A social choice approach to sustainable forest management: an analysis of multiple forest values in Northwestern Ontario

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shashi Kant ◽  
Susan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Social Choice ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Forest Values ◽  
Choice Approach

scholarly journals Personal and group forest values and perceptions of groups' forest values in northwestern Ontario

2006 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Lee ◽  
Shashi Kant
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Forest Values

With the recent involvement of a greater diversity of groups working in forest management planning, the identification and understanding of people's forest values and their perceptions of one another's values may be a promising approach to sustainable forest management. This study identifies and analyzes the forest values and perceptions of the members of four groups, Aboriginal People, Environmental Non-Government Organizations (ENGOs), the forest industry, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), in northwestern Ontario. Conceptual Content Cognitive Mapping (3CM) was used to identify people's forest values and perceptions and dominant forest value themes were created using hierarchical clustering. Inter-group and intra-group similarities and differences among the rankings of participants' forest values and their perceptions were determined through various non-parametric statistical tests. Participants' perceptions about each group were generally similar, which included the two most prominent themes to be similar across all participants' perceptions of each group. Although the perceptions for a particular group were similar across the participant groups, they differed substantially with that participant group's personal ranking of the forest value themes. Key words: forest values, perceptions, stakeholders, cognitive mapping, sustainable forest management, collaborative decision-making

scholarly journals Advancing the cause? Contributions of criteria and indicators to sustainable forest management in Canada

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (04) ◽  
pp. 488-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Duinker
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Forest Values

The aim of the paper is to take stock, based on my personal scholarly and practical experiences, of the progress made in Canada with criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management (C&I-SFM). Some developmental history is reviewed, and applications at national and local levels are summarized. In my opinion, Canada's work in developing and applying C&I-SFM has been beneficial, particularly in focussing forest-sector dialogues, in sensitizing people to the wide range of forest values, and in retrospective determinations of progress in SFM. Improvements over the next decade are needed in several areas: (a) improving data-collection programs; (b) linking C&I-SFM more directly into forest policy development; (c) shifting from retrospective to prospective sustainability analysis; and (d) applying C&I-SFM to non-industrial forests such as protected areas and urban forests. The C&I-SFM concept is sound. We have yet to tap its full potential in the pursuit of forest and forest-sector sustainability.

scholarly journals Making Forest Values Work: Enhancing Multi-Dimensional Perspectives towards Sustainable Forest Management

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doni Blagojević ◽  
Salvatore Martire ◽  
Cary Yungmee Hendrickson ◽  
Mihail Hanzu ◽  
Michael Victor Galante ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Values

scholarly journals How Should We Sustain Future Forests Under Extreme Risk?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry W Nelson ◽  
Hugh William Scorah
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Extreme Risk ◽  
Pest Outbreaks ◽  
Pine Beetle ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sustained Yield ◽  
Forest Values

In this paper we examine the implications of managing for sustained yield in a world characterized by growing risk and uncertainty. We review the history of sustained yield (SY) forestry in North America with its emphasis on economic benefits and the persistence of the SY paradigm today, despite a publicized shift towards managing for a wider range of forest values called Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). We show that current forest management goals around sustainability as well as SFM indicators are still predicated on maximizing harvest levels and timber flows. We build a simple model to explore the implications of SY under extreme (fat-tailed) risk assumptions to show that maximizing a level of harvest without adequately accounting for risk leads towards the depletion of the forest stock with a corresponding decline in the forest economy. We discuss these results in relation to real-world events such as the increase in catastrophic fires and pest outbreaks like the Mountain Pine Beetle in Western Canada. We then examine the theoretical and practical implications that flow from this model and analysis.

scholarly journals Re-evaluating our approach to forest management planning: A complex journey

2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Hélène Mathey ◽  
Emina Krcmar ◽  
Ilan Vertinsky
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Decision Support Tools ◽  
Timber Supply ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Forest Values

The evolution of forest values from timber supply to ecological and social values has been leading to the redefinition of the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) paradigm. In parallel, scientific knowledge is expanding and uncovering the interconnectedness of the various processes that support these values. We thus have many wishes and much knowledge but we have to ensure that we have the decision support tools that will pull them together to promote SFM. After a broad review of the evolution of decision support tools in forest management, this paper presents a case for more holistic numerical planning tools. To illustrate that such tools can be designed, we propose a simple decentralized approach. In this approach, a landscape management strategy evolves based on local decisions, integrating spatial and aspatial, multi-period and period-specific goals. Such tools could become a useful platform for sustainable forest management planning. Key words: decision support tools, sustainable forest management, evolution, holistic planning, complexity, cellular automata

Progress toward sustainable forest management: Insight from the New Brunswick experience

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thom Erdle
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Design System ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Moving Target ◽  
Strategy Formulation ◽  
Systematic Strategy ◽  
Forest Values

The concept of "sustainability" is central to forest management in Canada today. Sustainable forest management strategies are deemed to be so (a) with respect to the values for which the forest is being managed, and (b) given the forest characterization used in design of those strategies. If the values of concern are changed, and/or forest characterization used in strategy formulation is changed, the verdict about sustainability of the strategy will also change. Dramatic changes in forest values and forest characterization have occurred in the last two decades, making "sustainability" a moving target. The future is apt to be no different. Thus, one challenge to forest management is to change, that is to incorporate new values, better biological understanding, and more accurate forest characterization data to devise management strategies which are deemed sustainable in the context of the day. A second challenge is to design management in a way which facilitates discovery and explanation of flaws in existing strategies and which enables continual improvement through systematic strategy revision. The first challenge suggests the need for a flexible and responsive management design system, and the second, a stable foundation underpinning that system. This paper analyses evolution of forest management on Crown Land in New Brunswick since passage of landmark legislation in 1980 and use of one management design approach as it has been applied to progress toward the moving target of sustainable forest management. Lessons from the past 18 years may have application in the next 18 years.

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