In order to drive forest sector productivity, an emphasis has been placed on effectively transferring science knowledge to technical foresters. Having a communications plan and engaging the right stakeholders early can induce a rich learning environment that strengthens context, knowhow and ensures mechanisms are in place for knowledge to be transferred. Formalized structures such as reports and seminars have evolved to improve the science transfer process, but it appears that the key success factor in enhancing uptake and learning may require an environment that encourages relationship building, particularly trust building between parties in developing informal and formal relationships. Informal interactions, though not often acknowledged in business, foster the conditions conducive to good knowledge exchange – co-ordination, co-operation and communication. Enhancing conditions in which these three aspects grow can lead to increased social capital, changed paradigms and reduced business costs due to shar...
{"title":"Structural and relational support for innovation – formal versus informal knowledge exchange mechanisms in forest-sector learning","authors":"K. Bayne, John Moore, S. Fielke","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-078","url":null,"abstract":"In order to drive forest sector productivity, an emphasis has been placed on effectively transferring science knowledge to technical foresters. Having a communications plan and engaging the right stakeholders early can induce a rich learning environment that strengthens context, knowhow and ensures mechanisms are in place for knowledge to be transferred. Formalized structures such as reports and seminars have evolved to improve the science transfer process, but it appears that the key success factor in enhancing uptake and learning may require an environment that encourages relationship building, particularly trust building between parties in developing informal and formal relationships. Informal interactions, though not often acknowledged in business, foster the conditions conducive to good knowledge exchange – co-ordination, co-operation and communication. Enhancing conditions in which these three aspects grow can lead to increased social capital, changed paradigms and reduced business costs due to shar...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5558/TFC2016-078","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CIF/IFC Members – Our Foundation and Strength! / Les membres de l’Institut – Notre base et notre force !","authors":"SmithMegan","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5558/TFC2016-070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The face-to-face committee meeting is one of the most common expert consultation methods used in forest management. However, it is also laden with disadvantages, such as potential inequity in its consideration of participant opinion and the time involvement required. This led us to evaluate another expert consultation method, the Delphi method, namely by implementing it to identify ecological issues associated with second-growth boreal forests in eastern Canada. We compared this method to the committee meeting method with regard to the time investment required and the efficiency of the consultations. In all, 21 experts participated in three rounds of our implementation of the Delphi method. Subsequently, we administered an appreciation survey comparing the participants’ attitudes vis-a-vis the two methods. These comparisons showed that Delphi was less time-consuming compared to a committee meeting consultation of comparable scope. Participants also considered the Delphi method to be fair and impartial, as...
{"title":"The Delphi method as an alternative to standard committee meetings to identify ecological issues for forest ecosystem-based management: A case study","authors":"WaldronK., ThiffaultN., BujoldF., St-OngeB.","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-081","url":null,"abstract":"The face-to-face committee meeting is one of the most common expert consultation methods used in forest management. However, it is also laden with disadvantages, such as potential inequity in its consideration of participant opinion and the time involvement required. This led us to evaluate another expert consultation method, the Delphi method, namely by implementing it to identify ecological issues associated with second-growth boreal forests in eastern Canada. We compared this method to the committee meeting method with regard to the time investment required and the efficiency of the consultations. In all, 21 experts participated in three rounds of our implementation of the Delphi method. Subsequently, we administered an appreciation survey comparing the participants’ attitudes vis-a-vis the two methods. These comparisons showed that Delphi was less time-consuming compared to a committee meeting consultation of comparable scope. Participants also considered the Delphi method to be fair and impartial, as...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5558/TFC2016-081","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. J. GrenkeJessica, MacdonaldS. Ellen, R. ThomasBarb, A. MooreCarly, W. BorkEdward
The effect of varying composition and abundance of neighbouring herbaceous vegetation on tree growth in commercial hybrid poplar plantations remains unclear. We evaluated relationships between tree stem volume, volume increment, and the abundance of various growth forms (perennial grasses, legumes, and perennial forbs excluding legumes) adjacent to the tree base in four-year-old plantation trees under conditions protected from ungulate herbivory. Associations between tree metrics and the understory revealed that perennial grasses consistently reduced tree size and current annual volume growth, and the negative effects of grasses were made worse by increasing legume cover. Under little to no perennial grass cover however, the presence of legumes had a positive impact on tree size and growth, suggesting net facilitative versus competitive effects. The pesence of forbs other than legumes led to no apparent competitive effects after four years, and may instead signify the absence of more competitive understor...
{"title":"Relationships between understory vegetation and hybrid poplar growth and size in an operational plantation","authors":"S. J. GrenkeJessica, MacdonaldS. Ellen, R. ThomasBarb, A. MooreCarly, W. BorkEdward","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-083","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of varying composition and abundance of neighbouring herbaceous vegetation on tree growth in commercial hybrid poplar plantations remains unclear. We evaluated relationships between tree stem volume, volume increment, and the abundance of various growth forms (perennial grasses, legumes, and perennial forbs excluding legumes) adjacent to the tree base in four-year-old plantation trees under conditions protected from ungulate herbivory. Associations between tree metrics and the understory revealed that perennial grasses consistently reduced tree size and current annual volume growth, and the negative effects of grasses were made worse by increasing legume cover. Under little to no perennial grass cover however, the presence of legumes had a positive impact on tree size and growth, suggesting net facilitative versus competitive effects. The pesence of forbs other than legumes led to no apparent competitive effects after four years, and may instead signify the absence of more competitive understor...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FoxC., van Zyll de JongM., Hearnb, MooresL., FoleyP., HarrisD.
This paper makes empirical and practical contributions to answering the question of how public and private forestry stakeholders can effectively interact in the management of the forestry sector, through an evaluation of government and industry perspectives on implementing forest certification on unalienated Crown lands in Newfoundland and Labrador. In order to evaluate the possibility and practicality of implementing certification, this study surveyed forestry stakeholders from the provincial forest service, pulp and paper industry and sawmill/product industry to discover their views on this topic and determine whether they share complementary forest certification goals. Overall, the majority of respondents agreed that certification should be pursued and favoured a joint government-industry approach to leading and financing this initiative.
{"title":"Perspectives on implementing certification on Crown forest: The case of Newfoundland and Labrador","authors":"FoxC., van Zyll de JongM., Hearnb, MooresL., FoleyP., HarrisD.","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-086","url":null,"abstract":"This paper makes empirical and practical contributions to answering the question of how public and private forestry stakeholders can effectively interact in the management of the forestry sector, through an evaluation of government and industry perspectives on implementing forest certification on unalienated Crown lands in Newfoundland and Labrador. In order to evaluate the possibility and practicality of implementing certification, this study surveyed forestry stakeholders from the provincial forest service, pulp and paper industry and sawmill/product industry to discover their views on this topic and determine whether they share complementary forest certification goals. Overall, the majority of respondents agreed that certification should be pursued and favoured a joint government-industry approach to leading and financing this initiative.","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70893128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Since its inception in 2006, the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC), a branch of Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service, has placed an emphasis on Knowledge Exchange (KE). KE at the CWFC has followed a progression from raising awareness, to generating interest, through to providing support for those deciding to adopt an innovation. Designing a program of national scope with regional delivery has led the CWFC to partner with different regional delivery organizations. Across Canada, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) based Enhanced Forest Inventory has become a very successful innovation spearheaded by the CWFC in partnership with academia, the forest industry, and a growing consulting sector. The KE program for LiDAR based Enhanced Forest Inventory is used as an example to illustrate the CWFC’s KE methods along with a description of regional delivery agencies and the success in getting this innovation adopted.
{"title":"Knowledge Exchange in the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre: National scope with regional delivery","authors":"D’EonSteve, MacAfeeKatalijn","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-079","url":null,"abstract":"Since its inception in 2006, the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC), a branch of Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service, has placed an emphasis on Knowledge Exchange (KE). KE at the CWFC has followed a progression from raising awareness, to generating interest, through to providing support for those deciding to adopt an innovation. Designing a program of national scope with regional delivery has led the CWFC to partner with different regional delivery organizations. Across Canada, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) based Enhanced Forest Inventory has become a very successful innovation spearheaded by the CWFC in partnership with academia, the forest industry, and a growing consulting sector. The KE program for LiDAR based Enhanced Forest Inventory is used as an example to illustrate the CWFC’s KE methods along with a description of regional delivery agencies and the success in getting this innovation adopted.","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5558/TFC2016-079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Efficient Forest Fuel Supply Systems (ESS) was run as a collaboration program, financed by the forestry sector, the energy sector, and the Swedish Energy Agency. The objective was to enable a long-term, sustainable and greatly increased use of forest fuel by supporting the development of a more efficient production system. The financial framework of ESS was SEK 130 million (approximately CA $ 19.5 million) over eight years, and the program supported approximately 150 research and development projects. Skogforsk administered the program, and was responsible for coordination and disseminating information to the stakeholders. A program board made formal decisions, and a fuel technology collaboration group helped to identify R&D areas. A project pilot was linked to each project to ensure that the focus was on sector needs and interests, and to help the project manager with relevant study objects, networks and updated information. In and around the program, valuable expertise and networks were built up in each...
{"title":"Efficient forest fuel supply systems: Research, development and dissemination of knowledge in Sweden","authors":"WideMaria Iwarsson","doi":"10.5558/tfc2016-077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2016-077","url":null,"abstract":"Efficient Forest Fuel Supply Systems (ESS) was run as a collaboration program, financed by the forestry sector, the energy sector, and the Swedish Energy Agency. The objective was to enable a long-term, sustainable and greatly increased use of forest fuel by supporting the development of a more efficient production system. The financial framework of ESS was SEK 130 million (approximately CA $ 19.5 million) over eight years, and the program supported approximately 150 research and development projects. Skogforsk administered the program, and was responsible for coordination and disseminating information to the stakeholders. A program board made formal decisions, and a fuel technology collaboration group helped to identify R&D areas. A project pilot was linked to each project to ensure that the focus was on sector needs and interests, and to help the project manager with relevant study objects, networks and updated information. In and around the program, valuable expertise and networks were built up in each...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5558/tfc2016-077","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The forests of Newfoundland represent a unique type of boreal ecosystem with diverse environmental gradients that exercise strong control over disturbances and vegetation. We have assembled and analyzed a comprehensive database on disturbance history in Newfoundland. Defoliating insects, led by the eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens) and the hemlock looper (Lambdina fiscellaria Guenee), have the largest disturbance footprint on the island. Infrequent wildfires (fire cycle = 769 years) had a decisive role in driving forest succession, particularly in the Central Newfoundland Forest and Maritime Barrens ecoregions. We hypothesize that the historical disturbance regime in Newfoundland would not have enabled steady-state conditions, although the amount of old-growth forests and deadwood would likely have been greater than it is today. We argue that the implementation of the natural range of variation (NRV) concept in forest management for such non-equilibrium systems will be challenging ...
{"title":"Unravelling the past to manage Newfoundland’s forests for the future","authors":"ArsenaultAndré, LeBlancRobert, EarleEric, BrooksDarin, ClarkeBill, LavigneDan, RoyerLucie","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-085","url":null,"abstract":"The forests of Newfoundland represent a unique type of boreal ecosystem with diverse environmental gradients that exercise strong control over disturbances and vegetation. We have assembled and analyzed a comprehensive database on disturbance history in Newfoundland. Defoliating insects, led by the eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens) and the hemlock looper (Lambdina fiscellaria Guenee), have the largest disturbance footprint on the island. Infrequent wildfires (fire cycle = 769 years) had a decisive role in driving forest succession, particularly in the Central Newfoundland Forest and Maritime Barrens ecoregions. We hypothesize that the historical disturbance regime in Newfoundland would not have enabled steady-state conditions, although the amount of old-growth forests and deadwood would likely have been greater than it is today. We argue that the implementation of the natural range of variation (NRV) concept in forest management for such non-equilibrium systems will be challenging ...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70893009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aim of this work was to explore the vertical and seasonal variations of CO2 within the soil profile based on Fick’s law of diffusion in an oriental arborvitae plantation. We continuously measured the soil CO2 concentration profile using CO2 sensors buried at different depths in a coniferous forest in northern China and calculated the CO2 flux based on the profile measurements using a dynamic model. The diurnal pattern of CO2 concentration and flux fluctuated during the day and varied less at night. The CO2 profile had a vertical gradient, with the highest concentrations in the deepest soil layers. The CO2 flux had a clear seasonal pattern with a maximum in summer and a minimum in winter. The contributions of the H, A, B, and C horizons to the total CO2 flux were 75.38, 13.52, 7.61, and 3.49%, respectively. Q10 was 2.668, 4.469, 1.175, and 3.333 in the H, A, B, and C horizons, respectively. The CO2 flux determined from the concentration profiles agreed well with the CO2 flux measured by open dynamic ch...
{"title":"Vertical and seasonal variations in soil CO2 production in a 55-year-old oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis) plantation in China","authors":"FanZhiping, TuZhihua, QinYanbin, LiFayun","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-084","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this work was to explore the vertical and seasonal variations of CO2 within the soil profile based on Fick’s law of diffusion in an oriental arborvitae plantation. We continuously measured the soil CO2 concentration profile using CO2 sensors buried at different depths in a coniferous forest in northern China and calculated the CO2 flux based on the profile measurements using a dynamic model. The diurnal pattern of CO2 concentration and flux fluctuated during the day and varied less at night. The CO2 profile had a vertical gradient, with the highest concentrations in the deepest soil layers. The CO2 flux had a clear seasonal pattern with a maximum in summer and a minimum in winter. The contributions of the H, A, B, and C horizons to the total CO2 flux were 75.38, 13.52, 7.61, and 3.49%, respectively. Q10 was 2.668, 4.469, 1.175, and 3.333 in the H, A, B, and C horizons, respectively. The CO2 flux determined from the concentration profiles agreed well with the CO2 flux measured by open dynamic ch...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5558/TFC2016-084","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The global need for developing renewable, sustainable, biomaterials, biochemicals and biofuels continues to grow along with increasing worldwide desire to reduce fossil-fuel emissions. An appealing...
{"title":"An approach for the use of agricultural by-products through a biorefinery in Bangladesh","authors":"J. Sarwar, UddinMohammad Nashir","doi":"10.5558/TFC2016-080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5558/TFC2016-080","url":null,"abstract":"The global need for developing renewable, sustainable, biomaterials, biochemicals and biofuels continues to grow along with increasing worldwide desire to reduce fossil-fuel emissions. An appealing...","PeriodicalId":50433,"journal":{"name":"Forestry Chronicle","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2016-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70892835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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