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This report examines future implications of management provisions recommended by the Morice Land & Resource Management Plan (LRMP) Table, in comparison to implications for current management practices reported earlier in a base case projection of environmental risks. The main analytical tool used in this examination is the Morice Landscape Model, which keeps track over time of forest conditions on each individual hectare of the LRMP area. These conditions drive other computer models which evaluate habitat conditions for selected species. Three separate simulations form the basis for much of the analysis & discussion that follow: a base case scenario corresponding to current management practice, a natural case scenario to determine what the natural state of forests would be in the absence of industrial forestry, and the LRMP management scenario that applies the management provisions recommended by the LRMP Table. After reviewing the models & scenarios analyzed, the remainder of the report covers two main topics: the degree to which representation of particular ecosystems would be improved by the Table recommendations; and predicted future trends in coarse-filter biodiversity and status of identified wildlife species (grizzly bear, caribou, fisher, northern goshawk, mountain goat, moose, marten, bull trout), special or rare ecosystems, and general fisheries values under each scenario.
This base case assessment examines the future implications of environmental risk for the Morice Land & Resource Management Plan area in British Columbia if management practices used today continue to be used without change in the future. The report first describes the environmental setting of the area, including its climate and ecological units, and outlines the extent to which various biogeoclimatic zones are represented within the area. The report then describes likely future consequences of current land use practices on forest age structure, focal wildlife species (grizzly bear, caribou, fisher, northern goshawk, mountain goat, moose, American marten, bull trout), special & rare ecosystems, and aquatic ecosystems & fish. Where available data warrant, trends are predicted in time by computer simulation modelling, and where not, trends are discussed subjectively.
The introduction to this report reviews the general objectives & intent of the Morice Land & Resource Management Plan and the method for socio-economic assessments of such plans. The main section presents & discusses results of an assessment of the impacts of the Plan on the following: the primary industrial sectors, including forestry, minerals & energy, agriculture, trapping, & botanical forest products; back-country tourism; the recreation sector; communities & settlements in the Plan area; and First Nations. This is followed by a brief summary of the results of the environmental risk assessment for the Plan's final land use recommendation, as well as an integrated perspective on the expected socio-economic & environmental impacts of the Plan. The final section draws conclusions about the net economic value accounting of the Plan, the effects of the Plan on economic development, and the overall social & environmental impacts of the plan. Appendices include demographic & community data for the Plan area as well as background information & statistics on the various sectors examined in this assessment.
This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainabilityâ€"the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the futureâ€"that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal with natural hazards. They lay out a vision of sustainability, concrete suggestions for policy reform, and procedures for planning. The book chronicles the long evolution of land-use planning and identifies key components of sustainable planning for hazards. Stressing the importance of balance in land use, the authors offer principles and specific reforms for achieving their visions of sustainability.
Landscape ecology has generated a wealth of knowledge that could enhance forest policy, but little of this knowledge has found its way into practice. This the first book to introduce landscape ecologists to the discipline of knowledge transfer. The book considers knowledge transfer in general, critically examines aspects that are unique to forest landscape ecology, and reviews case studies of successful applications for policy developers and forest managers in North America.