-Global change and wildland fire activity
- Data acquisition - permanent sample plot network
- Decision support systems for allowable cut effect
- Development of a jack pine budworm decision support system for Ontario
- Aquatic ecotoxicology - Neem
- Aquatic responses to forestry practices
- Environmental chemistry - research, assessment and modeling
- Forest regeneration assessment using high-resolution CIR digital camera imaging
- Knowledge benchmarking and meta-Analysis for Allowable Cut Effect (ACE)
- Investigation of forest fire behavior and impacts
- The physical processes of surface and crown fire behavior
- Remote sensing and fire effects
- Ice storm recovery of privately owned managed forest lands
- Impact of acid deposition on the biogeochemistry of jack pine forests
- Monitoring forest health - Ontairo
- Canadian Ecology Centre Forestry Research Partnership
- Forest succession studies under natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes
- Physiology and environmental fitness
- Red crossbills as landscape indicators of old
forest ecosystems
- Effects of herbaceous and woody competition on white pine growth and quality
- Effects of vegetation management practices on aspen wood quality
- Vegetation management alternatives
- Vegetation management strategies
- Infrastructure management: The Black Sturgeon Boreal Mixedwood Research Project
- Ontario Model Forest Network
- Technology transfer of Forestry Research Partnership results
- Biodiversity of old growth white pine
- Biodiversity issues in southern Ontario forests
- Effects of inten0sive forest management on biodiversity at multiple scales
- Marten (Martes americana) as indicators and umbrella species in eastern boreal forests
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| Principal Collaborators: | CFS, OMNR, Tembec, Inc., Canadian Ecology Centre |
| Project Leader: | George Bruemmer, Tembec |
| Address: | P.O. Box 430 Mattawa ON P0H 1V0 |
| Phone: | (705) 744-1715 ext. 114 |
| E-mail: | tgbruemm@tembec.ca |
Abstract:
A multi-year collaborative effort among Tembec Inc., Canadian Ecology
Centre, OMNR and CFS and other partners to develop strategies that can
be used to move toward intensive forest management. This partnership was
created after the announcement of Ontario's Living Legacy and the Ontario
Forest Accord that provided the framework for partnerships. Forestry Research
Partnership projects will focus on assessing and improving forest management
practices to ensure sustainability. Many of the projects fall within the
following themes: Spatial Analysis; Sustainability (Biodiversity); Fibre
Production; Forest Management; and, Operational Implementation.
Objectives:
To identify technology and techniques that will allow Tembec to increase
the annual allowable cut (AAC) on its licence areas by 10 percent in 10
years. This target is to be achieved in the context of ecological sustainability,
reduced operational costs, improved fibre utilization and enhanced future
fibre quality.
Location:
Through northeastern and north central Ontario
Key Deliverables:
The success and value of the Forestry Research Partnership will be measured
by the degree to which it demonstrates:
• Certainty around current and future wood supply availability;
• Shareholder and taxpayer value for money spent;
• An effective Science Partnership that promotes good science and
enlightened forest policy not only for Tembec and Ontario but also for
other companies and jurisdictions across Canada.
Expected Benefits:
Increased fibre supply that offsets the losses from the reduction in land
base as a result of the completion of Ontario's Parks and Protected areas
within the area of concern and that can allow for additional areas to
be placed aside for future parks and protected areas as production and
utilization increases.
Sources of Funding:
CFS, OMNR, Tembec Inc., Ontario's Living Legacy Trust (OLLT)
Other Collaborators:
Canadian Ecology Centre, NSERC, National Centres of Excellence in Sustainable
Forest Management, Temperate Forest Foundation, FERIC, FORINTEK, FedNor,
Forest Ecosystem Science Coop, University of Guelph
Nature of Other Collaborators' Involvement:
The various secondary partners are involved in the administration of the
program or the delivery or funding of individual projects.
Links to Internet Sites:
http://www.forestresearch.ca/partnership_projects/index.htm
