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Book Forest Management Guidelines for the Conservation of Woodland Caribou

Download or read book Forest Management Guidelines for the Conservation of Woodland Caribou written by Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ontario s Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan

Download or read book Ontario s Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodland Caribou are native to Ontario's northern forests. They are an important indicator of the healthy boreal forest ecosystem on which they rely. As one of several jurisdictions responsible for managing the northern boreal forest, Ontario has an important role in Woodland Caribou stewardship. The purpose of Ontario's Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan (Caribou Conservation Plan for this document) is to: provide broad policy direction regarding Woodland Caribou conservation and recovery; summarize the actions the Government of Ontario intends to take in response to recommendations in the Ontario Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy and the government's priorities in taking those actions (Government Response Statement); and outline initiatives to support Woodland Caribou recovery.

Book Forest Plans of North America

Download or read book Forest Plans of North America written by Jacek P. Siry and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest Plans of North America presents case studies of contemporary forest management plans developed for forests owned by federal, state, county, and municipal governments, communities, families, individuals, industry, investment organizations, conservation organizations, and others in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The book provides excellent real-life examples of contemporary forest planning processes, the various methods used, and the diversity of objectives and constraints faced by forest owners. Chapters are written by those who have developed the plans, with each contribution following a unified format and allowing a common, clear presentation of the material, along with consistent treatment of various aspects of the plans. This work complements other books published by members of the same editorial team (Forest Management and Planning, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resource Management), which describe the planning process and the various methods one might use to develop a plan, but in general do not, as this work does, illustrate what has specifically been developed by landowners and land managers. This is an in-depth compilation of case studies on the development of forest management plans by the different landowner groups in North America. The book offers students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public an opportunity to greatly improve their appreciation of forest management and, more importantly, foster an understanding of why our forests today are what they are and what forces and tools may shape their tomorrow. Forest Plans of North America provides a solid supplement to those texts that are used as learning tools for forest management courses. In addition, the work functions as a reference for the types of processes used and issues addressed in the early 21st century for managing land resources. - Presents 40-50 case studies of forest plans developed for a wide variety of organizations, groups, and landowners in North America - Illustrates plans that have specifically been developed by landowners and land managers - Features engaging, clearly written content that is accessible rather than highly technical, while demonstrating the issues and methods involved in the development of the plans - Each chapter contains color photographs, maps, and figures

Book Range Management Policy in Support of Woodland Caribou Conservation and Recovery

Download or read book Range Management Policy in Support of Woodland Caribou Conservation and Recovery written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Range Management Policy provides a transparent and evidence-based approach to planning and decision-making in caribou habitat that maintains or improves the condition of caribou ranges in Ontario. It directs the implementation of the Range Management Approach and enables industry to proceed with development in a way that complies with the Endangered Species Act (ESA)."--Ministry website.

Book Woodland Caribou in Northwestern Ontario   why They are Different

Download or read book Woodland Caribou in Northwestern Ontario why They are Different written by Ontario. Northwestern Ontario Forest Technology Development Unit and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Assessing Cumulative Human Impacts on Northern Woodland Caribou with Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Resource Selection Functions

Download or read book Assessing Cumulative Human Impacts on Northern Woodland Caribou with Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Resource Selection Functions written by Jean Lieppert Polfus and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are federally listed and declining across Canada because of the cumulative impacts of human infrastructure development. The Atlin northern mountain herd, in the territory of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN), British Columbia, is less affected by development than southern herds. However, recent low productivity in this herd suggests that the impacts of development (i.e., roads, mines, cabins and towns) may be accumulating. To predict the cumulative impact of human development on the Atlin herd, we developed seasonal resource selection functions (RSF) at 2 spatial scales with data from 10 global positioning system collared caribou. We modeled habitat selection and assessed cumulative effects by estimating the zone of influence (ZOI) around several types of human development. At the landscape and home range scale caribou avoided the ZOI and selected pine-lichen forests in winter and alpine habitats in summer. Approximately 8 and 2% of high quality habitat was lost due to avoidance of current development at the landscape scale in winter and summer, respectively. Future development of access roads to 2 mines would cause a further loss of 1% of high quality habitat. Negotiating the complex political dynamics that surround caribou conservation often requires new approaches to management and recovery planning. The incorporation of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) with Western science could improve efficiency of management decisions and enhance the validity and robustness of ecological inferences. Therefore, we evaluated how well RSF and TEK habitat models predicted current woodland caribou observations and compared the spatial predictions of both modeling approaches. Habitat suitability index models were generated from TEK interviews with TRTFN members. Though comparison of habitat ranks between the 2 models showed spatial discrepancies in some cases, overall, both approaches had high model performance and successfully predicted caribou occurrence. Our results suggest TEK can be used to identify caribou habitat and is a useful approach in northern ecosystems that frequently lack long-term ecological data that are needed to inform management decisions. Combining TEK-based habitat suitability index models with cumulative effects assessments will facilitate recovery goals for woodland caribou across northern Canada.

Book Estimate of Relative Aesthetic Impact of Northwest Region Caribou Strategy on Remote Tourism

Download or read book Estimate of Relative Aesthetic Impact of Northwest Region Caribou Strategy on Remote Tourism written by Jennifer Line and published by [Thunder Bay] : Ontario, Northwest Science & Technology. This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Remote Tourism Decision Support System (RT-DSS) was used to explore how implementing the Northwest Region caribou strategy might affect remote tourism. The RT-DSS models the preference of remote fly-in outpost clients for a total of 25 variables."--Abstract.

Book Forest dwelling Woodland Caribou in Ontario

Download or read book Forest dwelling Woodland Caribou in Ontario written by Ontario. Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To address key uncertainties regarding the persistence of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario, The Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research (CNFER), an applied research section of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), conducted a Forest-dwelling Woodland Caribou Research Workshop in Barrie, Ontario, from October 3-November 2, 2006. The objective of the workshop was to review and refine issues related to direct and indirect effects of habitat disturbance into rigorous scientific hypotheses in support of preliminary designs for an adaptive management approach to the conservation of caribou in Ontario. This document reports on the workshop's activities and results.--Includes text from document.

Book Northern Temperate and Boreal Forests   8064iied

Download or read book Northern Temperate and Boreal Forests 8064iied written by International Institute for Environment & Development and published by IIED. This book was released on 1996 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ecological Bulletins  Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity

Download or read book Ecological Bulletins Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity written by Per Angelstam and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development. Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable populations of specialised species to be maintained. Policy-makers, businesses and managers pose questions about how to balance use of renewable forest resources and conserve biodiversity. Examples are presented on how biodiversity assessments can be made. Proposes how the critical gaps in our knowledge identified throughout the book could be filled through macroecological research and international co-operation.

Book Ecological Regions of North America

Download or read book Ecological Regions of North America written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a first attempt at holistically classifying and mapping ecological regions across all three countries of the North American continent. A common analytical methodology is used to examine North American ecology at multiple scales, from large continental ecosystems to subdivisions of these that correlate more detailed physical and biological settings with human activities on two levels of successively smaller units. The volume begins with an overview of North America from an ecological perspective, concepts of ecological regionalization. This is followed by descriptions of the 15 broad ecological regions, including information on physical and biological setting and human activities. The final section presents case studies in applications of the ecological characterization methodology to environmental issues. The appendix includes a list of common and scientific names of selected species characteristic of the ecological regions.

Book Caribou Winter Habitat in the New Forest

Download or read book Caribou Winter Habitat in the New Forest written by G. D. Racey and published by [Thunder Bay, Ont.] : Northwest Science & Technology. This book was released on 1996 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a study of an area near Lucy Lake, northern Ontario, where woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have been found to utilise a previously logged forest. This of the first known incidences of such utilisation in continental North America. Forest stand conditions in the area are described and possible explanations provided for the apparent suitability of this forest as caribou winter habitat. Implications for forest management in the caribou range are discussed.

Book Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020 Highlights

Download or read book Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020 Highlights written by Mark A. Elgar and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If nothing else, 2020 reminded us that, whether we like it or not, human society forms part of a broader ecological community that includes species with management challenges. My experience in Melbourne highlighted how environmental threats to humanity are best managed when governments adopt evidence-based strategies (that might also require incentives for human cooperation). Fundamental research, ranging from quantitative natural history to broader insights about ecological and evolutionary processes, invariably forms the backbone of such evidence. The collection of papers in this 2020 Highlights eBook represents a sample of articles in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution that contribute to our collective wisdom in the discipline and generated sizeable interest among our readers. We hope you also find them interesting.

Book The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife

Download or read book The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife written by Max Foran and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action. An eloquent denunciation of the failures of Canada's government and society to protect wildlife from human exploitation, Max Foran's The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife argues that a root cause of wildlife depletions and habitat loss is the culturally ingrained beliefs that underpin management practices and policies. Tracing the evolution of the highly contestable assumptions that define the human–wildlife relationship, Foran stresses the price wild animals pay for human self-interest. Using several examples of government oversight at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels, from the Species at Risk Act to the Biodiversity Strategy, Protected Areas Network, and provincial management plans, this volume shows that wildlife policies are as much – or more – about human needs, priorities, and profit as they are about preservation. Challenging established concepts including ecological integrity, adaptive management, sport hunting as conservation, and the flawed belief that wildlife is a renewable resource, the author compels us to recognize animals as sentient individuals and as integral components of complex ecological systems. A passionate critique of contemporary wildlife policy, The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife calls for belief-change as the best hope for an ecologically healthy, wildlife-rich Canada.

Book Woodland Caribou in Ontario   Background to a Policy

Download or read book Woodland Caribou in Ontario Background to a Policy written by Darby, W. R and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: