FOR200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sustainable Forest Management, Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital
Document Summary
Until very recently the focus on forest conservation/ sustainable forest management in canada is on two main goals: Maintaining the economic viability of forest ecosystems forestry sector. Conservation/ preservation of traditional ecological considerations alpha, beta, gamma diversity. Current trends in forest management: ecosystem services. Present and future amenities associated with unspoiled natural environments, for which the market fails to make adequate provision (things the ecosystem does that we benefit from and the market doesn"t. The processes of ecosystems that support (directly or indirectly) human well being. Natural capital: the living material that covers the planet, gives rise to the flows of ecosystems services. Analogy between money/capital in a financial account (natural capital) and living off the interest accrued (ecosystem services) Degradation of natural capital leads to decline of ecosystem services flow. Supporting: those that all essential to the other categories nutrient cycling, soil formation, primary production, ecosystem functions (plant growth)
