As you'll see in these papers, the business as usual case taken from licensee plans were to reduce diversity across the landscapes. Monocultures? Not necessarily, and even some of our simulated plantations were monocultures when that's was the only thing that would reasonably grow.
But just because they're not monocultures doesn't mean diversity isn't going down and risks going up.
And if climate change is considered, it might just be economically viable too!
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2015. Applying resilience concepts in forest management: a retrospective simulation approach. Forests 6 (12), 4421-4438.
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, B. Raymer, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2014. Diversifying managed forests to increase resilience. Can. J. Forest Res. 44(10), 1196-1205.
Other related articles
Hof, Anouschka R., C.C. Dymond, & D. J. Mladenoff 2017. Climate change mitigation through adaptation: the effectiveness of forest diversification by novel tree planting regimes. Ecosphere 8.11
Dymond, C.C., K. Giles-Hansen, & P. Asante 2020. The forest mitigation-adaptation nexus: economic benefits of novel planting regimes. Forest Policy and Economics, 113, 102124.
I agree that we should reconsider the species we use for reforestation in BC. The discussion will need to involve both industry and government, as (to the best of my knowledge) the province still sets guidelines for what species are acceptable in reforestation plans.
I remember my supervisor once prescribing up to 10% red alder on a reforestation plan. The District sent the plan back for revision - no hardwoods allowed!
This is a really important topic right now, and additional comments are most welcome!
As usual a great summary. The available evidence is pretty clear that modern forest practices maintain tree species level diversity when compared to pre harvest forests. But...that doesn’t mean forest practices maintain diversity. When looking at structural diversity, or process diversity or.... it becomes clear that our current management regime does homogenize the landscape to some level. Deeper conversations can help to tease out a better diagnosis of what is actually working and what needs to change.
As you'll see in these papers, the business as usual case taken from licensee plans were to reduce diversity across the landscapes. Monocultures? Not necessarily, and even some of our simulated plantations were monocultures when that's was the only thing that would reasonably grow.
But just because they're not monocultures doesn't mean diversity isn't going down and risks going up.
And if climate change is considered, it might just be economically viable too!
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2015. Applying resilience concepts in forest management: a retrospective simulation approach. Forests 6 (12), 4421-4438.
Dymond, C.C., S. Tedder, D. Spittlehouse, B. Raymer, K. Hopkins, K. McCallion, & J. Sandland 2014. Diversifying managed forests to increase resilience. Can. J. Forest Res. 44(10), 1196-1205.
Other related articles
Hof, Anouschka R., C.C. Dymond, & D. J. Mladenoff 2017. Climate change mitigation through adaptation: the effectiveness of forest diversification by novel tree planting regimes. Ecosphere 8.11
Dymond, C.C., K. Giles-Hansen, & P. Asante 2020. The forest mitigation-adaptation nexus: economic benefits of novel planting regimes. Forest Policy and Economics, 113, 102124.
Hello Caryn,
I agree that we should reconsider the species we use for reforestation in BC. The discussion will need to involve both industry and government, as (to the best of my knowledge) the province still sets guidelines for what species are acceptable in reforestation plans.
I remember my supervisor once prescribing up to 10% red alder on a reforestation plan. The District sent the plan back for revision - no hardwoods allowed!
This is a really important topic right now, and additional comments are most welcome!
As usual a great summary. The available evidence is pretty clear that modern forest practices maintain tree species level diversity when compared to pre harvest forests. But...that doesn’t mean forest practices maintain diversity. When looking at structural diversity, or process diversity or.... it becomes clear that our current management regime does homogenize the landscape to some level. Deeper conversations can help to tease out a better diagnosis of what is actually working and what needs to change.
Agreed!