What is the triple bottom line?
Profit, Planet, People aka economic, environmental and social.
What 4 things must be done for humans to move forward sustainably.
- less reliance on heavy metals and fossil fuels.
- less usage of synthetic chemicals.
- reduction of negative effects on the environment (deforestation).
- enabling access to alternate resources.
Define sustainable development
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What are the 3 keys that must be balanced to acheive sustainability?
Utility - the state that is to be obtained
Effectiveness - doing the right things with accuracy and completeness
Effieciency - achieving lowest possible input/output ratio
Define the 3 legged stool
- Economy - growth, jobs, taxes
- Environment - restorative, eco effectiveness, restorative
- Equity - employees / community
Remove one leg and the rest collapses.
Define stewardship
Responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices.
How does FRPA enforce sustainable forest use?
-what is the included escape clause.
-Requires a forest stewardship plan (although not defined)
- Forest planning and practices regulation sets objectives for 11 FRPA values
- contains escape clause (without unduly reducing the supply of timber from British Columbia forests.)
What is a shortcoming of the FRPA?
-Doesnt define forest stewardship or FSP.
What is sustainable forest management certification?
What are the 3 participating groups.
A voluntary certification based on a set of principles goals and indicators.
carried out by 3rd party such as forest stewardship council (FSC [NGO]), Canadian Standards Association (CSA [Govt]), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI [industry]).
What is sustainability?
- Capacity to endure, or long term maintenance.
- Sustainability is preserving the ecological systems that support us and allow us to survive.
What drives SFM?
Companies on the market made a shift to prioritizing sustainably managed wood fiber.
What is PEFC
Program for the endorsement of forest certification. In canada there is more PEFC certified forest than FSC because CSA cert. is recognized by PEFC.
What are most of the certifications in canada?
68% SFI
32% CSA
very little FSC due to high cost
What are the 7 ABCFP Principles of stewardship?
- Ecological Integrity
- Information and Understanding
- Forest Management Goals & Objectives
- Social Foundation
- Temporal Options
- Spatial Strategies
- Adaptive Practice
What are our obligations for practicing SFM?
- profession
- employer/client
- legal
- certification
- public
What are some of the contributions made by leopold to our profession?
- Introduced the importance of ecology based management by revealing the interconnectedness of forest ecosystems and how they can be drastically effected by human activity.
- Recognized the ecological backlash to intensive resource management.
- Recognized the importance of organized conservation efforts among private landowners.
- Inspired conservation through the establishment of native conditions for “game management”.
