Forestry as a Resource in Canada

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This paper analyzes forestry as one of Canada's most important natural resources and focuses on the questions whether or not Canada?s forest resources can supply the world?s increasing demand for wood and wood products in a sustainable manner and what effect it will have on the Canadian economy.
Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. History

3. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Resource

4. Key Processes and Relationships of the Resource

5. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Resource Demands

6. Factors Influencing Resource Demands

7. Resource Use Patterns and Management Systems

8. Biophysical, Social and Economic Impacts of Use

9. Use Sustainability.

From the Paper:

" The social impacts from the use of forests as a resource are also of major concern. There are many groups in Canadian society whose interests in the forest are based more on long term rather than short-term economic considerations. Included among such groups are aboriginal people, nature based tourism operators, rural water users, ranchers, trappers, small business owners in forest based communities, wilderness users, scientists, artists, educators and future generations of Canadians (Draper, 1998). Governments are expected to manage forests for the long term to benefit all of these people. If this does not happen the implications for these groups of people will be catastrophic. Already land settlement claims are pervasive throughout Canadian courts as aboriginal people attempt to claim the land they require to maintain their culturally distinct lives. "

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