Status of the World

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Status of the Worlds Protected Areas

• lt 10 of terrestrial ecosystems
• lt 10 of the worlds lakes
• 0.5 of marine areas

Data World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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http//www.millenniumassessment.org//en/index.aspx
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Atlantic Rainforest Restoration

• The Atlantic rainforest once covered 400,000
  square miles
• Only 7 remains
• 450 tree species per hectare
• 2.7 of worlds plant species just in what is
  left
• Testing innovative funding mechanisms
• ? U.S. companies paying for carbon sequestration
• How do we restore it?

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National Forest System Lands
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Critical Roles for the Matrix

1. Supporting populations of species
2. Regulating the movement of organisms
3. Buffering sensitive areas and reserves
4. Maintaining the integrity of aquatic ecosystems

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Matrix Management Principles

1. Maintenance of connectivity
2. Maintenance of landscape heterogeneity
3. Maintenance of stand complexity
4. Maintenance of intact aquatic ecosystems
5. Risk-spreading

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Late-Successional Reserves Established by the
Northwest Forest Plan
From Vogt, K.A., J.C. Gordon, J.P. Wargo, D.J.
Vogt, H. Asbjornsen, P.A. Palmiotto, H. J. Clark,
J.L. OHara, W.S. Keeton, T. Patel-Weynand, and
E. Witten. 1997. Ecosystems Balancing Science
with Management. Springer-Verlag, New York, N.Y.
470 pp.
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Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options
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• Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
• (Picoides borealis )
• Population declines due to loss of habitat
• Requires mature (70-100 year old) long-leaf pine
  forests for nesting
• Requires open-canopied, single-layered structure
  maintained by low intensity fire
• Forestry practices now the leading problem
• Short-rotation silviculture
• Fire suppression

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Historical Range of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker

• Historic 74-92 millions acres of longleaf pine
  ecosystems on coastal plains of the southeast
• Current 3 million acres remaining

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• Matrix Management Examples for
• Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
• Federal ESA Recovery Plan Pending
• International Paper Habitat Conservation Plan
  for Southlands Experimental Forest in Bainbridge,
  Georgia
• Requires conservation of 1,500 acres of suitable
  nesting habitat
• Increase this to 5,000 acres
• Goal of 25-30 nesting clusters

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What forestry practices should private companies
and government agencies follow?
-gt Conclusion Maximizing NPV results in a net
reduction of suitable habitat. Moderate NPV
scenarios provide sufficient habitat
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Former International Paper Lands 172,000 acres
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Conserved Lands in Northeastern Vermont
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Apply the Triad Model Where are the reserves?
Which of these qualify?
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What form will Matrix Management take on Essex
Timber Co lands?
FSC Certification Smartwood - 2003
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