Forestry Management in Nova Scotia The Canadian forest sector has been a strong and vital element of national and regional well being. Through the management, harvesting, processing and marketing of timber resources, Canada has developed a reputation of being one of the largest timber resources in the forest industry. However, to maintain this reputation and economic well being there are several issues to address in order to protect and sustain this renewable resource. This paper will focus on
Proposal for a Sustainable Forestry Management Policy Forests are an invaluable natural resource with multiple conflicting uses. When left to stand, forests help conserve biodiversity, stabilize the environment and control erosion; when logged, they provide building materials, fuel and agricultural land for human use. The challenge is to find an equilibrium between these uses: in other words, to make the transition toward sustainable forestry management. Unfortunately, poverty has driven
the operating conditions of the Forestry Industry (ACC, 2007). This assignment will examine the impact that deforestation may have on New Zealand, and possible models for rectifying the situation. For the purposes of this assignment, attention will be given to the effects of ‘The Pine Forestry Industry ‘on a nationwide scale, but Tokoroa will be utilised as the primary example, in order to relate these generic problems to a ‘real’ populace. The New Zealand Forestry Industry utilises New Zealand’s
Issues Within the Discipline of Forestry The idea of forestry in the sense that we know it today is only about four hundred years old. Forestry developed mainly out of the need for a continual supply of wood products. There were a few forest reserves for hunting or preservation in Europe, but the idea of managing a forest for a number of resources is quite new. There are four stages that almost all societies have gone through when trying to develop this idea of forestry. The first stage has to do
in the early stages of the Arizona fire only a couple of years ago (BBC 2). In a Colorado fire 2.3 million acres had been burned (BBC 3). That land could have been saved if the use of prescribed burns had been in the area. Mr. McGann from the forestry service told reporters that pine forests had become choked with underbr... ... middle of paper ... ...News. “Arizona blazes become sea of fire.” BBC. 24, October 2012: Grelen, Harold E. May Burns Stimulate Growth of Longleaf Pine Seedlings
One such invaluable use of remote sensing is in the application of forestry. In the past, scientists used to collect data on the ground from a relatively small section of a forest, and assume that their data would be an accurate representation of the forest as a whole. Today, studying forests hands-on is mostly done as ground truthing for data originally collected by remote sensing. There is a broad range of applications in forestry that remote sensing is incredibly helpful with. This paper will look
Forests for the Future The Scottish Forestry Commission in cooperation with other small national organisations set up an educational initiative aimed for upper primary school children called ‘Forests for the Future’ (FFTF). The initiative comprises of eight units as demonstrated in Figure 1
3.0 The Practice of Forestry Forestry loosely defined as the systematic management and use of forests and their natural resources for human benefit. Most often, forestry efforts have been initiated in response to indiscriminate timber cutting that denuded the land and caused erosion, floods or a shortage of food products. Ancient Forestry Practices In ancient times forest protection and nature conservation laws were in effect as early as 1, 700 BC. In the African Tropics, agroforestry (growing of
standing timber to different companies. I find this occupation very interesting because they manage important resources and protect important habitats. I became interested in this job when I learned about how huge the role forestry has in logging public and private forests. Without forestry to regulate logging companies forests could be stripped bare, and destroyed. Habitats would be ruined, animals would die, climates would change and without the replanting of trees eventually the timber industry would
The South China Tiger As a result of “the South China Tiger [being] one of the most endangered tiger subspecies in the world” (State Forestry Administration, 2000) China implemented the China Action Plan For Saving the South China Tiger. China’s State Forestry Administration developed the plan because it was necessary to minimize the threat of extinction posed by humans to these tigers. Without intervention, the South China Tiger would go extinct. Historically, “The South China Tiger was
something many Korean women and girls deal with every day. In 2002, a survey done by the Korean Institute of Criminology, the number of sex purchases in Korea equaled to 4.4 of the countries GDP (Gross Domestic Product), almost the same as agriculture, forestry, and fishing industries combined. The survey also showed that there were at least 33,000 women working in prostitution. 8% of women working in Korea in their twenties and thirties were prostitutes. Also, a survey done by the Korea Women’s Hot Line
communicating your opinions to the proper authorities, calling on forestry companies to act responsibly, and more. Education, however is the most effective catalyst for change, we must respect the forests as living communities not just resources to be exploited. Government: There are many things that governments are doing to rectify this problem. Probably the most effective of these are Forest Protection Schemes, Farm Forestry and plantations, and Raising Awareness/Education. First and
A forest is defined by Botkin & Keller (2011) as a major kind of landscape that is normally grown over certain amounts of years and then harvested, forest products are mostly subjected to vigorous commercialization. Forests are also known for their important contribution to biological conservation. Forests have been an integral part of people and civilization from the very earliest centuries for their major product which his wood. Wood began to be viewed as an important building resource at the start
The Earths forest hold up to 90% of the terrestrial plants and animal species (Heaton 76). About 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are cut down each year (FAO 2005). Forests also hold 25% of modern medicines (World Rainforest Movement 28), while the United States is the largest wood consumer in the world; Heaton says that the US, per capita, consumes approximately 330 kg in wood based products compared to 233 kg in Germany who holds second place (WRI 2003). WWF has been trying for years
Abbey's heart lies in the once beautiful Glen Canyon. He describes all of his wonderful childhood stories of him floating down the river and how all it took was a paddleboat and little money. He tells of the great beauty of all the animals, insects, forestry, and ancient scenery the canyon once had. This is why Abbey feels reservoirs are doing terrible things for not only Glen Canyon but every river. When you think about it, a natural river untainted by the ways of machinery and humans is virtually
prevent deforestation. Members of the Forest Service educate not only the large companies, but the private landowners as well. It is the private owners who own sixty percent if the forests being harvested. By helping to show how conservative forestry techniques can be made efficient as well as more profitable, they are helping to diminish the rate of deforestation. If more money was spent on research and the spread of new and better techniques, then the taxpayers' money would be better spent
According to Wikipedia (2008), deforestation can be defined as the removal of a forest or stand of trees where there is land. According to the data from the United Nations (2006), Malaysia’s rate of deforestation is accelerating faster than that of any other tropical country in the world. There are countless causes and effects of deforestation on nature and its wildlife and it is essential to determine ways to overcome uncontrolled deforestation. Due to the failure of the Malaysian government in
People around the world are becoming more and more alarmed at the speed forests are being cut down. Deforestation happens for a number of reasons, one of them is to create space for new businesses such as farming. Another one is logging. Logging can be either done selectively or cutting out the whole forest/area (clear-cutting). The purpose of logging is usually to sell timber from which a number of things can be made such as furniture. The third reasoning of deforestation is the market failure.
be triggered from volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which initiate earth movement on a grand scale. Landslides are frequently the direct consequence of human activity. They are predominant in highland areas where Agricultural irrigation and forestry practices such as clear-cutting and stripping vegetation from naturally oversteepened slopes are eminent. Highway construction on similar slope conditions awaits only the first good rain to provoke earth movement. In an urban setting, improper
SFM is a branch of forestry that is concerned with the overall administration, economic, legal and social aspects as well as the scientific & technical aspects (silviculture, forest regulation, and protection). It can be based on the conservation, economics and/or a mixture of the two: timber extraction, afforestation and reforestation. The Glossary of Forestry Terms in British Columbia (2008), indicated that it also includes the management of aesthetics, wood products, genetic resources and other