Developing Timber Harvesting Prescriptions To Minimize Site Degradation Interior Sites

This report provides individuals responsible for formulating logging prescriptions a number of harvesting strategies which do not cause excessive site degradation and therefore do not result in long-term losses in forest productivity. The report addresses timber harvesting activities applied in the interior of B.C., including a number of phases up to, but not including, site preparation. It includes the building and maintaining of secondary roads; falling and bucking; the skidding, yarding or forwarding of logs to a landing; and the provision of fireguards to facilitate logging slash disposal. The report discusses the planning, construction, operational, maintenance, and rehabilitation stages of each of these phases of logging.

Conserve biodiversity with effective forest management practices! This valuable book examines integrated forest management in the Americas. Climate Change and Forest Management in the Western Hemisphere takes a close look at such important international issues as global warming and the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. It offers tested suggestions for combining productive economic use of forest products with sustainable, ecologically sound management practices. Here you will find case studies from representative forests in North, Central, and South America. This solidly researched book explores the barriers to integrating environmental and economic approaches to forest management. It also offers practical suggestions for overcoming those barriers, including economic incentives for sustainable use and the conservation of biodiversity. Climate Change and Forest Management in the Western Hemisphere also explores: the role of the Brazilian rainforest in the global carbon cycle sustainable use of rainforests the valuation of forests for carbon sequestration plant biodiversity in managed timber forests issues of deforestation and reforestation and much more! Climate Change and Forest Management in the Western Hemisphere offers a comprehensive overview of a vital subject. It is an essential resource for forestry specialists, environmental economists, and anyone interested in climate change or sustainable agriculture.

Proceedings of the workshop, covering sustainable development and forestry in British Columbia, harvest-related soil disturbance research, tree growth, site productivity research, use of selective logging, site preparation impacts, effects of various types of equipment, site degradation policy, public perceptions and expectations, implications on planning, soil rehabilitation and alternative policies.