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* PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION *
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International Conference on
SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE IN
TEMPERATE AND BOREAL FORESTS
Integrating Conservation of
Biological Diversity with Social and Economic Goals
8 - 13 September 1996
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sponored by: Province of British Columbia, Forest Renewal BC, Government
of Canada
Preliminary program and registration form also available in French
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Conference Themes
Plan to join us at this international conference September 8 - 13, 1996 in
Victoria, British Columbia, on Canada's beautiful west coast to hear about
operational examples, conceptual approaches and the latest research from
this region and around the world. The conference objective is to explore
practical ways of integrating biological diversity with economic and social
systems at a variety of scales and organizational structures. The conference
will bring together people with understanding that covers the broad range of
subjects required to sustain forests, human communities, and ecosystems. It
will promote understanding of problems and will emphasize constructive
long-term solutions for addressing changes needed to sustain biological
diversity of native forests and the human communities they support, into the
21st century and beyond. Numerous posters will also be available for
viewing, and the authors will be on hand for more detailed dialogue. Posters
will remain on display in a separate room for the day following the sessions
listed below.
PRELIMINARY AGENDA (Confirmed but subject to change)
SUNDAY, September 8
1900 - 2200 Registration and Welcome - Reception Plaza Area, Victoria
Conference Centre
MONDAY, September 9
Morning: Conference Opening
-Welcome to Canada, Government of Canada Representative
-Welcome to British Columbia, Ministers of Environment and Forests
-Keynote Address, John Fraser, Ambassador for the Environment,
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Canada
-Sustainability in the Crucible of Competing Demands, Larry Pedersen,
Chief Forester of British Columbia, Canada
An Update on Global and Local Approaches to Achieving Sustainability
-Environment and Development: Update on the Global Approach, Karl
Hansen, Forest Project Officer, International Institute
for Sustainable Development, Canada
-Environment and Development: Comparisons and Contrasts in Local
Approaches to Boreal and Temperate Forests, Tony Norton,
Professor, Centre for Resource and Environmental Science,
Australian National University, Australia
Afternoon: Changing the Way We Manage
-Understanding the Need for Change, Patricia Marchak, Dean of Arts,
University of British Columbia, Canada
-Placing Ourselves within Sustainability: Reflective Practice and
Civil Science, Margaret Shannon, Center for Environmental
Policy and Administration, Maxwell School for Citizenship and
Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA
-Panel Discussion: Creating Mechanisms for Change - Don Wright,
Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy and Planning, BC Ministry
of Forests, Canada; Don McMullan, Vice President and Chief
Forester, TimberWest Forests Ltd., Canada; Hal Salwasser,
Regional Forester, Northern Region, United States
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, USA; Fourth
Participant: to be announced
-Poster Session: Principles and Concepts
TUESDAY, September 10
Breakfast Talk: Fred Bunnell, Director, Centre for Applied Conservation
Biology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Principles and Concepts of Ecosystems and Human Values
Morning: Understanding Principles and Concepts
-Landscape Disturbances and Long Term Dynamics, Robert Gardner,
Appalachian Environmental Laboratory, Center for Environmental
and Estuarine Studies, University of Maryland, USA
-Principles of Landscape Design, Simon Bell, Chief Landscape
Architect; The Forestry Commission of Great Britain, UK
-Creating Employment in the Context of Environmental Sustainability,
Claire Dansereau, Vice President, Communities, Workforce and
Value-Added, Forest Renewal British Columbia, Canada
-Traditional Knowledge in Natural Resource Management, Peggy Smith,
Senior Advisor, National Aboriginal Forestry Association,
Canada
Managing for Sustainability
Afternoon: National / Regional Scale Case Studies
-A Sustainable Land Use Plan for Biodiversity Conservation in Far East
Russia and Northern China, Bruce Marcot, Pacific Northwest
Research Station, USDA Forest Service, USA; Sergei Ganzei, Far
East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia; Zhang
Teifu, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Science, People's
Republic of China
-Biodiversity and Forest Management: A Central Himalayan Case from
India, Uma Melkania, Indian Institute of Forest Management,
India
-Managing Sustainability in Ukrainian Forests, Maria Nizhnik, Lviv
State University, Ukraine
-The Maine Forest Biodiversity Project: A Collaborative Approach to
Protecting Biological Diversity, Leslie Hudson, Maine Forest
Biodiversity Project, USA
Evening: Salmon Barbeque at the Sooke Community Association Hall. Operated by
the Village of Sooke, this event promises to be a fun-filled experience,
including a traditional salmon barbeque with all the trimmings,
a mini-logging show, and musical entertainment. It is a casual evening that
you will remember as a true taste of West Coast hospitality. Transportation
will be provided.
WEDNESDAY, September 11
Morning and Afternoon: Local Field Trips
Evening: Panel Discussion - Managing for Sustainability in Clayoquot Sound,
British Columbia (open to the public). Moderator: Paul West, Director of
Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Canada. Panel: Laurie
Kremsater, Member of the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel, Canada; Ken
Matthews, Manager, Clayoquot Implementation, BC Forest Service, Canada; Ross
Macmillan, Co-Chair, Central Regional Board, Canada; First Nations
Representative: to be announced.
THURSDAY, September 12
Breakfast Talk: Hal Salwasser, Regional Forester, Northern Region, USDA Forest
Service, USA
Morning: National / Regional Scale Case Studies (continued)
-Sustaining Ecosystems and People on the Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida
Gwaii, BC, Paul Mitchell-Banks, Forest Resources Management
Department, University of British Columbia, Canada
Sub-Regional / Watershed Scale Case Studies
-Local Stewardship and Community Watersheds: Toward Sustainable
Management of Chapman and Gray Creeks, BC, Marion Jamieson,
BC Environment, Canada; Brian Carson, Chapman & Gray Creeks
Watershed Restoration Project, Canada
-A Framework for Integrative Planning at the Landscape Level: Pilot
Projects in Landscape Unit Planning in British Columbia, Hannah
Horn, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon
Fraser University, Canada
-Achieving Sustainability in the Boreal Mixed-Wood Forests of Northern
Alberta, Daryll Hebert, Alberta Pacific Forest Industries,
Canada
-Lower St. Lawrence Model Forest: Sustainable Development of Rural
Communities, Richard Savard, Lower St. Lawrence Model Forest,
Canada; Jacques Robert, Canadian Forest Service, Canada
Afternoon Sub-Regional / Watershed Scale Case Studies
-A Landscape Management Approach Based on Historical Disturbance
Regimes: The Augusta Creek Study, John Cissel, Blue River
Ranger District, USDA Forest Service, USA
-Forest Exploitation in the New Forest: The Biological Consequences
of a Thousand Years of Forest Use and Abuse in Lowland England,
Jonathan Spencer, The Forestry Commission of Great Britain, UK
-Sustainable Management of Relictual Biota: Case Studies from
South-Western Australia and South-Western Africa, Grant
Wardell-Johnson, University of Namibia, Africa
-Russian Model Forest: Direction to Sustainability, Leonid
Kondrashov, Far East Forestry Research Institute, Russia
-Integrated Intensive Forest Management in the LangXaing Forestry
Bureau, People s Republic of China, Carol Charland and Randy
Webb, Simons Reid Collins, Forest Resource Consultants, Canada
Poster Session: Examples of Solutions to Managing for Sustainability
FRIDAY, September 13
Breakfast Talk: Speaker to be announced.
Morning: Stand Scale Case Studies
-Forestry Training and Extension: A Key Step Toward Managing and
Sustaining Ecosystems at the Stand Level: A British Columbia
Case Study, Todd Manning, Wildlife Tree Committee of British
Columbia, Canada
-Ponderosa Pine Forest Partnership: Common Ground, Common Future, Tim
Richard, Office of Community Services, Fort Lewis College,
Colorado, USA
-Forest Owner Cooperation for Maintaining Conservation Values: A Case
Study Within Private Forestry in the Province Vasterbotten,
Sweden, Clas Fries, Swedish University of Agricultural Science,
Sweden
-The Nlaka'pamux Nation Traditional Use and Future Management of Pine
Mushroom in the Nahatlatch River Valley, BC, Shaun Freeman,
Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council, BC, Canada
-Vaccinium membranaceum Management: A Holistic Approach to
Sustainable Native Plant Production in Oregon and Washington,
Judith Vergun, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, USA;
Susan Alexander, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA
Forest Service, USA; Bodie Shaw, College of Forestry, Oregon
State University, US
-The Ecology of Fir (Abies densa ) in Forests in the Buthan Himalayas,
Gerhard Glatzel, Institute of Forest Ecology, Universitaet fur
Bodenkultur, Austria
-The Foraging Woylie: Measurements of the Impact of a Rare and
Endangered Mammal on a Woodland Ecosystem, Mark Garakaklis,
Murdoch University, Australia
Panel Discussion: Integrating Solutions Across Scales, Participants will be
drawn from the Conference attendees.
Conference Wrap Up: Winifred Kessler, Chair of Forestry, University of
Northern British Columbia, Canada
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SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER EARLY!!!
ADDITIONAL POSTERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS LONG AS SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Register by requesting a registration package from the conference secretariat
or through on-line application on the Internet (addresses below).
Travel and hotel reservations can be made at the same time as submitting
registration details on the Internet, or by calling Blaney's Travel (see below).
Further details and updates on conference arrangements can be obtained by
visiting the Conference Internet site at the address below.
Conference Secretariat: Connections Victoria Ltd.
P.O. Box 40046
#11 - 905 Gordon Street
Victoria, BC Canada V8W 3N3
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet: http: //www.octonet.com/connvic/ecomain.html
Phone: 604-382-0332
Fax: 604-382-2076
FEES: Before July 2 $345
After July 2 $395
Special Student Fees available after August 15.
All Fees are listed in Canadian Currency. All fees include the Goods and
Services Tax. The Conference registration fee includes admission to all
plenary and concurrent sessions, poster sessions, summaries of all papers
presented, and the Salmon Barbeque at the Sooke Community Association Hall,
Sooke, BC. Note: meals are NOT included in the Conference price, with the
exception of the Tuesday evening Salmon Barbeque (alternative meals will be
made available at this event if pre-ordered).
Please submit Conference fees, Tour fees and Registration form by August 15,
1996. All receipts/ confirmations will be issued and processed through the
mail within 24 hours of receipt of registration. Cheques should be made
payable to "Ecosystems Conference 96". Visa or Mastercard will be accepted.
Registration cannot be processed without full fee payment. We are unable to
Invoice for fees.
Limited sponsorship for foreign or non-government delegates may be
available. The Conference Secretariat will direct those interested to the
appropriate source.
TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS
Tours and other events are being planned for dates before, during and after
the Conference. Please sign up for your tour preference as soon as
possible, as spaces are limited. Conference Tour fees must be paid by August
15, 1996. Further details and updates on field trip and tour arrangements
can be obtained by visiting the Conference Internet site at the address
above.
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Stefanie S. Rixecker
Centre for Resource Management/
Department of Resource Management
Lincoln University
Canterbury
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377
Fax: (64) (03) 325-3841
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