ENCS473 Study Guide - Final Guide: Land Tenure, Certified Wood, Yield Management
17 Dec 2018
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Forest policies: federal responsible for international aspects, trade, provs. responsible for forest management. Since forests are mostly on public land, their allocation to industrial operations becomes an issue: how is this done, tenure contracts between industry and prov. gov, defines property rights through specific tenure arrangements. This leads to issues regarding operations and economic development: province manages resource through principles of sustained yield management (sym, you want an even supply of wood coming in, not sporadic, when forestry started, lots of old growth. Then they overcut it, now an even flow of timber. Competing philosophies: sfm (sus. forest management), natural disturbance removal of timber (fire, insects, etc. ) rather than growth. Wood competitive industry, but companies cannot harvest more (aac) Overlapping tenures: 2 companies operating on same land for 2 different things. = profit oil extract to maximize groundwater same forest age is continuous: 1, 2, 3, 4, fishery: age classes.
