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 Diversity of Forest and Shrub Communities as a Result of Site History and of Extensive and Intensive Forest Management (Glinno Ługi Case Study)

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Woziwoda ◽  
Katarzyna Ambrożkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Transect Line ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
Habitat Properties ◽  
Anthropogenic Forest ◽  
Site History

The paper presents the diversity of natural and anthropogenic forest communities occurring in post-cultivated fields in Glinno Ługi. An impoverished fresh pine forest association (Leucobryo-Pinetum) and nine secondary forest communities have been distinguished in the transect line (1.16 km in length). Factors influencing the structure and species composition of recent forest communities, such as habitat properties, previous land use forms and the intensity of forest management, are described.

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 Biodiversity offsets under the Resource Management Act 1991: A New Environmental Bottom-Line?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Lothian Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Biodiversity Offsets ◽  
Function Loss ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function

<p>Biodiversity offsets, a form of environmental compensation, are increasingly being offered by developers and taken into account as part of the process for determining planning permissions in New Zealand. This paper outlines the concept of biodiversity offsets and, with reference to a case study, the role it currently plays under New Zealand's primary planning legislation – the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The paper argues that while the current approach to offsets under the RMA is sub-optimal, recent developments of the law pertaining to national policy statements provide an opportunity to use biodiversity offsets as part of implementing an environmental bottom line for biodiversity and ecosystem function loss.</p>

scholarly journals Biodiversity offsets under the Resource Management Act 1991: A New Environmental Bottom-Line?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Lothian Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Biodiversity Offsets ◽  
Function Loss ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function

<p>Biodiversity offsets, a form of environmental compensation, are increasingly being offered by developers and taken into account as part of the process for determining planning permissions in New Zealand. This paper outlines the concept of biodiversity offsets and, with reference to a case study, the role it currently plays under New Zealand's primary planning legislation – the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The paper argues that while the current approach to offsets under the RMA is sub-optimal, recent developments of the law pertaining to national policy statements provide an opportunity to use biodiversity offsets as part of implementing an environmental bottom line for biodiversity and ecosystem function loss.</p>

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