GPHY 104 Study Guide - Flowering Plant, Ecological Resilience, Herbicide
Document Summary
Forest dependent community: a forest dependent community is one in which the forest industry is the main employer, canadian forest dependent communities; 2001: approx. 200: 240,00 canadians employed directly in forestry (logging mills, between 2003 and 2009 more that 47,000 mill workers laid off. Profiles of of canadian forest dependent communities: dependence on forests decreasing in all regions, unemployment is high (ranging from 10% in ontario"s forest dependent communities) Regional rural employment patterns: 6. 5% of rural canada relies on forestry for employment. Type of forest employment matters: overall pattern for canadian forest employment: 42% in lumber, 30% logging, 16% pulp and paper, 12% forest services: pulp and paper jobs (and communities0 better off, regional differences in bc. Factors leading to decrease in forest dependent communities: demand for newsprint, strong canadian $ making exports more expensive, demand for lumber for us house construction drastically dropped during 2008-09 recession, globalization and neoliberalism changes to forest regulation.
