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• M. Hosny El-Lakany

Vancouver, Canada

• M. Hosny El-Lakany

Vancouver, Canada

University of British Columbia University of British Columbia

How do w e secure supply of How do w e secure supply of How do w e secure supply of How do w e secure supply of forest resources for the forest resources for the forest resources for the forest resources for the future? future? future? future?

• M. Hosny El Lakany,
• M. Hosny El Lakany, PhD, DSc

PhD, DSc Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada Vancouver, B.C. Canada hosny.ellakany@ubc.ca hosny.ellakany@ubc.ca

(Marcus Wallenberg Symposium, 2006) (Marcus Wallenberg Symposium, 2006)

How do we secure supply of How do we secure supply of forest resources for the forest resources for the future? future?

Three components Three components : :

• 1) future,

1) future,

• 2) forest resources ,

2) forest resources ,

• 3) how to secure supply

3) how to secure supply ? ?

• 1) The future

1) The future

• “

“Future is not as it used to be Future is not as it used to be” ”

• “

“Years are getting longer Years are getting longer” ”

Externalities Externalities shaping the shaping the forests in the future forests in the future

• People

People’ ’s perception and demands s perception and demands

• Policies of other sectors (Econ.,

Policies of other sectors (Econ., Agric., Energy, Agric., Energy, Trade, Recreation ..etc) Trade, Recreation ..etc)

• Political unrest and armed conflicts

Political unrest and armed conflicts

• Biotic and

Biotic and abiotic abiotic factors factors

• Endemic and epidemic diseases

Endemic and epidemic diseases

• Research and education

Research and education

• International forest debate

International forest debate

2) Forest resources 2) Forest resources

Present status and future trends Present status and future trends

• Forest Resources Assessment ,

Forest Resources Assessment , ( FRA 2005 ), ( FRA 2005 ),

• State of the World

State of the World’ ’s Forests , 2005 s Forests , 2005 (FAO, 2005) (FAO, 2005)

Forest plantations are increasing

• More than 300 million hectares of forests are designated for

soil and water conservation

• 11% of the world’s forests are designated for the

conservation of biological diversity

3) How to secure forest 3) How to secure forest resources in the future? resources in the future?

Implement Implement Sustainable Forest Management Sustainable Forest Management (SFM),, ? (SFM),, ?

Sustainable forest Sustainable forest management management

• Balancing Economic, Environmental and

Balancing Economic, Environmental and Social values Social values

• Curbing deforestation mainly through

Curbing deforestation mainly through addressing its underlying causes addressing its underlying causes

• Landscape restoration

Landscape restoration

• Planted forests (genetically improved

Planted forests (genetically improved propagation material) propagation material)

Sustainable forest Sustainable forest management, ( management, (cont cont.) .)

“ “ Conservation with Economic Conservation with Economic Utilization Utilization” ”. .

Social aspects Social aspects

• demands to participate in forest

demands to participate in forest planning and management planning and management

• share responsibilities with other

share responsibilities with other natural resource managers natural resource managers

• forest ownership

forest ownership

Forestry education and Forestry education and research research

• Address dwindling enrolment

Address dwindling enrolment

• Improve/diversify curricula

Improve/diversify curricula

• Invest in research (INRM)

Invest in research (INRM)

Trans Trans-

• boundary issues

boundary issues

• Globalization

Globalization

• Trans

Trans-

• national investments

national investments

• Forest management beyond

Forest management beyond national borders national borders

• Certification and labeling

Certification and labeling

International arrangements on International arrangements on forests forests

• UNCED 1992, non

UNCED 1992, non-

• legally binding Forest

legally binding Forest Principles Principles

• UNFF and CPF

UNFF and CPF

• LBI. NLBI, Codes ..etc
• LBI. NLBI, Codes ..etc
• Civil society organizations, especially the

Civil society organizations, especially the private sector should be represented at private sector should be represented at the negotiation the negotiation

Other global issues Other global issues

• Poverty

Poverty

• Forest law compliance / illegal

Forest law compliance / illegal logging logging

• HIV/AIDS, particularly in forest

HIV/AIDS, particularly in forest-

• rich

rich countries of Africa and Asia countries of Africa and Asia

• Armed conflicts

Armed conflicts

Conclusion Conclusion

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“Currently, forests are more valuable as forests Currently, forests are more valuable as forests than they are as wood factories ,,,,, than they are as wood factories ,,,,,

• pportunity to design a new forestry
• pportunity to design a new forestry
• a forestry in which industrial wood is a by

a forestry in which industrial wood is a by-

• product of ecosystem conservation while the

product of ecosystem conservation while the ecosystems themselves are adjusting to ecosystems themselves are adjusting to changing physical environments. changing physical environments.” ” Alf Leslie (2001) Alf Leslie (2001)