The 21st century is faced with a lot of social and environmental challenges that threaten our very existence on earth. Climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, pollution and institutional bottlenecks in Global Environmental Governance are but a few of the issues resource managers and policy makers have to resolve everyday.\u00a0Various researchers over the years have proven that sustainable forest management and\u00a0the restoration of degraded forest site plays a significant role in addressing these environmental challenges.<\/p>\n
Forest plays a tremendous role in carbon sequestration, water purification, biodiversity enhancement and other ecosystem functions. However, the Anthropocene age has come with great conflict between forest conservation and it\u2019s exploitation to meet the pressing demand of fast growing economies. In order to meet market demand, forest companies have degraded many forest resources through over exploitation and poor\u00a0management practices. There is an\u00a0urgent need to develop and implement strategic plans to meet our present resource demands while\u00a0not undermining the resources available to future generations.<\/p>\n
BC is one of the world\u2019s leading exporters of wood products (Canada Starts Here, 2016). To maintain this competitive economic position, it is critical to maintain the attributes that give BC this comparative advantage. This translates to maintaining an adequate stock of productive growing stock, harvesting stems with ideal characteristics (size, age, defects) and conducting management activities in a way that is sustainable.<\/p>\n
Our objected land base is located in the Cariboo region, inertial BC, Canada.
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