scholarly journals Filling a public policy gap in Canada: forest certification

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 666-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jane Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Policy Space ◽  
Strategic Partner ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

With the opening of a policy space between the public's demand for forest regulation and the ability or willingness of governments to fill that demand, forest certification programs have emerged to fill the gap. The Government of Canada supports certification as an assertion of sustainable forest management that can be communicated to buyers of Canadian forest products. The federal government has played several distinct roles during the development and establishment of forest certification in Canada, as expert, landowner, policy-setter, strategic partner and buyer. Key words: forest certification, Canada, trade, procurement, government

scholarly journals FOREST CARE: Evaluating progress toward sustainable forest management in Alberta

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 811-820
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Carpenter ◽  
Winifred B. Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
Northern Alberta

Forest certification programs establish standards for sustainable forest management (SFM), and processes for evaluating the practices of companies relative to those standards. FORESTCARE is a volunteer, provincial-level certification program initiated by the Alberta Forest Products Association, its members, and stakeholders. Using a participating woodlands operation in northern Alberta as a test case, we examined how SFM criteria are applied in the FORESTCARE program, and whether measurable progress is evident. We also compared the FORESTCARE audit process with corporate and government audits performed in the same year. The test case revealed specific, measurable changes in management that represent actual or potential progress toward SFM. However, the improvements could not be directly attributed to the FORESTCARE Program. Recommendations are provided for strengthening FORESTCARE processes and practices. Key words: Alberta forestry, ecosystem management, FORESTCARE, forest certification, forest planning, public participation, sustainable forest management

scholarly journals Terrestrial Carbon Stock Potential in Selected Forest in Bhutan, India and Nepal

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Kezang Choden ◽  
Bhagat Suberi ◽  
Purna Chettri
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Stand Density ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
The Government

Forests are natural carbon reservoirs that play an important role in the global carbon cycle for storing large quantities of carbon in vegetation and soils. Carbon stored in pool helps in mitigating climate change by carbon sequestration. The vulnerable countries to changing climate such as Bhutan, Nepal, and India require a full understanding of carbon dynamics as well as baseline data on carbon stock potential to mitigate anticipated risks and vulnerabilities (RVs) through climate change. The scope of such RVs are trans boundary in nature, however, the comparative studies at regional scale are still scanty. Therefore, the aim of this review is to assess the carbon stock potentials of selected forest types in the eastern Himalayan area, with an emphasis on Bhutan, India, and Nepal. This review paper is based on published articles, information from websites and considerable data from National forestry reports of India and Bhutan; emphasizing on aboveground biomass and soil organic carbon stock. The review showed that carbon stock potential is highly dependent on stand density, above-ground biomass, species richness and forest types. The sub-tropical forest was found to have larger carbon capacity and sequestration potential. SOC concentration and tree biomass stocks were significantly higher at the high altitude where there is less human disturbance. In general, forest coverage has increased compare to previous year in Bhutan, India and Nepal which ultimately leads to higher carbon stock potential. It is mainly due to strong policies and different strategies for conservation of forest management have reduced mass destruction despite a growing population. Despite the rules, deforestation continues to occur at various scales. However, it can be stated that the government and citizens are working hard to increase carbon stock potential, mostly through afforestation and community forest creation. In addition, it is recommended to practice sustainable forest management, regulated and planned cutting of trees and proper forest products utilization.

Federal Funds and University Research

1973 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
Bernard S. Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Research University ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
University Research ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

The federal government withdrew from the field of direct financial support of universities in 1967 under provisions of the new Act. Along with the full responsibility for university finance, the federal government transferred to each province certain tax revenues and a post-secondary education adjustment payment to bring the total financial transfer to at least 50 per cent of the allowable operating cost of post-secondary education. Costs allowable under the Act exclude capital costs, federal grants, student aid, and income for assisted, sponsored, and contract research. The federal councils and agencies continue to be the primary contributors to university research funds. The purpose of this note is to determine the current financial contribution of the government of Canada to university research. Much of the problem is its definition. To establish the framework for this definition, three sets of ideas are explored. These are: direct and indirect costs of university research, university research as an embedded activity, and the problem of relating university activity costs to incomes received from specific sources. These notions lead to formulae which yield divergent alternatives of the federal contribution depending upon the set of assumptions deemed appropriate. Much of the data needed for these calculations were gathered from primary sources and illustrate the application of the formulae for the four-year period 1966–70.

scholarly journals Indigenous healthcare: Caterpillars to butterflies, case study supporting transformation

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Roger A. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Indian Policy ◽  
Treaty Rights ◽  
Indian Act ◽  
First Peoples ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

The Canadian Government released a document to aid in the relationships between the Government of Canada and First Nations around the ratification and redesign of the Indian Act of 1876. The name of this document was the “White Paper.” The Federal Government's “White Paper, statement of Government of Canada on Indian Policy of 1969,” rejected the concept of special status for First Nations within confederation—they should have the same rights and responsibilities as other Canadians. The Federal Government argued treaty rights were irrelevant in today's society; the important issues demanding attention included economic, educational, and social problems. In Canada's assessment of the “savage” situation, the government could not see wellness wholistically addressing the poverty, social crises, and bleak future faced by most First Peoples was rooted in the very denial of treaty rights and humanness. This article pushes to educate health leaders about current circumstances contributing to racism.

scholarly journals Strategic Investigation of the Jackpine Mine Expansion Dispute in the Alberta Oil Sands

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Xiao ◽  
Keith W. Hipel ◽  
Liping Fang
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) methodology is employed to ascertain strategic insights into a serious conflict over environmental concerns connected to the expanded exploitation of oil sands at the Jackpine Mine Expansion project located in Alberta, Canada. In fact, the expansion of extracting bitumen from large tracts of oil sands in Alberta and its associated potential negative environmental impacts have received increasing attention at the global level. Accordingly, environmentally responsible extended mining of bitumen at the Jackpine site is urgently needed. Hence, the GMCR methodology and its associated decision support system GMCR II are utilized to systematically investigate the conflict of the Jackpine Mine Expansion project. The results imply that the Federal Government of Canada is more concerned about the economic benefits generated by the oil sands projects rather than environmental impacts. It is suggested that more effort should be devoted to the environment conservation by the government.

OTESSA's Submission for the Government of Canada's Federal Pre-Budget Consultations

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
OTESSA
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Education Society ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

Governments have the opportunity to influence policy in education and to facilitate funding to support its implementation. This document contains seven recommendations made to the Government of Canada as part of its public consultation in developing its federal budget. It was developed with input from both members and public contributors involved with the Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA), then submitted to the Canadian federal government in August of 2021. The document was originally posted on a blog post on the OTESSA website at https://otessa.org

KONSTRUKSI HUKUM PENATAUSAHAAN HASIL HUTAN DI KABUPATEN MAJALENGKA

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahmat Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Wood Demand ◽  
The Government ◽  
Construction Law ◽  
Technical Manpower ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Order

The Community forrest is a source of good supplier of the wood demand for the timber industry and the community. To ensure the right order of distribution of the forrest products, to protect private rights, and provide legal certainty to the community both producers and users of the forest products of the people, the Government has issued regulations regarding the administration of the forest products from the forrests rights. This study aims to determine whether the legal construction of the circulation of the forest products in the perspective of management of the forest products has known to the public and whether it has been providing solutions to the management of the forest products in the Regance of  Majalengka.The Construction law distribution of the forest products in the perspective of the management of the forest products largely unknown by the public in Majalengka. It is seen from the implementation of the distribution of the forest products in Majalengka that doesn’t use the document as a complete transport in the transport of the forest products, and as a proof of the validity of the forest products transported.The Construction law distribution of the forest products in the perspective of the management of the forest products hasn’t provided the solutions to the management of the forest products in the regance of Majalengka. This happens because of the regulations on the administration of the forest products originating from the private forest largely unknown by the public in Majalengka. otherwise it occurs due to less of a socialization, no incentive for publishers officials the Certificate of Origin, the less of enforcement by the authorities, the absence of the civil servants investigator and supervisor of the technical manpower for the sustainable forest management in the Forest Service Majalengka.Needs to be the disseminated of comprehensive and holistic by the relevant agencies of regarding the rules and the regulations of the forest product administration, namely West Java of the Provincial Forrest Service, the Forrest Products of the Monitoring distribution center of Jakarta Region VII Production and the Forestry Office Majalengka. Additionally need the involvement of all components outside the government that the people (owners of folk wood) and the businesses wood of the forest products.

scholarly journals Assessments of Landowners’ Willingness to Accept Compensation for Participating in Forest Certification in Shandong, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 903
Author(s):  
Nana Tian ◽  
Neelam Poudyal ◽  
Fadian Lu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
The Face ◽  
Voluntary Program ◽  
Willingness To Accept Compensation

Achieving sustainable management of forests in China is becoming increasingly important with more awareness and realization of the importance of forests in environmental protection. Forest certification, a market-based instrument to promote sustainable forest management, has been recognized by many countries including China. While landowners’ perception and perspective regarding this voluntary program have been well-documented in the literature, how to motivate and incentivize landowners to participate in forest certification remained understudied questions. With the face-to-face survey of landowners in Shandong, China, this study analyzed landowners’ willingness to accept compensation for participating in forest certification. Results indicated that the average accepted compensation in terms of increased timber price was about RMB 120 (~USD 17.6)/m3 to have their forests enrolled in certification programs. Results from multiple regression showed that the level of such compensation required for participation in certification was influenced by forestland size, owner demographics, certification-program requirements, and importance placed on timber production. These findings would inform policy-makers in designing compensation-related policies and establish incentive-based mechanisms to motivate forest landowners to participate in forest certification programs in China.

scholarly journals Determinants of Non-Timber Forest Product Planting, Development, and Trading: Case Study in Central Vietnam

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanh Van Nguyen ◽  
Jie Hua Lv ◽  
Thi Thanh Huyen Vu ◽  
Bin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Agricultural Income ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
The Government ◽  
Forestry Production

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) play an active role in economic development, improving household livelihoods, raising the value of forestry production, and supporting sustainable forest management. This study involved a comprehensive assessment of the growth, development, and trade of NTFPs in Vietnam by combining logistic and tobit methods. Surveys were used to interview 400 households in three regions of Central Vietnam. Results showed that the planting, development, and trading of NTFPs are shaped by forestry production experience, the number of laborers, the percentage of wage earners, agricultural income, timber income, per capita income, the presence of bank deposits, the distance between forest and house, an understanding of forestry economic policies, and participation in technical training. Each factor had a different level of influence. Among the six NTFP groups, the groups generating yarn and medicines produced the highest income and had a strong impact on household reliance on NTFPs. This was followed by NTFPs used to generate food, oil, and plastic. The proportion of people with wages, and the income variable system, negatively impacted NTFP planting and income generation, which reduced household reliance on NTFPs. This means that there is a trade-off between NTFPs and other income generating activities. In the future, the government should develop specific plans, policies, and strategies for developing each type of NTFP suitable to each region’s natural conditions. The policies should include supporting people with low-interest bank loans; expanding the number of training courses to increase their understanding of forestry economic policies; and implementing cultivation techniques and forest care to improve the productivity, quality, and efficiency of NTFP products.

scholarly journals The Government of Canada and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 63-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald L. Pocius
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Policies And Programs

Over the past twenty years, what constitutes a culture’s heritage has been debated amongst those responsible for governmental policies, as well as the constituents that governments serve. While heritage has often focused on tangible items – architecture and the material world – recent policies have broadened the focus to include the intangible: knowledge, ideas, performances, beliefs handed down for generations. Many national and international agencies – lead by UNESCO – now have policies and programs that deal with intangible cultural heritage (ICH). Within the Canadian context, the federal government has had differing interpretations of the importance of this type of heritage. Most recently, in spite of initial involvement in its drafting, the Department of Canadian Heritage has decided not to support UNESCO’s new international ICH Convention, which went into force in April, 2006, and now includes more than 160 countries that have ratified it. Historically, provincial governments and NGOs across Canada have been more involved with ICH, and it is here that the most recent initiatives are occurring. The changing stance of the Department of Canadian Heritage on this topic may well be related to specific figures involved, unspoken fears of legal repercussions, and the lobbying of special interest heritage groups.

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