• Maintain total forest cover
• Maintain the natural disturbance regime
• Maintain old forest
• Maintain key aquatic and hydrological features
• Recognize and protect areas of traditional Aboriginal use and value
• Establish areas within the managed forest where human impacts are prohibited or severely reduced
• Reduce linear disturbance density and manage human access
• Maintain terrestrial carbon stocks and sinks

• Maintain total forest cover
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends
• Maintain the natural disturbance regime
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends
• Maintain old forest
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends
• Maintain key aquatic and hydrological features
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends
• Recognize and protect areas of traditional Aboriginal use and value
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
• Establish areas within the managed forest where human impacts are prohibited or severely reduced
  • Values promoted
    • Contribution to knowledge
    • Conservation of biological diversity
    • Improved market access for forestry companies
    • Contribution to traditional way of life
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends
• Reduce linear disturbance density and manage human access
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends
• Maintain terrestrial carbon stocks and sinks
  • Values promoted
  • Impacts of land use
  • Indicator trends

References

• 2.1. Objectives
• 2.2. Conservation of Natural Capital and Sustainable Development
• 2.3. Resource Values and Policy Choices in the Al-Pac FMA
• 2.4. Constitutional and Jurisdictional Issues

3. Case Study Methodology

• 3.1. Analytical Framework
• 3.2. Research Methods
• 3.3. Involvement of Aboriginal Peoples

4. Cross-Cutting Barriers to the Conservation of Natural Capital

• 4.1. Lack of Political Will and Accountability by Governments
  • 4.1.1. Transparency about political choices and their implications
  • 4.1.2. Political will to follow through on explicit policy direction and multi-stakeholder processes
  • 4.1.3. Lack of an institutional focal point for accountability
  • 4.1.4. Absence of effective accountability mechanisms in legislation
• 4.2. Inadequate Integration of Decision Making Across Sectors and Land Uses, as well as Among Regulatory Processes
• 4.3. Lack of Conservation Planning at a Landscape Level
• 4.4. Constraints and Incentives Relating to the Resource Disposition and Tenure Systems
• 4.5. Key Stewards Are Often Not “at the Table”
• 4.6. Lack of Economic Benefits and Incentives for Key Stewards
• 4.7. Lack of Information Tools to Support Decision Making
• 4.8. Failure to Integrate True Costs and Benefits of Nature
• 4.9. Lack of Financial Resources to Support Conservation and Partnerships
• 4.10. Summary of Findings on Cross-Cutting Barriers to Conservation

5. Regulatory Barriers and Policy Options for Specific Management Objectives

• 5.1. Maintain Total Forest Cover
• 5.2. Maintain the Natural Disturbance Regime
• 5.3. Maintain Old Forest
• 5.4. Maintain Key Aquatic and Hydrological Features
• 5.5. Recognize and Protect Areas of Traditional Aboriginal Use and Value
• 5.6. Establish Areas Within the Managed Forest where Human Impacts Are Prohibited or Severely Reduced
• 5.7. Reduce Linear Disturbance Density and Manage Human Access
• 5.8. Maintain Terrestrial Carbon Stocks and Sinks

6. Areas for Additional Research and Analysis

7. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix 1 – List of Interviewees

Appendix 2 – Interview Request Letter and Outline of Discussion Points for Interviewees

Appendix 3 – Workshop Agenda and Issue and Option Outline for Workshop Participants

• Barriers
• Opportunities

• 1.1 Methodology
• 1.2 Key Points from Stakeholder Interviews

• 3.1 Alberta’s Business Planning Model
• 3.2 Tenure/Disposition System
• 3.3 Sector-specific Barriers
  • 3.3.1 Forest Sector Barriers
  • 3.3.2 Energy Sector Barriers

• 4.1 Natural Resource Accounting
• 4.2 Increased Property Rights for Non-Timber Resources
• 4.3 Transferable Development Rights
• 4.4 GHG Emissions Trading and Carbon Credits
• 4.5 Conservation Easements on Public Lands
• 4.6 Forest Investment Tax Credits
• 4.7 Certification
• 4.8 Access Charges/User Charges