The application of enhanced forest productivity (EFP) through intensive silviculture on designated forest areas is arguably one means to maintain or increase fibre supply and global market competitiveness. The Canadian Ecology CentreForestry Research Partnership's (CEC-FRP) 10/10 objective (to increase sustainable fibre production by 10% in 10 years) has focused many years of forest research largely on the practical application of EFP. Large-scale implementation of this research, through a process of adaptive management, is incumbent on first identifying forests that are available and potentially suitable to implement EFP with more intensive silviculture on portions of the landbase. This paper describes forests in northeastern Ontario that were evaluated for EFP potential, and provides some of the rationale for their selection or rejection for this purpose. To date, the Gordon Cosens, Romeo Malette, Martel, and Nipissing forests are identified as potential CEC-FRP core forests in which research can be directed towards sustainable increases in forest production. These 4 forests are located in Ontario's boreal and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence regions and have the necessary tenure, potential productivity, protection from fire, insect and disease, and are managed under a suitably enabling planning and legislative environment. In addition, forest management planning teams for these forests are closely integrated with the CEC-FRP through core teams that are critical to identifying science priorities based on local operational issues, and moving subsequent research into practice. As such, it seems timely to move forward with EFP implementation through a process of adaptive management on these forests.Key words: enhanced forest productivity (EFP), intensive forest management (IFM), intensive silviculture, forest management planning (FMP), adaptive management RÉSUMÉ L' obtention d'une productivité forestière accrue (PFA) au moyen de la sylviculture intensive sur des territoires forestiers désignés constitue sans doute l'un des moyens permettant de maintenir ou d'accroître l'approvisionnement en fibre et la compétitivité sur les marchés mondiaux. L' objectif 10/10 (accroître la production durable de fibre de 10 % en 10 ans) du Centre écologique du Canada -Partenariat pour la recherche forestière (CEC-PRF) a consacré plusieurs années de recherche forestière principalement sur l'application pratique de la PFA. L'implantation à grande échelle de ces recherches, par l' entremise d'un processus d'adaptation de l'aménagement, dépend en premier lieu de l'identification des forêts qui sont disponibles et potentiellement en mesure de suivre une PFA générée par une sylviculture intensive sur des portions du territoire. Cet article décrit les forêts du nord-est de l'Ontario qui ont été évaluées pour leur potentiel de PFA et présente quelques-uns des éléments rationnels de leur sélection ou de leur rejet en fonction de cet objectif. À ce jour, les forêts Gordon Cosens, Romeo Malette, Martel et Nipissing ont été retenues en tant q...

A qualitative investigation was conducted to determine, in part, the role of motivation in academic achievement by gifted secondary students. By examining the function of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, it was possible to identify the impact of each on the achievement of academically gifted students from Year 7 to Year 9 in a number of schools in regional New South Wales. These included two secondary departments of central schools', two large coeducational secondary schools and a relatively small single sex girls' school Across all sites there was a number of motivational characteristics that remained constant in contributing to academic achievement while some characteristics were specific to individual schools.

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