Canadian Forest Service Publications
Synthesizing knowledge of the Claybelt to promote sustainable forest management. 2002. Lefort, P.; Harvey, B.D.; Parton, W.J.; Smith, G.K.M. The Forestry Chronicle 78: 665-671.
Year: 2002
Issued by: Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 21995
Language: English
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Abstract
A review of the scientific literature relevant to the Claybelt region was undertaken under the initiative of Lake Abitibi Model Forest (LAMF) and in collaboration with the Canadian Forest Service, the Ontario and Quebec Ministries of Natural Resources and the NSERC-UQAT-UQAM (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council – Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Université du Québec à Montréal) Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management. The objective was to synthesize this information in order to develop better forestry practices and identify knowledge and research gaps. Forestry-related knowledge was gathered on six broad topics: i) natural disturbances, ii) forest ecosystems, iii) past and present forest practices, iv) biological diversity, v) forest management and vi) examples of current applications of natural disturbance-based forest management. The work allowed us to synthesize a large body of knowledge into one publication that will be a useful reference for foresters in both provinces.