Transcript Document 7351725

The “state of knowledge” on
protected areas and sustainable
forest management:
What do we know and what do we
want to find out?
An SFMN State of Knowledge Project
Presentation Overview
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Overview of SOK project
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Research Team, Partners, Plans
Progress to date
Preliminary findings
Why are we all here today??
Who is involved?
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Principal
Investigator
Researchers
Partners:
 First Nations
 Government
agencies
 Forest Industry
 NGOs
Yolanda Wiersma, Memorial University of
Newfoundland
• Peter Duinker, Dalhousie University
School for Resource and Environmental
Studies
• Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta
Department of Renewable Resources,
Environment
Canada First Nation
• Champagne-Aishihik
Glen
Hvenegaard,
of
Alberta
Gwyichya
Gwich’in University
Band
•••Alberta
Sustainable
Resource
Development•• Wolfgang
Haider,
Simon Fraser
Kaska Division
Tribal
Council
Forestry
•Kluane
AlbertaFirst
Pacific
ForestWestern
Industries
Inc.
•Environment
Nation
•University
CanadaBoreal
•••Research
Assistant:
Munier Society
Bowater
CanadianMetis
ParksFederation
andAnne
Wilderness
Manitoba
Initiative
Daishowa-Marubeni
International
Ltd. of
•Pikangikum
Ducks
Unlimited
Canada
•Newfoundland
First
•(Memorial)
andNation
Labrador
Department
•••Tl’azt’en
Research
Assistant:
Martin Sowa
Weyerhaeuser
Company
World
Wildlife
Fund
First
Nation
Natural
Resources
University,
Austria)
•Ontario
Treaty 8Ministry
First
Nations
of Alberta
•(SFU/Boku
of Natural
Resources
University
of Western
Tsawout
First
Nation Ontario Team
•••Parks
Canada
• Wemindji Cree First Nation
Project Background
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Desire from communities for
sustainable economies that don’t
compromise natural capital
Historical conflicts between PAs &
SFM, and between PAs & human
communities
Considerable uncertainty regarding
the relationships between protected
areas and SFM
Gradients of forest protection and forest activity
large, high ecological integrity
Protection
small, low ecological integrity
intensive
SFM
Forestry activity
protected areas
• Large PA surrounded by
large area of intensive
forestry activities
• Small woodlots within a
large PA
forestry
• Small PAs within a large
area of intensive forestry
activities
• Small woodlots and small
PAs interspersed within a
larger (intact) landscape
Gradients of forest protection and forest activity
Protection
Forestry activity
Gradients of forest protection and forest activity
Small, developed
Intensive
Protection
Forestry activity
Large, high integrity
SFM
Intact
forest
Types of protected areas
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Legislated, set-aside areas (IUCN I-VI)
Management regimes (e.g., “no-cut” zones)
Regulations
Land-use designations
Traditional Aboriginal lands
Recovery habitat (e.g., for species at risk)
Private stewardship (e.g., easements)
Certification forests
Courtesy Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
Current knowledge
Academics –
Natural
Science
-Ecology
-Individual
species/sites
Academics –
Social Science
Government
Industry
-Tourism
-Management
-Planning
-TEK
-Planning
-Economics
-Species-at-risk
-Natural
Disturbance
Pattern
Emulation
-Certification
NGOs
-Flagship areas
-Species-at-risk
Aboriginal peoples
-Cultural values
-Non-timber values
-TEK
Current knowledge
Current knowledge
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Lots of research!
Very little communication between
research foci.
Need for broader application of
knowledge across sectors.
Knowledge sectors often perceived
to be in conflict.
Academics Science
-Ecology
-Individual
species/sites
NGOs
Academics –
Social Science
Industry
-Tourism
-Planning
-TEK
-Natural
Government
-Management
-Planning
Disturbance
-Economics
Pattern
-Species-at-risk
Emulation
Aboriginal communities
-Flagship areas
-Certification
-Cultural values
-Species-at-risk
-Non-timber values
-TEK
SYNTHESIS
-Best
practices
-Innovation
-Integration
Progress to date…
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Assembly of a database of literature
(peer-reviewed and grey literature)
germane to the topic of how PAs
and SFM have (or have not) worked
in the past
Preparation of an annotated
bibliography
Development of a survey to project
partners
Concept paper
Website
Some preliminary findings....
~200 documents included in database of information, including:
-National & International case studies
-Community / Aboriginal forest mgmt projects
-Theory-based articles (PA or SFM)
-Direct benefit of PAs to SFM
-Certification
-Model Forest
-Joint Management
-Some categories more fruitful than others
-Stronger focus on extractive forest management than on PA
management
-Examination of European literature
Concept paper - highlights
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Many initiatives in Canada attempt to
integrate ecosystem management with
SFM
Most case studies are in the boreal
Emphasis in many papers on the
importance of co-management
Co-management also identified as a key
challenge
Concept paper - highlights
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Strategies to integrate conservation and
SFM vary in scale and methods
Some general strategies employed:
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Co-management strategies
Model Forests/Forest Communities Program
Certification
Community Forestry
Aboriginal-led initiatives
Ecosystem-based management
European focus
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Similar issues, but
different government
and ownership rules
Large-scale
coordination of
protected areas
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(Natura 2000)
Why are we here today?
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Feedback on concept paper
Feedback on presentations
Interaction from across the country
and across knowledge sectors to
stimulate dialogue on these issues
Why are we here today?
Academics Science
-Ecology
-Individual
species/sites
NGOs
Academics –
Social Science
Industry
-Tourism
-Planning
-TEK
-Natural
Government
-Management
-Planning
Disturbance
-Economics
Pattern
-Species-at-risk
Emulation
Aboriginal communities
-Flagship areas
-Certification
-Cultural values
-Species-at-risk
-Non-timber values
-TEK
SYNTHESIS
-Best
practices
-Innovation
-Integration
Critical Questions
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What is an appropriate schematic for
the various types/categories of PAs and
SFM; how do they relate to each other?
Give examples.
protected areas
• Large PA surrounded by
large area of intensive
forestry activities
• Small woodlots within a
large PA
forestry
• Small PAs within a large
area of intensive forestry
activities
• Small woodlots and small
PAs interspersed within a
larger (intact) landscape
Gradients of forest protection and forest activity
Small, developed
Intensive
Protection
Forestry activity
Large, high integrity
SFM
Intact
forest
Critical Questions
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What is an appropriate schematic for
the various types/categories of PAs and
SFM; how do they relate to each other?
Give examples.
Based on your experiences, what
factors have contributed to successful
biodiversity conservation and SFM?
Acknowledgements
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Project partners
Peter Duinker, workshop facilitator
Peter, Fiona Schmiegelow, workshop
preparation
Glen Hvengaard, Concept paper
Anne Munier, workshop logistics
All of you for participating in the
next day and a half
Critical Questions
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What is an appropriate schematic for
the various types/categories of PAs and
SFM; how do they relate to each other?
Give examples.
Based on your experiences, what
factors have contributed to successful
biodiversity conservation and SFM?