#898: Healthy Landscapes Program: Overcoming Resistance To EBM
According to forest ecologist Dr David Andison, Ontario and Quebec have enacted legislation to adopt ecosystem based forest management.
But other provinces are holding back.
As Dr Andison explains, the workshops hosted by the Healthy Landscapes Program will explore some of their different perspectives
DR DAVID ANDISON: The big ones would be that instead of managing pieces and managing holes, instead of managing and having 10 or 20 management plans for a piece of land, you have one. Which means you have to collaborate. That is a mountain that hasn’t been climbed by anybody. The other part of EBM is that ecosystems include humans. And so the decision making process, the way we go about managing the decisions that we make, the choices we make, should be. And I would say this is probably something we’re not as good at as we should be either.
There will be more discussion on these issues at the workshop in Calgary October 25th and in Edmonton on December 12.
Thanks today to the HEALTHY LANDSCAPES PROGRAM at fRI RESEARCH.
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I’M CHERYL CROUCHER
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The Healthy Landscapes Program, formerly known as the Natural Disturbance Program, looks at landscape change at a huge scale, such as Canada’s boreal forest.
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The workshops in Athabasca, Grande Prairie, Calgary and Edmonton are an invitation to people interested in forest sustainability and healthy landscapes to contribute their experiences with the forest and with ecosystem based management.
A dialogue is different in that it is about sharing experiences and perspectives in a way that fosters discussion and the generation of new ideas.
Forest management has never been simple. However, the introduction of a new idea like ecosystem- based management (EBM) has complicated things to the point where it has become di cult to identify the source(s) of either support or opposition. This makes it extremely difficult to have a meaningful conversation about challenges and opportunities of a new idea like EBM.
Through professionally-facilitated sessions, the Healthy Landscapes Program at fRI Research will openly explore the barriers and opportunities to applying ecosystem-based management in Alberta.
Information gained from these workshops will be collated and analyzed in preparation for a report with recommendations on further implementation of Ecosystem Based Management.
The Healthy Landscapes Program is supported by fRI Research with 25 industry and government partners across several provinces and territories.
Program Date: 2017-09-21