GEOG 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Forest Stewardship Council, Adaptive Management, Management System
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Rare tree species like teak & mahogany may vanish. Improving the environment, social and economic sustainability of forest communities through legislation & policies. Attempts to manage the harvesting of resources in ways that minimize the impact on ecosystems. Involves systematically testing different management approaches & aims to improve methods as time goes on. Methods tested by science and them implemented by management. Guiding principle for forest management in canada. Designed to study a broad range of forest values and evaluate the effectiveness on impacts on several new forest management approaches. Tested whether maintenance of all stumps and small residual tree islands benefits cavity-using animals within clear cuts. Designed to assist in the development of forestry management systems to maintain grizzly habitats, while at the same time producing timber. Ground fires: the litter layer of the forest burns. Crown fires: the upper canopy of the forest burns, the tree tops.