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.

scholarly journals Foresters and the Challenge of Integrated Resource Management

1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Jeffrey ◽  
C. S. Brown ◽  
M. Jurdant ◽  
N. S. Novakowski ◽  
R. H. Spilsbury
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Resource Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Wildland Management ◽  
Political Economic

Increasing public pressure on Canada's land resources to produce a greater variety of social values indicates an urgent need for integrated resources management. This, in turn, requires a reorientation in the traditional "single resource" thinking of foresters and others. However, it is believed that the current major impediments to developing integrated resource management are to be found in the attitudes and opinions which prevail in the administrative centres of government in respect to social, political, economic, legal, and other matters. Integrated resource management is fundamentally a social concept and a prerequisite to long-term progress in this area is a better knowledge and awareness of the social-environmental needs of society on the part of all resource personnel. Foresters are closely identified in the public mind with responsibilities in wildland management and should be actively concerned with integrated resource management.

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 A Need for Extensive Forest Management

1988 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 421-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Intensive Management ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Extensive Management ◽  
The People ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Technological Developments

Canada with its large amount of forest land of low productivity should manage the majority of the forest extensively rather than intensively. Extensive management can keep our stumpage rates or subsidies low, and help us remain competitive with the expanding areas of more productive forest in the world. Factors that influence and indicate that extensive management is more feasible than intensive management include: the low average productivity of Canadian forests, stumpage rates or subsidies allocation of present funds, present net value calculations, interest rates, risk factors, non-timber values, technological developments, present natural regeneration, lack of management information, current timber supplies, and protection of the forest. The challenges to the forester are to obtain and practice the extensive management skills necessary to produce a profitable resource for world markets. To meet these challenges will require that foresters treat the growing of trees as a profit source rather than as a cost to the people of Canada. Key words: Extensive management, intensive management, forest management.

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.

L'importance des outils de planification forestière dans les opérations de relations publiques en Suisse | The importance of forestry planning tools in public relations operation in Switzerland

2004 ◽  
Vol 155 (11) ◽  
pp. 487-491
Author(s):  
Christina Giesch Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
The Public ◽  
Forest Management Plan ◽  
Forest Enterprises ◽  
Forestry Services ◽  
Regional Forest ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The current study examines the importance of planning and management documents (notably the forest management plan and the regional forest plan) for public relations purposes. 17 people (15 forest engineers and 2 forest guards) were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The results of our survey show that some of the information used for public relations is taken from the planning documents. The forest management plan is primarily considered to be an internal document, but it also provides information on the objectives of forest enterprises, justifications of the planned measures, numbers and maps. The regional forest plan contributes to the public relations in three ways: its content provides information about objectives, description of forest functions, projects and measures. In addition, the participation of the public in the process of elaborating this plan is an ideal opportunity to heighten awareness in society and further public understanding of the forest and forestry services. Finally, as the regional forest management plan is in the public domain, it functions as a type of «show case» of the forest service.

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