MGT 4580 Lecture Notes - Certified Wood, Forest Stewardship Council, Kenaf
Document Summary
Triple bottom line approach to resource management: the health of the resources. You have you take care and look after the resources that you depend on. Evolution of forest management, phases are as follows: unrestrained exploitation. No consideration for consequences or future issues: administrative forest management. Does not recognize the forestry system as a biological entity: ecosystem approach (sustained yield = sustained ecological systems) Forests are complex and have many different values. Not just renewing the most sustainable trees, but preserving the forest as a whole. Salmon habitat is heavily affected by forestry practices such as clear-cutting. Very pro-active in terms of getting the word out and fighting the impact by creating and coming up with alternatives. Provincial governments own and manage 87% of forest land (sustainable resource. Government"s way to regulate and grant access to forest operations. Forest management agreements: 20-25 years, give extensive property rights and management responsibilities, government basically turns over everything to these companies.
