Implementation of Ecosystem Management in Boreal Forests Examples from Eastern Canada Marie-Andrée Vaillancourt, Sylvie Gauthier, Dan Kneeshaw and Yves Bergeron Sustainable Forest Management Network 3-03 Civ il Electrical Engineering Building University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G7 CANADA Phone: (780) 492-6659 Fax: (780) 492-8160 Email: [email protected] www.sfmnetwork.ca Cert no. SW-COC-003506 SFM NETWORK PARTNERS AND AFFILIATES AUGUST 2008 GRANTING COUNCILS INSTITUTION PARTNERS • Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program • University of Alberta • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research (Host Institution; also a Funding Partner) Council of Canada (NSERC) • Concordia University THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT NETWORK • Social Sciences and Humanities Research • Dalhousie University Council of Canada (SSHRC) • Lakehead University - • McGill University Established in 1995, the Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM Network) is an incorporated, non-profit • Memorial University of Newfoundland research organization based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FUNDING PARTNERS • Mount Royal College GOVERNMENTS • Royal Roads University The SFM Network’s mission is to: • Canadian Forest Service • Ryerson University • Deliver an internationally-recognized, interdisciplinary program that undertakes relevant university-based • Environment Canada • Simon Fraser University research; • Parks Canada • Thompson Rivers University • Develop networks of researchers, industry, government, Aboriginal, and non-government organization partners; • Government of Alberta • Trent University • Offer innovative approaches to knowledge transfer; and Sustainable Resource Development • Université de Moncton • Train scientists and advanced practitioners to meet the challenges of natural resource management. • Government of British Columbia • Université de Montréal Ministry of Forests and Range • Université de Sherbrooke The SFM Network receives about 60% of its $7 million annual budget from the Networks of Centres of Excellence • Government of Manitoba • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (NCE) Program, a Canadian initiative sponsored by the NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR research granting councils. Department of Conservation • Université du Québec à Montréal Other funding partners include the University of Alberta, governments, forest industries, Aboriginal groups, non- • Government of Newfoundland and Labrador • Université du Québec à Rimouski governmental organizations, and the BIOCAP Canada Foundation (through the Sustainable Forest Management Department of Natural Resources • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Network/BIOCAP Canada Foundation Joint Venture Agreement). • Government of Ontario • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Ministry of Natural Resources • Université Laval KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND TECHNOLOGY EXTENSION PROGRAM • Gouvernement du Québec • University of British Columbia Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune • University of Calgary • University of Guelph The SFM Network completed approximately 334 research projects from 1995 – 2008. These projects enhanced the et des Parcs • University of Lethbridge knowledge and understanding of many aspects of the boreal forest ecosystem, provided unique training • Government of Yukon Territory • University of Manitoba opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students and established a network of partnerships across Energy, Mines and Resources • University of New Brunswick Canada between researchers, government, forest companies and Aboriginal communities. • University of Northern British Columbia INDUSTRIES • University of Ottawa The SFM Network’s research program was designed to contribute to the transition of the forestry sector from • AbitibiBowater Inc. • University of Regina sustained yield forestry to sustainable forest management. Two key elements in this transition include: • Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. • University of Saskatchewan • Development of strategies and tools to promote ecological, economic and social sustainability, and • Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. • University of Toronto • Transfer of knowledge and technology to inform policy makers and affect forest management practices. • Canadian Forest Products Ltd. • University of Victoria • Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. • University of Waterloo In order to accomplish this transfer of knowledge, the research completed by the Network must be provided to the • J.D. Irving, Limited • University of Western Ontario Network Partners in a variety of forms. The KETE Program is developing a series of tools to facilitate knowledge • LP Canada Ltd. • University of Winnipeg transfer to their Partners. The Partners’ needs are highly variable, ranging from differences in institutional • Manning Diversified Forest Products Ltd. • Wilfrid Laurier University arrangements or corporate philosophies to the capacity to interpret and implement highly technical information. • Tembec Inc. An assortment of strategies and tools is required to facilitate the exchange of information across scales and to a • Tolko Industries Ltd. variety of audiences. • Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. AFFILIATES • Canadian Institute of Forestry The KETE documents represent one element of the knowledge transfer process, and attempt to synthesize research ABORIGINAL GROUPS • Forest Ecosystem Science Co-operative results, from research conducted by the Network and elsewhere in Canada, into a SFM systems approach to assist • Heart Lake First Nation • Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada foresters, planners and biologists with the development of alternative approaches to forest management planning • Kamloops Indian Band • Lake Abitibi Model Forest and operational practices. • Métis National Council • Manitoba Model Forest • Moose Cree First Nation • National Aboriginal Forestry Association • Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) • Ducks Unlimited Canada SFM NETWORK PARTNERS AND AFFILIATES AUGUST 2008 GRANTING COUNCILS INSTITUTION PARTNERS • Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program • University of Alberta • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research (Host Institution; also a Funding Partner) Council of Canada (NSERC) • Concordia University THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT NETWORK • Social Sciences and Humanities Research • Dalhousie University Council of Canada (SSHRC) • Lakehead University - • McGill University Established in 1995, the Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM Network) is an incorporated, non-profit • Memorial University of Newfoundland research organization based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FUNDING PARTNERS • Mount Royal College GOVERNMENTS • Royal Roads University The SFM Network’s mission is to: • Canadian Forest Service • Ryerson University • Deliver an internationally-recognized, interdisciplinary program that undertakes relevant university-based • Environment Canada • Simon Fraser University research; • Parks Canada • Thompson Rivers University • Develop networks of researchers, industry, government, Aboriginal, and non-government organization partners; • Government of Alberta • Trent University • Offer innovative approaches to knowledge transfer; and Sustainable Resource Development • Université de Moncton • Train scientists and advanced practitioners to meet the challenges of natural resource management. • Government of British Columbia • Université de Montréal Ministry of Forests and Range • Université de Sherbrooke The SFM Network receives about 60% of its $7 million annual budget from the Networks of Centres of Excellence • Government of Manitoba • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (NCE) Program, a Canadian initiative sponsored by the NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR research granting councils. Department of Conservation • Université du Québec à Montréal Other funding partners include the University of Alberta, governments, forest industries, Aboriginal groups, non- • Government of Newfoundland and Labrador • Université du Québec à Rimouski governmental organizations, and the BIOCAP Canada Foundation (through the Sustainable Forest Management Department of Natural Resources • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Network/BIOCAP Canada Foundation Joint Venture Agreement). • Government of Ontario • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Ministry of Natural Resources • Université Laval KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND TECHNOLOGY EXTENSION PROGRAM • Gouvernement du Québec • University of British Columbia Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune • University of Calgary • University of Guelph The SFM Network completed approximately 334 research projects from 1995 – 2008. These projects enhanced the et des Parcs • University of Lethbridge knowledge and understanding of many aspects of the boreal forest ecosystem, provided unique training • Government of Yukon Territory • University of Manitoba opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students and established a network of partnerships across Energy, Mines and Resources • University of New Brunswick Canada between researchers, government, forest companies and Aboriginal communities. • University of Northern British Columbia INDUSTRIES • University of Ottawa The SFM Network’s research program was designed to contribute to the transition of the forestry sector from • AbitibiBowater Inc. • University of Regina sustained yield forestry to sustainable forest management. Two key elements in this transition include: • Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. • University of Saskatchewan