Forest Management

Question 0

Why are policies often developed?

Answer 0

To hold decision makers accountable and to standardize interpretations of process or procedures to avoid negative outcomes.

Question 1

What’s a policy?

Answer 1

Principle or rule to guide the implementation of a process, procedure or protocol to achieve rational outcomes and achieve management objectives.

Question 2

Why would a company implement a policy?

Answer 2

So that by following the policy their employees would be working within the law.

Question 3

What defines policy in BC?

Answer 3

Legislation
Regulations
Directives
Guidelines
Procedures and protocols

Question 4

What is forestry?

Answer 4

Forestry is forest resource management. It is all about managing forests for the specific values that the owner (society) wishes to produce, maintain or enhance.

• Fiber
• Water
• Recreation
• Cultural Values
• Wildlife habitat
• Biodiversity

Question 5

Who has jurisdiction over the lands and natural resources in canada?

Answer 5

Provincial and territorial governments

Question 6

• Which groups manage forest resources of BC?

Answer 6

• Ministry of forests
• Ministry of Environment
• legislated resource tenure holders

Question 7

How much forest land is in Canada? In BC?

Answer 7

Canada: 3,970,000 km2
BC: 550,000 km2 - 60%of BC is forest land.

Question 8

What laws are in place in private forest lands?

Answer 8

The private managed forest land act

Question 9

How much of BC’s forest lands are private?

Answer 9

4 % of total land base (4,000,000 Ha2) or 40,000 km2

Question 10

What is the UN definition of a forest? What about the scientific definition?

Answer 10

UN: Wooded area > 0.5Ha with a minimum of 10% crown cover and trees >5m tall.

Scientific: Forests are communities of living organisms characterized by the presence of trees that have symbiotic relationships with each-other and the physical environment.

Question 11

What types of forests are there?

Answer 11

• Boreal
• Temperate
• Urban
• Wetland/Riparian
• Tropical

Question 12

How much wood does the average canadian consume per day? Per year?

Answer 12

4.5 lbs per day, or 1642.5 lbs per year

Question 13

What is the largest consumer of wood in the world?

Answer 13

Fire

Question 14

What activity contributes to the bulk of wood consumption ion the world?

Answer 14

Burning wood as fuel for heating, cooking and industry. Charcoal manufacturing also adds to this, falling under industry.

Question 15

What period of history contributed most to the decline of woodstocks?

Answer 15

The bronze and iron ages brought about industrial processes that were dependant on large amounts of wood in the form of charcoal.

Question 16

Who was John Evelyn?

Answer 16

In 1664, john evelyn published a famous book on tree culture for english land owners. The intention was to encourage landowners to plant and care for trees that would eventually be used by the english navy.

Question 17

Who was Heinrich Cotta?

Answer 17

Cotta was the founder of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry in 1811. He was responsible for developing mathematically based approaches to manage forests. Considered a Pioneer of Modern Forestry who inspired many other foresters to start thinking about sustainability.

Question 18

What are the 3 principal Causes that make forestry so backwards?

Answer 18

• The long time that wood needs for development
• The great variety of sites on which it grows
• The fact that the forester who practices much, writes but little and he who writes much, practices forestry but little.

Question 19

What is the forestry team?

Answer 19

The ABCFP is referred to as the forestry team, It consists of a wide array of professionals concerned with forest management.

Question 20

What are the critical forest resource management related statutes in BC?

Answer 20

• Forest Act
• Forest Land and Practices Act
• The Foresters act
• The Ministry of Forests Act
• The Wildfire Act
• The Range Act

Question 21

Who does the Minister Of Forests report to?

Answer 21

The Lieutenant Governor

Question 22

What kind of laws does the Forest Act contain?

Answer 22

Administrative Laws that regulate the disposition of crown timber, stumpage determination, Tenure management, Scaling and other administrative processes.

Question 23

What kind of Laws does the forest range and practices act contain?

Answer 23

Operational laws surrounding enforcement, forest health, standards of road construction, Gene management, Standards of operations, planning requirements and recreational forest use

Question 24

How much of BC’s crown land contributes to the provincial allowable annual cut?

Answer 24

0.0025% gives roughly 80,000,000 m3

Question 25

What are BCs 3 largest markets for wood?

Answer 25

40% to USA
33% to China
11% to Japan
16% to Canada/EU/International Market

Question 26

The guiding principle of forest management in BC is to protect and enhance 8 major resource values. What are they?

Answer 26

• Soil
• Riparian areas, streams and hydrology
• Timber
• Forest Health
• Fisheries Habitat
• Wildlife habitat and biodiversity
• Heritage and cultural values
• Recreation and aesthetics

Question 27

Where does BC get the authority to manage its resource values?

Answer 27

The Canadian constitution gives all provincial and territorial Gov’ts the responsibility to manage their own resource values. This includes salt water fish streams but not salt water fisheries.

Question 28

What is “Policy”

Answer 28

Policy refers to a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. Implemented by the government as a procedure or a protocol.

Question 29

Why are policies developed?

Answer 29

To guide the actions of employees with respect to the job they are performing. All government employees must be clear on their responsibilities and the policies surrounding the execution of their responsibilities.

Question 30

hopw many regions and districts on the west coast?

Answer 30

2 regions - west coast / sputh coast

7 districts - 4 in west, 3 in south

Question 31

How many regions and districts are in BC?

Answer 31

8 regions and 30 districts as of 2012