scholarly journals The Need for Integrated Resource Management to Achieve a Sustainable Forest Management Regime: A Case of the Forest Management in Alberta, Canada.

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-222
Author(s):  
Naotaka Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Integrated Resource Management ◽  
Management Regime

scholarly journals Public participation in British Columbia forest management

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
H W Harshaw
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Forest Planning And Management ◽  
Planning Processes

Conceptions and challenges of public participation in British Columbia are reviewed to identify those characteristicsof planning processes that serve to benefit or constrain the interests and needs of public stakeholders. Perspectives onpublic participation, including representative and participatory democracies, and approaches to incorporating publicperspectives in decision-making (i.e., shared decision-making, consensus-building, and interest-based negotiation) arepresented to demonstrate the different approaches (and their benefits and challenges) available for providing opportunitiesfor public participation. Lessons from other natural resource management contexts are distilled and used to evaluatethe BC context. Three principal forest planning and management frameworks (the Commission on Resources and theEnvironment, Land and Resource Management Plans, and sustainable forest management certification) are examinedin light of whether meaningful opportunities for public participation were provided.Key words: public participation, British Columbia, Commission on Resources and the Environment, Land and ResourceManagement Plans, sustainable forest management certification

The Potential For Integrated Resource Management With Intensive or Extensive Forest Management: Reconciling Vision With Reality — The Extensive Management Argument

1990 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 457-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Intensive Management ◽  
Integrated Resource Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Extensive Management ◽  
Forest Sites

Extensive management is favoured over intensive management for integrated resource management of average Canadian forest sites of low productivity. The two arguments for extensive management are : the higher relative values obtained with extensive management, and the greater acceptance of extensive management by the public.

Stating the case for including Integrated Land Management within forest management plans: An opinion

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S Russell
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Cumulative Effects ◽  
Integrated Resource Management ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Cumulative Effects Assessment ◽  
Effects Assessment

An increasing human population is exerting greater demands upon the earth for resource production and living space. Despite its large landmass, Canada is not immune to this pressure. On industrial forested lands, one response has been integrated resource management, whereby the forest supports multiple uses within the same space and time. Under the strain of increasing pressures, coupled with a concern for the maintenance of natural systems and processes, it has become evident that the current planning processes need to evolve to incorporate a new land management paradigm. This paper outlines the issues and presents for discussion a potential management paradigm based not only on the limited scope of industrial forested lands but on the broader expanse of land management in general. Supporting the proposed Integrated Land Management (ILM) approach, Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., an Alberta-based forest products company, developed a cumulative effects assessment to complement its forest management plan. This assessment demonstrates that as a proof of concept, ILM is technically achievable and can be scientifically based. Further, integration of diverse concepts and disciplines can be organized to produce functional plans. Key words: Integrated Land Management, Integrated Resource Management, forest management, cumulative effects assessment

scholarly journals The Benefits of Local Forest Recreation in Austria and Its Dependence on Naturalness and Quietude

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Getzner ◽  
Jürgen Meyerhoff
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Artificial Noise ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Current Management ◽  
Management Regime ◽  
Recreational Benefits ◽  
Recreation Benefits ◽  
Multifunctional Forestry

The benefits of local recreation in the State-owned forests in Austria (i.e., about 15% of all Austrian forests) are ascertained in this paper. A representative survey of households dealt with their local recreation, perceptions of and disturbances in forests. Total annual benefits of local recreation activities in State-owned forests, such as walking, hiking, cycling and wildlife observation, amount to about EUR 500 per person. Based on the respondents’ valuation of the degree of naturalness and quietude, as well as the options of forest management, the current management increases recreation benefits by EUR 13 per person through increased naturalness, and EUR 1.30 per person and year through increased quietude. Emphasis was placed on the benefits of the current management regime of multifunctional forestry compared to the benefits of a baseline scenario that was drafted specifically for this study, assuming higher levels of lumbering up to the limits allowed by existing nature conservation and forestry laws. The results suggest that forest management has a higher impact on recreational benefits through the naturalness of forests than through reducing artificial noise. A more sustainable forest management could further increase the benefits people derive from both naturalness and lower levels of artificial noise.

The potential for integrated resource management with intensive or extensive forest management: reconciling vision with reality

1990 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 444-446
Author(s):  
I. D. Bird
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Integrated Resource Management ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
Resource Needs ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Forest Manager ◽  
The Continuum

In the past decade, forestry has progressed beyond harvesting and regeneration towards more integrated resource management (IRM). The concept of IRM has been endorsed in policy statements by the Canadian Institute of Forestry and many government forestry agencies. The vision of an IRM system begins with open dialogue between informed resource users who may have different resource needs. Intensive and extensive forest management options can be considered under an IRM framework. However, in reality the forest manager is increasingly forced along the continuum from extensive to more intensive practices. A case study provides an example of the benefits from intensive forest management within an IRM system.

scholarly journals Forest Resource Management: An Empirical Study in Northern Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8752
Author(s):  
Sajjad Ali ◽  
Dake Wang ◽  
Talib Hussain ◽  
Xiaocong Lu ◽  
Mohammad Nurunnabi
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Forest Resource Management

Community participation for forest sustainability and use of forest resources for community development is considered a vital way in all societies. This study was conducted to assess the public views toward sustainable forest management in the area of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, through collecting data from 255 respondents. Views about forest management techniques at different levels were discussed. Three main areas of focus to manage forest resources were: strategic-level management, local-level management, and communication-level management. To provide confidence and to measure factors affecting sustainable forest management, this study applied the structural equation modeling approach and built a model that explained and identified the critical factors affecting sustainable forest management. A quantitative approach via Smart Partial Least Squares version 3.2.8 was used for analysis. The findings of the study show that the R2 value of the model was 0.653, which means that the three exogenous latent constructs collectively explained 65.3% of the variance in sustainable forest management. In this study, the goodness of fit of the model was 0.431, which is considered valid for further analysis. Among the three proposed levels for forest management, the strategic-level-management factor was found the most important of the three variables. This study concluded that for better and sustainable forest management, policies should flow from the strategic level to the local and also focus on communication-level management because all these factors appear to be significant in measuring sustainable forest management. Community engagement and awareness are also found to be an important way for forest resource management.

scholarly journals Forest Resource Management and Utilisation through a Gendered Lens in Namibia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Immaculate Mogotsi ◽  
Selma Lendelvo ◽  
Margaret Angula ◽  
Jesaya Nakanyala
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Access Rights

The shift in forestry policy towards resource management and access rights from state control to local community control has been a welcome step towards sustainable forest management in Namibia. The policy acknowledges the direct dependence on natural environmental resources by the proportional majority of the population that live in the rural areas of Namibia. This study was aimed at performing gender analysis by identifying relationships of various groups to natural resources. The study further assessed the influence these relationships have on control, access and use of forest resources, as well as on natural resource management and the implications thereof on various forest management efforts in the country. Data were collected from seven community forest institutions in Namibia and analysed using the Harvard Gender Analytical Framework. The findings show a gendered differentiated knowledge, control and access to forest resources and unequal participation in leadership and governance. Furthermore, the results suggest that unequal power relations among minority and vulnerable groups affect access to and control of forest resources. This study proposes participation of both men and women in the management, protection, access and utilisation of forest resources, as this will contribute to sustainable forest management and economic development of all members of society.

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