Planning and implementing forest operations to achieve sustainable forests: Proceedings of papers presented at the joint meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering and International Union of Forest Research Organizations.

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Blinn ◽  
Michael A. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Joint Meeting ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
Forest Operations ◽  
International Union ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Sustainable Forests ◽  
Forest Engineering

The effect of temperature on site index in western Canada and Scandinavia estimated from IUFRO Pinus contorta provenance experiments

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 921-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Fries ◽  
Dag Lindgren ◽  
Cheng C Ying ◽  
Seppo Ruotsalainen ◽  
Katarina Lindgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
International Union ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Wide Range

Site index was calculated for 78 experimental plantations in western Canada and northern Finland and Sweden, representing a wide range of site environments where lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) is considered as a potential afforestation species. The plantations and provenances belong to the International Union of Forest Research Organizations' international provenance testing program, and estimates of site index (projected 50-year height) were based on height growth of recommended provenances. The estimated site indices were used in regression analyses with temperature data and estimated soil fertilities to predict the change in forest production due to a warmer climate, which may follow an expected rise in atmospheric CO2. The influence of temperature was strong and considerably stronger in northern Finland and Sweden than in Canada. The relationships differed between the two continents and between sites located north of 56°N and south of that latitude. Soil fertility had a small but significant influence. Estimates of increases in site index and potential productivity in different scenarios for increases in temperature sum and average July temperatures are given.

scholarly journals The importance of forestry and forest engineering: Past – present – future

2003 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 876-881
Author(s):  
Gilbert G Paillé
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
Forest Operations ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Forest Engineering

Until 1900, Canada had no foresters involved in logging, practising forestry or doing research. Forest engineering as a discipline held no importance whatsoever. The forest was simply exploited for its timbers and most of the forest products were sold abroad. During the next 50 years, four Canadian universities opened forestry schools, some research activities were organized by the federal government, provincial governments, and industry. However, the importance of forest engineering did not grow much. Since 1950, however, the situation was turned around completely, as was the industry. While forest operations were completely mechanised everywhere in Canada with machines or concepts often developed in the USA or in Scandinavia, more forestry schools were opened, the federal government opened forest research laboratories, provincial governments acquired more expertise in this field, and forestry equipment manufacturers did considerable development work. A national forest engineering research institute was even created. In the future, the forest community will have to team up to raise the profile of forest engineering. Key words: co-operation, forest engineering, forestry, forestry education, forestry research, sustainable management

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