Abstract
Sturtevant, B. R., A. Fall, D. D. Kneeshaw, N. P. P. Simon, M. J. Papaik, K. Berninger, F. Doyon, D. G. Morgan, and C. Messier. 2007. A toolkit modeling approach for sustainable forest management planning: achieving balance between science and local needs. Ecology and Society 12(2): 7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02102-120207
Highlights
Society demands that forest planners balance more diverse resource objectives than ever before (Côté and Bouthillier 1999, Kneeshaw et al 2000, Schulte et al 2006)
To assist forest managers in balancing an increasing diversity of resource objectives, we developed a toolkit modeling approach for sustainable forest management (SFM)
The toolkit approach has been developed in recognition of these constraints and opportunities, to use resources efficiently to minimize reinvention yet maximize innovation
Summary
Society demands that forest planners balance more diverse resource objectives than ever before (Côté and Bouthillier 1999, Kneeshaw et al 2000, Schulte et al 2006). Despite the 5-year effort devoted to the development of the current plan, planners recognized several key areas where modeling could assist with decision making These included a formal timber supply analysis, exploration of novel silvicultural systems, evaluation of alternative scenarios with different harvest rates or spatial patterning of cuts, more concrete projections of timber harvest impacts on caribou and other key stakeholder interests, and evaluation of how these different scenarios and their tradeoffs would be accepted by the local communities. The formal conceptual model for Labrador planning District 19a included forest succession, tree seed dispersal, fire disturbance, timber supply, silvicultural practices, road building, and harvest patterns within the interactive model system (Fig. 4). This feedback is inherent in our hybrid approach of topdown and bottom-up flow of information through model analysis, workshops, and transparent discussion
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