KeyConceptsInTheDesignOfForestInventories

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Keywords: Blue Print For Cooperation Amongs Industry and Government

-- MishtuBanerjee - 28 Aug 2004

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Key Concepts In The Design of Forest Inventories

A Blueprint for Cooperation Amongst Licensees and the B.C. Provincial Government

Executive Summary

The purpose of this paper is to outline a framework within which the Forest Industry would be an active partner in the development and implementation of the forest inventory at a local level. The main points are as follows:

• Provincial needs from the forest inventory do not coincide with those of Industry

at the local level of forest management.

• There is the potential to design and implement an inventory that could fulfill both

requirements; the key design principles or concepts necessary to obtain this goal are the main topic of discussion herein.

• Industry has a direct interest in the inventory insofar as issues relating to wood

supply affect the market values of their assets. Therefore the Industry should consider taking a more active role in Inventory management and reporting.

• Given the need for extensive coordination amongst Government, Industry and

other potential partners, it is recommended that the inventory be managed at a local level within an independent management agency.

• The Inventory should be managed at a level that is consistent with area-based

management. For the purposes of areas managed under Forest Licenses are to be accommodated under the concept of Defined Forest Area Management (DFAM), albeit other systems of organization may be possible.

• The costs of this proposal can be largely accommodated through a realignment of

current funds. However, inventory management should also be included as an eligible expense item within the system of appraisal allowance.

• The development, maintenance and utilization of a forest inventory requires a

well structured and disciplined process to be effective, and the whole organization (woods department) needs to understand how the system works, why it is important to the organization, and what their responsibilities are with respect to this process. This is a key competency required by forest managers and their organizations, that to date has been under-developed within the current system of forest management in British Columbia. It will take time to overcome this weakness.

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