scholarly journals Old-growth forest values: A narrative study of six Canadian forest leaders

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne M Moyer ◽  
Peter N Duinker ◽  
Fay G Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Narrative Study ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Forest Values ◽  
Depth Interviews

Old-growth forest is the subject of widespread conflict. Understanding associated values and attitudes in society is necessary for its sustainable management. We investigated old-growth values through a narrative study employing in-depth interviews with six leaders in Canada’s forest sector. Old-growth forest was valued for its natural ecological systems, biotic components, and experiential aspects. The study highlights the importance of value discourse within the forest sector. Key words: old-growth forest, values, Canada, forest management

Sustainable management of old-growth boreal forests: Myths, possible solutions and challenges

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héloïse Le Goff ◽  
Louis De Grandpré ◽  
Daniel Kneeshaw ◽  
Pierre Bernier
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Management Framework

Old-growth boreal forests serve as focal points for many issues affecting the forest sector such as sustainable forest management and the development of a conservation network. They also challenge the implementation of an adaptive management framework and participative natural resources management. Old-growth boreal forests thus provide a good opportunity for the forest sector to develop transparent management that integrates the diversity of social values associated with old-growth boreal forests. In this paper, we review the different issues related to the sustainable management and conservation of old-growth boreal forests and present these issues in terms of myths and solutions. Finally, we identify and discuss the current limits of our understanding of these issues and we propose research priorities to bridge these knowledge gaps. Key words: sustainable forest management, old-growth boreal forests, biodiversity, social values, adapted silvicultural systems

scholarly journals Forest management has reduced the structural diversity of residual boreal old-growth forest landscapes in Eastern Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 458 ◽  
pp. 117765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxence Martin ◽  
Yan Boucher ◽  
Nicole J. Fenton ◽  
Philippe Marchand ◽  
Hubert Morin
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Structural Diversity ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Old Growth Forest

scholarly journals Advancing the cause? Contributions of criteria and indicators to sustainable forest management in Canada

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (04) ◽  
pp. 488-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Duinker
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Forest Values

The aim of the paper is to take stock, based on my personal scholarly and practical experiences, of the progress made in Canada with criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management (C&I-SFM). Some developmental history is reviewed, and applications at national and local levels are summarized. In my opinion, Canada's work in developing and applying C&I-SFM has been beneficial, particularly in focussing forest-sector dialogues, in sensitizing people to the wide range of forest values, and in retrospective determinations of progress in SFM. Improvements over the next decade are needed in several areas: (a) improving data-collection programs; (b) linking C&I-SFM more directly into forest policy development; (c) shifting from retrospective to prospective sustainability analysis; and (d) applying C&I-SFM to non-industrial forests such as protected areas and urban forests. The C&I-SFM concept is sound. We have yet to tap its full potential in the pursuit of forest and forest-sector sustainability.

scholarly journals STAND STRUCTURE OF A CALABRIAN PINE OLD-GROWTH FOREST: INDICATIONS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION

2010 ◽  
pp. 529-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orazio Ciancio ◽  
Francesco Iovino ◽  
Giuliano Menguzzato ◽  
Antonino Nicolaci ◽  
Antonella Veltri
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
Calabrian Pine

Effect of small-scale forest management on fungivorous Coleoptera in old-growth forest fragments in southeastern Ontario, Canada

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Zeran ◽  
Robert S. Anderson ◽  
Terry A. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
Species Analysis

AbstractFungivorous Coleoptera were sampled from old-growth and managed (selectively logged in 1999) hemlock–hardwood forests in southeastern Ontario to examine the effect of small-scale forest management on fungivore diversity in forest fragments. Sampling using flight-intercept traps and trunk-window traps for 22 weeks in 2003 yielded 11 888 beetles representing 73 species in 11 target families (Anthribidae, Cerylonidae, Endomychidae, Erotylidae, Leiodidae, Mycetophagidae, Scaphidiidae, Sphindidae, Tenebrionidae, Trogossitidae, and Zopheridae). The leiodid subfamily Leiodinae was the dominant taxon (10 386 individuals, 38 species). While old-growth stands had no recent logging and had higher volumes of coarse woody debris, species diversity and composition of fungivorous Coleoptera were similar between forest types, suggesting that the stand differences measured (recent logging history, volume of coarse woody debris) did not have a significant effect on beetle diversity in this study. Indicator species analysis showed that Triplax macra LeConte (Erotylidae) was strongly associated with old-growth stands, while Anisotoma blanchardi (Horn), Anogdus obsoletus (Melsheimer), Agathidium sp. 1 (Leiodidae), and Mycetina perpulchra (Newman) (Endomychidae) were associated with managed stands. The lack of difference observed between stand types may be related to the small size of the forest fragments or the relatively small scale of the disturbance.

scholarly journals Broad-Scale Classification and Mapping of Tree Size and Density Attributes in Productive Old-Growth Forests in Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Caouette ◽  
Eugene J. DeGayner
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Tree Size ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Density Mapping ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
Tongass National Forest ◽  
Old Growth Forests ◽  
Mapping Models

Abstract The forest classification and mapping system currently used in managing the Tongass National Forest (NF) is based largely on an economic forest measure, net board foot volume per acre. Although useful for timber economic modeling, this forest measure poorly differentiates old-growth forest types in a way that is meaningful to ecological and social concerns. In 2005, we published an article presenting a proposed tree size and tree density mapping model for the Tongass NF. We claimed the model would provide better information on the structural patterns in old-growth forests than did the current mapping models based on net board foot volume per acre. We also stated that further testing of our proposed model is required before it can be fully integrated into forest management plans and landscape analysis. In this article, we used independent field data to evaluate our proposed tree size and density model and better define its accuracy. Results showed differences among mapping classes similar to differences observed in the development stages of the model. Results also showed mapping accuracy estimates between 60 and 80%. We used the model in a forest management application by comparing the representation of old-growth forest types within a landscape to the representation within a management-defined subset of that landscape.

scholarly journals Soil Nematode Communities in Managed and Natural Temperate Forest

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Andrea Čerevková ◽  
Marek Renčo ◽  
Dana Miklisová ◽  
Erika Gömöryová
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
High Abundance ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Soil Nematode ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Nematode Communities ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
Nematode Abundance

Forest management and the stand age play key roles in determining the composition of soil biota, including nematodes. We analysed the effect of the interaction between stands of natural forest and stands influenced by human activity on nematode communities, necessary for realistically assessing the specific potentials of forest soils, plant protection, forest management, and land use management. Nematode communities were evaluated and compared in managed beech and spruce forests in three age classes (0–20, 40–60, and 100–120 years old) and an unmanaged old-growth temperate forest. A total of 51 nematode genera were found in the forests. The number of nematode genera was the highest (46) in European beech forests, dominated by Rhabditis and Filenchus. In contrast, the number of nematode genera was the lowest (37) in a Norway spruce forest, but where nematode abundance was the highest due mostly to the high abundance of bacterivorous nematodes such as Acrobeloides, Plectus, and Rhabditis. The unmanaged old-growth forest had the lowest nematode abundance and total biomass but the highest abundance of herbivorous nematodes of the order Tylenchida, especially Filenchus, Malenchus, and Paratylenchus, and a high abundance of identified genera of predators. The number of identified nematode genera, abundance, total biomass, and diversity index were the highest in young 0–20-year-old stands, and the lowest in 100–120-year-old stands. Enrichment, structure, and basal indices were influenced by both the stands and the ages of the forests.

scholarly journals Community participation in sustainable management of community forests

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winit Pharcharuen ◽  
Phramaha Weerasak Suramati ◽  
Phrakhrusutaworathammakit Phrakhrusutaworathammakit ◽  
Phrakhruwinaithornwarawut Mahawaro ◽  
Sukanda Chantawaree
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The objectives of this research were to 1) study the potential and obstacles in community forest management 2) study the level of community participation in community forest management 3) propose a guideline to promote the participation of sustainable management of community forests. This research methodology for this study includes a combination of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Data for the quantitative method was collected from one representative of each household and it was used to analyze statistics such as; percentage, mean and standard deviation. And data for the qualitative method was collected from the community leaders, Community Forests Committee, People's Representative Representatives from government and private sectors consisting of 16 people, using in-depth interviews, discussion, and questionnaires as research tools. The results of the study showed that the potentials of the community forest were abundant and consist of various biodiversity. The community forest is useful, and it benefits the people because It is a source of food and it generates extra income, it's a learning centre and an ecotourism centre. The major problems and obstacles encountered in the management of the community forest are Participation of the community forest has not yet reached its full potential.

scholarly journals Incorporating Insect and Wind Disturbances in a Natural Disturbance-Based Management Framework for the Boreal Forest

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis De Grandpré ◽  
Kaysandra Waldron ◽  
Mathieu Bouchard ◽  
Sylvie Gauthier ◽  
Marilou Beaudet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Natural Disturbance ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Salvage Logging ◽  
Old Growth Forest ◽  
Biological Legacies

Natural disturbances are fundamental to forest ecosystem dynamics and have been used for two decades to improve forest management, notably in the boreal forest. Initially based on fire regimes, there is now a need to extend the concept to include other types of disturbances as they can greatly contribute to forest dynamics in some regions of the boreal zone. Here we review the main descriptors—that is, the severity, specificity, spatial and temporal descriptors and legacies, of windthrow and spruce bud worm outbreak disturbance regimes in boreal forests—in order to facilitate incorporating them into a natural disturbance-based forest management framework. We also describe the biological legacies that are generated by these disturbances. Temporal and spatial descriptors characterising both disturbance types are generally variable in time and space. This makes them difficult to reproduce in an ecosystem management framework. However, severity and specificity descriptors may provide a template upon which policies for maintaining post harvesting and salvage logging biological legacies can be based. In a context in which management mainly targets mature and old-growth stages, integrating insect and wind disturbances in a management framework is an important goal, as these disturbances contribute to creating heterogeneity in mature and old-growth forest characteristics.

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