Sustainability

Question 1

What is the triple bottom line?

Answer 1

Profit, Planet, People aka economic, environmental and social.

Question 2

What 4 things must be done for humans to move forward sustainably.

Answer 2

• 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.

Question 3

Define sustainable development

Answer 3

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 4

What are the 3 keys that must be balanced to acheive sustainability?

Answer 4

Utility - the state that is to be obtained

Effectiveness - doing the right things with accuracy and completeness

Effieciency - achieving lowest possible input/output ratio

Question 5

Define the 3 legged stool

Answer 5

1. Economy - growth, jobs, taxes
2. Environment - restorative, eco effectiveness, restorative
3. Equity - employees / community

Remove one leg and the rest collapses.

Question 6

Define stewardship

Answer 6

Responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices.

Question 7

How does FRPA enforce sustainable forest use?

-what is the included escape clause.

Answer 7

-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.)

Question 8

What is a shortcoming of the FRPA?

Answer 8

-Doesnt define forest stewardship or FSP.

Question 9

What is sustainable forest management certification?

What are the 3 participating groups.

Answer 9

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]).

Question 10

What is sustainability?

Answer 10

• Capacity to endure, or long term maintenance.

- Sustainability is preserving the ecological systems that support us and allow us to survive.

Question 11

What drives SFM?

Answer 11

Companies on the market made a shift to prioritizing sustainably managed wood fiber.

Question 12

What is PEFC

Answer 12

Program for the endorsement of forest certification. In canada there is more PEFC certified forest than FSC because CSA cert. is recognized by PEFC.

Question 13

What are most of the certifications in canada?

Answer 13

68% SFI
32% CSA
very little FSC due to high cost

Question 14

What are the 7 ABCFP Principles of stewardship?

Answer 14

1. Ecological Integrity
2. Information and Understanding
3. Forest Management Goals & Objectives
4. Social Foundation
5. Temporal Options
6. Spatial Strategies
7. Adaptive Practice

Question 15

What are our obligations for practicing SFM?

Answer 15

• profession
• employer/client
• legal
• certification
• public

Question 16

What are some of the contributions made by leopold to our profession?

Answer 16

• 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”.