The state of knowledge on protected areas and sustainable forest management: What do we know and wha

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The state of knowledge on protected areas and
sustainable forest management What do we know
and what do we want to find out?

• An SFMN State of Knowledge Project

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Presentation Overview

• Overview of SOK project
• Research Team, Partners, Plans
• Progress to date
• Preliminary findings
• Why are we all here today??

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Who is involved?

• Principal Investigator
• Researchers
• Partners
• First Nations
• Government agencies
• Forest Industry
• NGOs

Yolanda Wiersma, Memorial University of
Newfoundland

• Peter Duinker, Dalhousie University School for
  Resource and Environmental Studies
• Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta
  Department of Renewable Resources, Environment
  Canada
• Glen Hvenegaard, University of Alberta
• Wolfgang Haider, Simon Fraser University
• Research Assistant Anne Munier (Memorial)
• Research Assistant Martin Sowa (SFU/Boku
  University, Austria)
• University of Western Ontario Team

• Champagne-Aishihik First Nation
• Gwyichya Gwichin Band
• Kaska Tribal Council
• Kluane First Nation
• Manitoba Metis Federation
• Pikangikum First Nation
• Tlazten First Nation
• Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta
• Tsawout First Nation
• Wemindji Cree First Nation

• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development-
  Forestry Division
• Environment Canada- Western Boreal Initiative
• Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural
  Resources
• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
• Parks Canada

• Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
• Bowater
• Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd.
• Weyerhaeuser Company

• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• World Wildlife Fund

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Project Background

• Desire from communities for sustainable economies
  that dont compromise natural capital
• Historical conflicts between PAs SFM, and
  between PAs human communities
• Considerable uncertainty regarding the
  relationships between protected areas and SFM

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Gradients of forest protection and forest
activity
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• Large PA surrounded by large area of intensive
  forestry activities

• Small woodlots within a large PA

protected areas
forestry

• Small PAs within a large area of intensive
  forestry activities

• Small woodlots and small PAs interspersed within
  a larger (intact) landscape

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Gradients of forest protection and forest
activity
Protection
Forestry activity
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Gradients of forest protection and forest
activity
Protection
Large, high integrity
Small, developed
Forestry activity
Intensive
SFM
Intact forest
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Types of protected areas

• Legislated, set-aside areas (IUCN I-VI)
• Management regimes (e.g., no-cut zones)
• Regulations
• Land-use designations
• Traditional Aboriginal lands
• Recovery habitat (e.g., for species at risk)
• Private stewardship (e.g., easements)
• Certification forests

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Courtesy Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
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Current knowledge

• Academics Natural Science
• Ecology
• Individual species/sites

• Academics Social Science
• Tourism
• TEK
• Economics

• Government
• Management
• Planning
• Species-at-risk

• Industry
• Planning
• Natural Disturbance Pattern Emulation
• Certification

Aboriginal peoples -Cultural values -Non-timber
values -TEK
NGOs -Flagship areas -Species-at-risk
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Current knowledge
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Current knowledge

• Lots of research!
• Very little communication between research foci.
• Need for broader application of knowledge across
  sectors.
• Knowledge sectors often perceived to be in
  conflict.

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Progress to date

• Assembly of a database of literature
  (peer-reviewed and grey literature) germane to
  the topic of how PAs and SFM have (or have not)
  worked in the past
• Preparation of an annotated bibliography
• Development of a survey to project partners
• Concept paper
• Website

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Some preliminary findings....

• 200 documents included in database of
  information, including
• National International case studies
• Community / Aboriginal forest mgmt projects
• Theory-based articles (PA or SFM)
• Direct benefit of PAs to SFM
• Certification
• Model Forest
• Joint Management
• Some categories more fruitful than others
• Stronger focus on extractive forest management
  than on PA management
• Examination of European literature

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Concept paper - highlights

• Many initiatives in Canada attempt to integrate
  ecosystem management with SFM
• Most case studies are in the boreal
• Emphasis in many papers on the importance of
  co-management
• Co-management also identified as a key challenge

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Concept paper - highlights

• Strategies to integrate conservation and SFM vary
  in scale and methods
• Some general strategies employed
• Co-management strategies
• Model Forests/Forest Communities Program
• Certification
• Community Forestry
• Aboriginal-led initiatives
• Ecosystem-based management

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European focus

• Similar issues, but different government and
  ownership rules
• Large-scale coordination of protected areas
• (Natura 2000)

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Why are we here today?

• Feedback on concept paper
• Feedback on presentations
• Interaction from across the country and across
  knowledge sectors to stimulate dialogue on these
  issues

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Why are we here today?
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Critical Questions

• What is an appropriate schematic for the various
  types/categories of PAs and SFM how do they
  relate to each other? Give examples.

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• Large PA surrounded by large area of intensive
  forestry activities

• Small woodlots within a large PA

protected areas
forestry

• Small PAs within a large area of intensive
  forestry activities

• Small woodlots and small PAs interspersed within
  a larger (intact) landscape

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Gradients of forest protection and forest
activity
Protection
Large, high integrity
Small, developed
Forestry activity
SFM
Intensive
Intact forest
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Critical Questions

• What is an appropriate schematic for the various
  types/categories of PAs and SFM how do they
  relate to each other? Give examples.
• Based on your experiences, what factors have
  contributed to successful biodiversity
  conservation and SFM?

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Acknowledgements

• Project partners
• Peter Duinker, workshop facilitator
• Peter, Fiona Schmiegelow, workshop preparation
• Glen Hvengaard, Concept paper
• Anne Munier, workshop logistics
• All of you for participating in the next day and
  a half

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Critical Questions

• What is an appropriate schematic for the various
  types/categories of PAs and SFM how do they
  relate to each other? Give examples.
• Based on your experiences, what factors have
  contributed to successful biodiversity
  conservation and SFM?