions, and policies. They have collectively undertaken research to address the needs, rights, and interests of forest-dependent Aboriginal communities, with the intention of producing knowledge and skill sets needed to reform forest and resource development sectors. This is the first of two volumes that will highlight the most current and critical research undertaken by this community of practice. While this book and upcoming companion volume are aimed directly at Canada's forest sector, the implications of this research should be of considerable interest and value to all who have a vested interest in natural resource development and management on lands where Aboriginal peoples assert constitutionally protected rights and interests. By attempting to create the ethical space for Aboriginal peoples in building new institutions and policies for their engagement in SFM, this volume addresses some of the most pressing environmental and social issues that Canadians face today.

Author : M. H. I. Dore,Ruben Guevara
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781952744

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Sustainable Forest Management and Global Climate Change by M. H. I. Dore,Ruben Guevara Pdf

'Ironically, the threat of global warming damage provides us with one of the most powerful arguments for avoiding the worst excesses of another global problem - deforestation. Dore and Guevara have assembled a very impressive set of essays that show just how important our forests are as carbon stores and sinks. Let us hope someone is listening.' - David Pearce, University College London, UK 'Global carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels seem destined to rise with adverse consequences for global warming and for sea-level rise. This book explores how and to what extent conservation and re-growth of tropical forests can ameliorate this problem, as well as placing economic values on such strategies. Individual contributions draw on the Americas experience to examine biophysical aspects of forestry relevant to sustainability, evaluate the economics of forest retention giving particular attention to non-market values, and assess forest policies in terms of their impacts on environmental conservation. . . . a readable holistic book accessible to a wide audience of economists, non-economists and policymakers, highlighting a major problem which refuses to go away.' - Clem Tisdell, University of Queensland, Australia The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises that, in the formulation of a global strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon (the main factor in global warming) forests could play an important role. This book highlights that role and demonstrates how the forests of the world may be harvested judiciously and sustainably. The authors argue that the forests are more than just a source of timber and wood; they discuss the role that forests play in reducing global warming, in preventing soil erosion and in helping to minimise the loss of biodiversity. Drawing on the expertise of contributors associated with the analysis of forests, this book is an in depth and fascinating discussion as well as a policy guide for the sustainable management of forests.