scholarly journals The Concept of Regulating Forest Management in a Region Subject to High Environmental Pressure

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Borecki ◽  
Łukasz Łopiński ◽  
Wojciech Kędziora ◽  
Michał Orzechowski ◽  
Roman Wójcik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Environmental Pressure ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Forest Use

In modern forestry, the complexity of the planning process is increasing, specifically in the context of the sustainable use of forest resources and its adaptation to climate changes. This article presents the concept of forest use regulation promoting the sustainable forestry development in forest management planning. A method for defining a synthetic criterion of assessing important features of stand structure was proposed, which would enable the classification of stands in terms of needs and the urgency of their transformation (reconstruction) or suitability for longer standing. As a result, such a concept may ensure the preservation of the relative uniformity of logging use and the improvement of age structure as well as an increase of natural values of the forest, regardless of a stand’s age. The concept was tested on a large forest complex (over 0.5 million hectares) subjected to intense environmental pressure (Silesian Region in Poland). We prepared long-term individualistic development forecasts, separately for area and volume. Based on this, we followed the cutting uniformity principle in the analysed time period by calculating a long-term average of cutting allowance. It was determined by averaging the projected usage size in moving window and eventually was adopted as the cutting upper limit in the whole analysed period. The proposed size of cuts in each period resulted from the relation between the average value and the forecast. Three sets of stands of the differentiated urgency of interventions were distinguished: I—well-stocked and stable stands (no need of intervention)—55% of stands area, II – acceptable stands (not urgent intervention needed)—35% and III—poor stands (urgent intervention needed)—10%. This concept joins top-down and bottom-up approach of cutting uniformity that focuses stand’s status instead of its age or dimensions.

On the risk of systematic drift under incoherent hierarchical forest management planning

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 480-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Paradis ◽  
Luc LeBel ◽  
Sophie D'Amours ◽  
Mathieu Bouchard
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
System State ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Game Theoretic

In theory, linkages between hierarchical forest management planning levels ensure coherent disaggregation of long-term wood supply allocation as input for short-term demand-driven harvest planning. In practice, these linkages may be ineffective, and solutions produced may be incoherent in terms of volume and value-creation potential of harvested timber. Systematic incoherence between planned and implemented forest management activities may induce drift of forest system state (i.e., divergence of planned and actual system state trajectories), thus compromising credibility and performance of the forest management planning process. We describe hierarchical forest management from a game-theoretic perspective and present an iterative two-phase model simulating interaction between long- and short-term planning processes. Using an illustrative case study, we confirm the existence of a systematic drift effect, which we attribute to ineffective linkages between long- and short-term planning. In several simulated scenarios, the planning process fails to ensure long-term wood supply sustainability, fails to reliably meet industrial fiber demand over time, and exacerbates incoherence between wood supply and fiber demand over several planning iterations. We show that manipulating linkages between long- and short-term planning processes can reduce incoherence and describe future work on game-theoretic planning process model formulations that may improve hierarchical planning process performance.

Monitoring changes in forest resource advisory groups’ composition and evaluations of perceptions of public participation effectiveness: a case of Ontario’s Local Citizens Committees

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1866-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Len M. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Effective public participation is a key part of sustainable forest management on publicly owned lands. However, long-term monitoring data that seek to measure effectiveness of public participation in forest management planning is lacking. Here, measures based on attitudes and satisfaction ratings associated with suspected criteria of public participation effectiveness were developed and applied to forest resource advisory group members from Ontario, Canada. Using data from four social surveys (2001, 2004, 2010, and 2014), advisory group members were, on average, satisfied and held positive attitudes towards the advisory group, their participation in the group, and forest management planning. In many instances, these positive evaluations increased from 2001 to 2014, especially for statements related to fairness. One concern about Local Citizens Committees (LCCs) related to their composition. Advisory group members were male dominated (about 88%) and were increasingly overrepresented by individuals between 50 and 69 years old in 2014 (67%). Given that male and female LCC members held different perceptions of the effectiveness of some public participation criteria, these concerns suggest that composition of LCCs might impair the ability of the groups to consider all viewpoints related to forest management planning. Finally, the research illustrates the importance of designing and collecting long-term monitoring data to understand how evaluations of public participation and composition of participants changes over time.

scholarly journals Moose Habitat Management and Timber Management Planning: Three Case Studies

1988 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-276
Author(s):  
D. Payne ◽  
J. McNicol ◽  
G. Eason ◽  
D. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Habitat Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Three case studies are presented in this paper that illustrate how timber harvesting practices were modified to address wildlife and silvicultural concerns. The planning process (i.e., negotiations between the Ministry of Natural Resources and the logging companies), problems encountered, and lessons learned are emphasized. Modifications to clearcutting most commonly used were block cuts (i.e., cut and leave) and linear reserves. Timing and communication are cited as serious problems in two cases and solutions are offered. Also, the logging companies in all three cases were concerned about the added expense of modified harvesting (e.g., higher road and layout costs, some loss of timber volume, and higher operating costs). Throughout, the need for more high quality moose inventory data and long-term follow-up study is made clear. Key words: case histories, modified harvest, forest management planning, moose habitat management.

Forest harvesting, resource-based tourism, and remoteness: an analysis of northern Ontario's sport fishing tourism

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Len M Hunt ◽  
Peter Boxall ◽  
Jeffrey Englin ◽  
Wolfgang Haider
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Forest Harvesting ◽  
Hedonic Pricing ◽  
Sport Fishing ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Revenue Generation ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Management Schemes ◽  
The Impact

This paper assesses the impact that the routine application of Ontario's forest management planning process has on the revenue generation of sport fishing tourism sites. The analysis employs a hedonic pricing model to examine jointly these effects on revenue for three tourism experiences. These tourism experiences offer different degrees of remoteness, and as a consequence, require different levels of effort and cost to visit. Modelling the relationship between price and attributes of sites such as remoteness permits the analysis to forecast the revenue generation potential of sport fishing tourism sites under a range of forest management schemes. The results show that the extent of forest harvesting had no statistical relationship with prices charged for fishing packages at road-, boat-, or train-accessible sites and a negative but small impact on the prices charged for fishing packages at sites accessible by float plane.

scholarly journals Embedding science and innovation in forest management: Recent experiences at Millar Western in west-central Alberta

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laird Van Damme ◽  
Peter N Duinker ◽  
Dennis Quintilio
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Plan ◽  
Science Innovation

Research from scientists embedded within Millar Western’s forest management planning process over the last 14 years was enabled by strong corporate leadership, cooperation by Alberta’s Ministry of Sustainable Resource Development, and funding by the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta. Results of the supporting research are described in the articles that follow and are important contributions to Canada’s commitment to sustainable forest management (SFM). The process is as noteworthy as the results and is the subject of this paper. When scientists and practitioners work closely together in developing a forest management plan, as they have in this case, there is a much greater opportunity for science-based emergent strategies to be created and applied through the personal interactions among scientists and practitioners. For example, input from the science-based collaborators influenced the harvest schedule in the detailed forest management plan to minimize negative effects on water flow, biodiversity and fire risk. This approach to SFM is one of many being developed in Alberta. The diversity of input has clear benefits, not the least of which is the maintenance of innovation and intellectual enterprise in support of SFM. Key words: forest management planning, forest science, innovation, Alberta, biodiversity, timber supply, guidelines

scholarly journals Developing a woodland caribou habitat mosaic on the Ogoki-Nakina North Forests of northwestern Ontario

Rangifer ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
I. Armstrong ◽  
G. Swant ◽  
H.R. Timmermann
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Woodland Caribou ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Habitat Mosaic ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Thunder Bay

The Ogoki-North Nakina Forests consist of (10 638 km2) unroaded boreal forest approximately 400 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario (lat 50°- 51°31'N, long 86°30'- 89°W). Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) inhabit discrete portions within these forests based on minimal current and past historical data. As part of the Forest Management Planning process, for the period 1997-2097, a woodland caribou habitat mosaic has been developed to coordinate present and future forest management activities with the retention and development of current and future woodland caribou habitat. Several criteria including, past fire history, forest structure, age, species composition, proximity to current road access and location of existing and potential caribou habitat, helped identify and delineate 50 mosaic harvest blocks. Each harvest block will be logged in one of five 20 year periods over a 100 year rotation (1997¬2097). The harvest blocks have been developed to simulate a pattern of past wildfire history in an area that has not been subjected to past forest management activities, while managing for woodland caribou, a locally featured species.

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