Thinking and acting differently for sustainable management of the boreal forest

Abstract

e e s h a w~ Sustainable forest management has replaced sustained yield as L'amknagement forestier durable a remplacC le rendement the new management strategy for most countries and forest soutenu en tant que nouvelle stratkgie d'amknagement pour la plucompanies. This concept has generated a lot of interest and dispart des pays et des entreprises forestibres. Ce concept a gCnkr6 cussion, and a great deal of effort is being made to modify curbeaucoup d'int66t et de discussions, et une grande partie des efforts rent forestry practices to be sustainable. In this paper, we argue est maintenant consacrCe h modifier les pratiques forestibres that the still somewhat vague concept of sustainable forest manactuelles pour qu'elles soient durables. Dans cet exposk, nous agement calls for a substantial modification in our way of thinksoutenons que le concept quelque peu encore vague d'amknageing about and practising forestry. TO move towad that goal, we ment forestier durable nkcessite une modification substantielle de recognize important social and economic challenges to sustainnotre faqon de penser et de pratiquer la foresterie. Pour se diriger able management and suggest nine essential notions: 1) manage Ven cet objectic nous soulign0~ swiaux etkonomiques the forest ecosystem as a whole and not in parts nor only for the importants associks AyamCnagement forestier et nous sugcrop species; 2) conserve a significant proportion of the boreal g e r~n~ neuf notions primordiales : 1) amknager 1'kcosystbme forest (i.e., at least 12%); 3) practice intensive forestry on a forestier 'Omme une entit' et ' On ' Omme des parties et pas small portion of the land to recover the fibre lost from notions 1 seulement pour les es@ces d'int6ret; 2, prkserver line ~~o~o d o " and 2; 4) strive for innovation in thinking and acting; 5) foster significative de la forst borCale (c'est-&-dire, au moins 12 %); 3) and development to support notion 4; 6) balance regional needs pratiquer une foresterie intensive sur une petite partie du territoire with that of the global 7) encourage public participour rkcupkrer la matibre ligneuse perdue en 1 et 2; 4) s'efforcer pation; 8) consider the impact of substantial change in climate over de penser et d'agir de faqon innovatrice; 5) stimuler la recherche the next 100 years (or next rotation); and 9) substitute regulations et le dkveloppement pour soutenir le point 4; 6) kquilibrer les besoins rkgionaux avec ceux de la cornrnunautC mondiale ; 7) encourager that are adaptive for those that are restrictive. An example of the du public; 8) considCrer du changekind of silviculture that could be used in ecosystem management merit imponant dans ie climat au tours des prochaines for the black spruce forest is also discussed.annkes (ou la prochaine r6volution); et 9) remplacer les r&glements restrictifs par des rkglements flexibles. Un exemple du genre de Key words: sustainabilit~, ecosystem management, boreal forsylviculmre qui pourrit Ptre utilis~e en amknagement des Ccosysest, socio-economic and biophysical concerns...

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