1. Forestry and Resource Management

2. Case study: Clayoquot’s Big Trees
1993- Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience -Timber fueled the economy -Protesters opposed the logging of Canada’s oldest forests 1995 –the government recommended reducing harvests and retaining old growth trees The government reversed its policies

3. 1998 – the timber company agreed to limited logging and began using environmentally friendly practices -ecotourism began to thrive: fishing, kayaking, whale watching, etc. -site became a United Nations International Biosphere Reserve -trees were worth more alive than cut down

4. True or False: Renewable resources cannot runout.
Resource Management -
managing resource harvesting so the resource is not depleted (sustainable use)
Renewable resources:
soil, fresh water, animals, timber

5. Management Approaches
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) –
maximize harvest without reducing future harvests
Keep the population below its carrying capacity
Disadvantages:
trial and error, often results in overharvesting and ecosystem changes

6. 2. Ecosystem-Based Management
Harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on ecosystems
Disadvantages:
- ecosystems are complex, it is difficult
to determine the best plan
- often results in inconsistent management

7. Assess Design implement
3. Adaptive Management - Test different approaches, customize based on the results
Assess Design implement
Monitor Evaluate Adjust
Disadvantages:
Time consuming and complicated

8. What do you think? What management approach would you follow?
You have just become supervisor of a national forest. Ten percent of it is old growth forest. Your managers are split among preferring maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, or adaptive management.
What management approach would you follow?
2. Come to a consensus in your group, defend your choice.