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Forest Issues
Your Internet Gateway to Forestry and Forest
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The purpose of the
Forest Issues page
is to provide a convenient gateway to in-depth information on important
economic, environmental, and social issues facing forests, forestry, the forest
products industry, and the people who depend on them.
For up-to-date information and
breaking news, we suggest that you review the latest postings on the
The Week in Review
feature to be found on the Forestry
News page.
If you have recommendations
for improving the Forest Issues
page, either with additional sources of information for the issues found here
or with other issues of interest to you, please send us an email with your
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Mountain Pine
Beetle
British Columbia
Ministry of Forests and Range - one of the principal sources of
information on the mountain pine beetle infestation.
- Mountain
Pine Beetle Action Plan is the cornerstone of the Province's coordinated
response to the mountain pine beetle infestation. The Action Plan guides
provincial responses and helps coordinate all levels of government,
communities, industries and stakeholders working to mitigate impacts of the
pine beetle. It addresses forestry and environmental issues as well as
economic, social and cultural sustainability.
- Beetle
Facts - information on the response to the epidemic, beetle biology,
contributing factors, beetles and cold weather, infestation
information.
- Research
Reports on various aspects of the mountain pine beetle infestation and
responses.
Alberta Ministry of Sustainable Resource
Development
Canadian Forest Service
(CFS)
- Mountain pine beetle
home page - information on outbreak origins, historical mountain pine
beetle activity, mountain pine beetle detection, decision support systems,
modeling mountain pine beetle spread and impact, direct control methods, the
role and use of fire, silviculture and the mountain pine beetle
- Forest Forward - Moving
Beyond the Pine Beetle feature provides an excellent presentation of
the following aspects of beetle biology and the impact of the
infestation.
David Suzuki Foundation - BC
Forests: Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
- Salvaging
Solutions - detailed information about science-based management of the
beetle outbreak in British Columbia.
University of British Columbia: Faculty of
Forestry
FORREX Forest Research Extension
Partnership
Forestry
Innovation Investment’s Mountain Pine Beetle Program - FII is
the lead agency responsible for developing new product uses and markets for
Mountain Pine Beetle wood. This mandate is part of the Mountain Pine Beetle
Action Plan announced in April, 2005. The strategy supports forest communities,
preserves forests and assists forest companies in recovering the greatest
economic value from impacted timber.
Council of Forest Industries
International
Forestry
Until recently, the CIDA Forestry
Advisers Network (CFAN) maintained a website that featured the description of
CIDA-supported forestry projects in developing countries and a series of papers
on international forestry issues. Some of the more popular issues papers are
reproduced below.
Deforestation - Tropical
Forests in Decline - examines the extent of tropical deforestation in
developing countries, its causes and consequences, and the prospects for more
sustainable land use alternatives. The paper has been prepared as a
contribution to the general public's better understanding of the complex
social, economic, and environmental issues that surround tropical
deforestation.
Forests, Trees,
and the Millennium Development Goals - In September 2000 in New York, the
Millennium Summit was held, bringing together at the UN General Assembly over
150 world leaders to reconfirm their commitment to sustainable development. At
that time, the UN member states unanimously adopted the Millennium Declaration
for achieving human development.
Tropical Forestry and the
Environment - examines the major environmental problems facing tropical
forests and looks at practical approaches to address them.
Tropical Forests and
Climate Change - examines global climate change and its causes, describes
climate change’s impact on forests, summarizes the Kyoto Protocol as it
relates to forests, summarizes forests’ role in mitigating climate change,
and provides recommendations for international cooperation in the forest
sector.
These papers were prepared by John
Roper while under contract with the Policy Branch of the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA).
State of the Forest
Industry
Softwood Lumber Agreement:
Canada - United States
2006 Softwood Lumber
Agreement - background to the issues and the details of the most recent
Softwood Lumber Agreement from the BC Government's perspective.
Export and
Import Controls: Softwood Lumber - background to the issues and the details
of the most recent Softwood Lumber Agreement from the perspective of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade Canada.
Economic Trends and
Prospects
Canadian Forest Service
(CFS)
British Columbia
Ministry of Forests and Range
- Forestry Revitalization
Plan - outlines the actions and expected benefits from forest policy
reforms being made to help revitalize the industry.
Council of Forest Industries
- Issues - a series of brief papers on
"Competitiveness, BC Depends on Forestry, Sustainability, BC Lumber in Asia,
Forestry’s Safety Challenge, Mountain Pine Beetle, Wood as a Green Choice"
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