Canadian Forest Policy Adapting To Change
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Canadian Forest Policy
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Author : Michael Howlett
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Canadian Forest Policy written by Michael Howlett and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Political Science categories.
Arguing that the complexity of policy-making in the forest sector has led many analysts to focus exclusively on specific sectoral activities or jurisdictions, this collection of essays offers a simplifying framework of analysis.
Socioeconomic Impacts And Adaptive Responses To Climate Change
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Author : Grant Hauer
language : en
Publisher: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre
Release Date : 2001
Socioeconomic Impacts And Adaptive Responses To Climate Change written by Grant Hauer and has been published by Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Science categories.
The purpose of social science analysis of climate change is to assist policy makers in understanding the expected flows of benefits and costs of policy options over time and to improve our understanding of the human dimensions of the climate change issue. This report deals with socioeconomic criteria for assessment and with the development of methods and approaches for obtaining a better understanding of the socioeconomic impacts and adaptive responses to climate change in Canada's forest sector. Policy makers responding to the climate change issue must deal with many complex issues and unique circumstances. These issues and circumstances also have a bearing on methodologies for undertaking analysis of the future impacts of climate change. Climate change and the effects of climate change on human society spans multiple scales, which leads to the need to consider feedback's and interactions between environmental and human systems, between political systems and between different parts or segments of economies. The implications are that dynamic general or partial equilibrium models integrated with ecosystem response models will be required in order to understand the implications of climate change for land use change, future ecosystem distributions and the supply of timber from Canada's forests. In addition to affecting future timber supply and future commercial forest areas, climate change will influence the benefits Canadians receive from non-market benefits such as outdoor recreation. Currently there is limited analysis of the effects of climate change on non-market values and this area requires more work. Another factor influencing climate change analysis is that the issue spans unusually long time frames for policy analysis and economic analysis. This raises questions about suitable discount rates and accounting for social welfare of future generations. Finally, there is significant uncertainty in long term predictions of climate change and in how the integrated human/biological system will respond over time. Decision analysis, safe minimum standards, precautionary principles and maximin criterion provide some way to incorporate uncertainty into decision making. In terms of integrated assessment models, systematic consideration for the diversity of opinions and results from scientific studies regarding future climate and ecosystems shifts is required.
Climate Change In The Western And Northern Forests Of Canada
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Author : G. A. McKinnon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Climate Change In The Western And Northern Forests Of Canada written by G. A. McKinnon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Climatic changes categories.
This is the report of a workshop held to provide a forum for the exchange of information on both the expected impacts of climate change on Canada's western & northern forests, and potential adaptive strategies. Topics covered in presentations & poster sessions included climate change science and the implications of climate change for environmental, social, & economic values of the forest. Facilitated interactive sessions focussed on knowledge gaps, policy, and institutional barriers to adaptation, followed by suggestions for moving the climate change impacts & adaptation agenda forward in the forest sector.
Forest Certification A Policy Perspective
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Author : Chris Elliott
language : en
Publisher: CIFOR
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Forest Certification A Policy Perspective written by Chris Elliott and has been published by CIFOR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Forest management categories.
This paper analyses the development of certification programmes in three countries (Indonesia, Canada and Sweden) using the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) as a theoretical reference point. The ACF is an actor-based framework for analysing policy processes and has not previously been applied in a developing country. Actors in the three countries took different approaches to certification. In Canada, in a programme development process supported by the forest products industry, a management systems approach was taken. In Sweden, performance standards were developed in a process initially driven by NGOs. In Indonesia, certification was led by an NGO within a framework established by government, and a performance standards approach was used. The paper concludes that forest certification can be best understood as a policy instrument that promotes and facilitates policy-orientated learning among actors, and provides indirect incentives for improved forest management. Learning occurs both as the standards to be used for certification are developed, and as they are implemented. The benefits of learning and consensus building among actors (such as NGOs, forest companies, private forest owners, indigenous peoples, governments, etc.) who have traditionally been in conflict with each other can be significant. On the other hand, where fundamental changes in forest policy (such as tenure and forest revenue reform) are needed, certification should not be seen as a substitute for these A further conclusion is that, while public policies change over periods of decades, the private policies of retailers and forest product companies can adapt more rapidly to changing circumstances. The concept of a ‘fast track’ of private policy change, compared to the slower track of governmental policy change, is therefore proposed and described. A number of interesting theoretical and empirical avenues for further research on certification are discussed.
Adapting Sustainable Forest Management To Climate Change
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Author : J. E. Edwards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Adapting Sustainable Forest Management To Climate Change written by J. E. Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Climatic changes categories.
Climate change is an unprecedented issue in modern times, posing a number of challenges to sustainable forest management (SFM) in Canada. These challenges include how best to plan and adapt for an uncertain future. The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) has recognized the need to minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities that climate change presents for Canada's forests and forest sector and has therefore initiated collaborative, interjurisdictional work on adaptation in forestry. This report briefly characterizes the issue of climate change as it relates to SFM in Canada and outlines the importance and benefits of adaptation for Canada's forest sector. Additionally, it presents the CCFM approach for adapting SFM to a changing climate and summarizes a suite of tools and products that the CCFM has developed to enhance the capacity of the Canadian forest sector to adapt to climatic changes.--Document.
Vulnerability Of Canada S Tree Species To Climate Change And Management Options For Adaptation
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Author : Mark Harvey Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Vulnerability Of Canada S Tree Species To Climate Change And Management Options For Adaptation written by Mark Harvey Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Climatic changes categories.
Canada's forests are home to well over many interactions and feedbacks in the life cycle of a 100 species of trees, of which 93 are commercially tree add to the complexity of climate change effects. [...] This Adaptation to climate change by modifying forest means that Canada is committed to maintaining forests management policies and practices can potentially and ecological processes in order to ensure that the reduce the vulnerability of some tree species to socio-economic and environmental benefits that are climate change. [...] The remainder of this section provides an overview of the major forest ecozones in Canada (Figure 1), the typical climate of these ecozones, and the major tree species that are present in each. [...] In general, tree species cannot rapidly invade provided an approach for determining the vulnerability new areas because of the time required for trees of tree species to climate change based on aspects of to grow to seed-bearing age and then produce and tree genetics2. [...] Landscape-scale effects of climate change and of interest as a means of predicting (in a general way) fire will be addressed in the next phase of the CCFM the effects of future fire regimes on species composi- project.
Policies For Sustainably Managing Canada S Forests
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Author : Martin K. Luckert
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-09-15
Policies For Sustainably Managing Canada S Forests written by Martin K. Luckert and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with Political Science categories.
With more than three quarters of Canada's forests under provincial control, provincial forest policies are crucial for encouraging the sustainable management of the nation's forests. Forest tenures, which allow private companies to manage public forest resources, are the key policy tool that provinces use to balance the requirements of sustainable management with the economic concerns of the forest industry. By offering an up-to-date comparative examination of contemporary provincial forestry policies, this book provides forest managers, policy-makers, scholars, and students with the information and concepts to critically examine Canada’s complex forest tenure systems. The authors look at tenure, stumpage fees, and other forest practices to assess how well different provincial schemes achieve the goals of sustainable forest management. They identify a number of essential policy attributes that could be used to guide tenure reform, consider potential barriers that could prevent meaningful change, and offer much-needed practical guidance on overcoming these obstacles.
Community Forestry In Canada
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Author : Sara Teitelbaum
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2016-07-28
Community Forestry In Canada written by Sara Teitelbaum and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-28 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In recent decades, community forestry has taken root across Canada. Locally run initiatives are lauded as welcome alternatives to large corporate and industrial logging practices, yet little research has been done to document their tangible outcomes or draw connections between their ideals of local control, community benefit, ecological stewardship, and economic diversification and the realities of community forestry practice. This book brings together the work of over twenty-five researchers to provide the first comparative and empirically rich portrait of community forestry policy and practice in Canada. Tackling all of the forestry regions from Newfoundland to British Columbia, it unearths the history of community forestry, revealing surprising regional differences linked to patterns of policy-making and cultural traditions. Case studies celebrate innovative practices in governance and ecological management while uncovering challenges related to government support and market access. The future of the sector is also considered, including the role of institutional reform, multiscale networks, and adaptive management strategies.
Reforestation Strategies For Adapting British Columbia S Managed Forests To Climate Change Policy Barriers And Opportunities
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Author : Brian Thomas Barber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Reforestation Strategies For Adapting British Columbia S Managed Forests To Climate Change Policy Barriers And Opportunities written by Brian Thomas Barber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Climate change is expected to significantly impact temperate forests. One of the few practical options to maintain productivity of managed forests is to reforest harvested areas with resilient trees better adapted to future climate. Such reforestation strategies include: (a) increasing species and genetic diversity; (b) facilitating the migration of species and populations; (c) managing for species with shorter-rotations; and (d) selecting and breeding for adaptation to environmental stresses. The benefits and limitations of these strategies vary, although facilitated migration can be used to increase forest resilience and productivity. BC's forest policy framework has sufficient flexibility to implement most of these strategies. However, policies that drive forest management to meet short-term results, such as free growing, serve as barriers. Government, professionals, forest companies, and others need to find solutions to these barriers and develop reliable information and strategies at scales appropriate for forest management and planning purposes.
Adapting Sustainable Forest Management To Climate Change
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Author : Mark Harvey Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-11
Adapting Sustainable Forest Management To Climate Change written by Mark Harvey Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Forest management categories.