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SCIENCE BIODIVERSITY and SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

SCIENCE BIODIVERSITY and SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. A Findings Report of the NATIONAL COMMISSION on SCIENCE for SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. NCSSF. January 22, 2005. NCSSF Mission Provide Solutions for Sustainable Forestry. “To improve the scientific basis for the development, implementation and

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SCIENCE BIODIVERSITY and SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

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  1. SCIENCEBIODIVERSITYand SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY A Findings Report of the NATIONAL COMMISSION on SCIENCE for SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY NCSSF January 22, 2005

  2. NCSSF MissionProvide Solutions for Sustainable Forestry “To improve the scientific basis for the development,implementationand evaluation of sustainable forestry practices in the United States.”

  3. NATIONAL COMMISSION on SCIENCE for SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY A Program Conducted by the National Council on Science for the Environment “NCSE” www.ncssf.org

  4. How NCSSF Works

  5. NCSSF Program Evolution From: Doing Research To: Delivering Results Synthesis Project Results Provide Useful Information and Identify Gaps Research Project Results Develop New Knowledge and Applications Tool Development Projects Pilot Demonstrations Project Results andSynthesize into FindingsNCSSF Deliberationsand Implications for Users

  6. Biodiversity

  7. Biodiversity The variety and abundance of all life forms in a place … and the processes, functions and structures that sustain variety and allow it to adapt to change

  8. First Findings Report

  9. Sustainable Forestry The suite of forest policies, plans and practices that seek to sustain a specified array of forest benefits in a particular place, i.e., conditions, values, functions, uses, products, & services.

  10. “First Rule of Sustainable Forestry” • Keep forestlands in forest uses for forest values • 1865-1920: forests converted at rate of 13,000 ac/day • 2000: “open spaces” being converted at rate of 4,000 ac/day

  11. NCSSF Findings • Biodiversity at multiple scales – from site to watershed to landscape • Disturbance dynamics shape diversity – in the past and in the future • Indicators make sustainable forestry practicable • Adaptive management is key to success

  12. Scale

  13. Disturbance

  14. Future Range of Variation (FRV) • Legacy effects are lasting • Climate change is continual • More people with changing resource demands, values, risk tolerance • Invasive species create new challenges • New technologies, “toys,” knowledge

  15. Indicators

  16. Adaptive Management

  17. Linking Values to Sustainability Forest Values to be Sustained Problems to be Solved Indicators Evaluation “Audit” ADAPTATION Plan: Assessment, Strategies Monitoring & Research Actions

  18. Links practitioners and scientists from design to implementation Focus on the product and application! Integrates ecological and social sciences Builds a scientific base for natural resource professionals and education Why is NCSSF Different?

  19. What People say about NCSSF and its Findings • Academia • Building a scientific base for natural resource professionals • Results will infuse curricula (e.g., NTFP) • Social scientists at the table – building more theory around public participation • Reinforces interdisciplinary research, management and science

  20. What People say about NCSSF and its Findings • Government • Links practitioners and scientists from design to implementation • Focus on the product – building in the “hand off” from the beginning • Integrates ecological and social sciences • Moves from “biodiversity rhetoric” to a science base for integration with sustainability

  21. What People say about NCSSF and its Findings • Industry • Focus on biodiversity is on-target • Conclusions on scale, disturbance and indicators are on-target • Provides a basis for prioritizing landscapes to achieve biodiversity conservation • Surfaces the critical threat of forest conversion to non-forest use • Variability is good!

  22. Work in Progress

  23. Emphasis on Delivering Results: Design “hand off” process for 2006 Applications workshops for users Illustrated implementation guide book Applications of ecosystem functions scorecard SFM certification “outcomes assessment” protocol (FSC/SFI) HRV update to FRV approach Adaptive mgmt. implementation Economics of SFM practices NCSSF 2005 New Work

  24. Increased awareness & understanding of SFM and biodiversity by policy makers, managers, practitioners and researchers High quality research results published widely in peer reviewed journals Communication of usable information to foresters and stakeholders Application of NCSSF knowledge & tools to SFM policies, management and practices NCSSF Measures of Success

  25. Biodiversity Through Forest Management

  26. Science Capabilities Ann Bartuska - USFS Joyce Berry - CSU Norm Christensen** - Duke John Gordon* - Yale Al Lucier- NCASI David Perry - OSU/UHI Ron Pulliam - UGA Hal Salwasser*** - OSU Stakeholder Needs Greg Aplet - Wilderness Soc. Jim Brown – ODF/OR GNRO Bruce Cabarle - WWF Nils Christoffersen - WR Sharon Haines - IP Al Sample - Pinchot Inst. Tom Thompson – USFS Scott Wallinger - MWV The Commission F * Chair 2000-2001; ** Chair 2002-2003; *** Chair 2003-2005 Former members: Chip Collins - TFG, Wally Covington - NAU, Phil Janik - USFS, Mark Schaefer - NatureServe, Mark Schaffer - DoW

  27. Jerry Rose – NASF Joel Holtrop – USFS Ajit Kirshnaswamy – NNFP Si Balch – New England FF Paul Trianosky – S.E. TNC James Agee – U. Wash. John Helms – U.C. Berkeley Draft Report - Peer Review

  28. Survey of practitioners, managers & policymakers Eastern and Western interactive workshops Identify gaps & prioritize user needs Adapt NCSSF program to address key needs Synthesize and translate science into usable tools and information – handoff to users Linking Science to PracticeUser Needs Survey, Projects and Workshops

  29. Fundamentals State-of-science review (R) User needs, product utility (W) Biodiversity in forest planning (S) Biodiversity indicators (A) Ecosystem function indicators (A) Conservation theories and field validation (B) Relative risk assessment (B) Conservation at multiple scales (A) Forest purposes in context (C) Historical Influences Native American land uses (B) European settlement land uses (B) 20th century forest management (A) Non-native invasive species (A) Non-wood forest products (A) Management and ownership (B) Managing for Resilience and Productivity Public values and attitudes (C) Biodiversity and wood-production forestry (C) Fire, forest “health,” biodiversity (S,C) Hydrology, water, biodiversity (A) Managing non-native invasive species (C) Old growth forest diversity (C) Risk management (B) Ecological restoration (A,C) Fragmentation effects (A) Decision support systems (A,C) Conservation incentives for private, non-industrial forests (C) Monitoring protocols (C) Global wood market effects on forests (C) NCSSF Projects – 2001-2004

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