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Record Nr.

UNINA9910714272003321

Titolo

Cumulative effects : from assessment towards management

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Victoria, B.C., : Forest Practices Board, 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (i, 12 p.) : digital file

Collana

Special report / British Columbia. Forest Practices Board ; ; FPB/SR/39

Disciplina

333.75/1/09711

Soggetti

Forest management - British Columbia

Range management - British Columbia

Sustainable forestry - British Columbia

Forest policy - British Columbia

Case study

Conservation biology

Cumulative effects (environment)

Decision-making

Ecosystem

Educational assessment

Environmental impact assessment

Evaluation

Forestry

License

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2011".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-17).

Nota di contenuto

Executive summary -- 1.0. Background. 1.1. What are cumulative effects? -- 2.0. Issues with current approaches to cumulative effects assessment and management -- 3.0. Towards a land management framework. 3.1. Separating the value discussion from the assessment methods ; 3.2. Choosing indicators for values ; 3.3. Being specific about objectives ; 3.4. The need for good information -- 4.0. Conclusions -- 5.0. End notes.

Sommario/riassunto

The Forest Practices Board has had growing concerns about the cumulative effects of resource use on the British Columbia (BC) land



base for a number of years. In our work examining forest and range practices, it was often apparent that other activities were impacting the land and water; activities that were not regulated under the Forest and Range Practices Act.