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History & Overview of Sustainability Issues

History & Overview of Sustainability Issues. Jerry Rose Forest Sustainability Representative National Association of State Foresters June 30, 2003. Foundation of Sustainability. Environment Economy Community ALL MUST BE HEALTHY OVER TIME IF THERE IS TO BE SUSTAINABILITY.

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History & Overview of Sustainability Issues

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  1. History & Overview of Sustainability Issues Jerry Rose Forest Sustainability Representative National Association of State Foresters June 30, 2003

  2. Foundation of Sustainability • Environment • Economy • Community ALL MUST BE HEALTHY OVER TIME IF THERE IS TO BE SUSTAINABILITY

  3. Sustainability Initiatives • Sustained Yield Forestry • Criteria and Indicators • Certification Systems

  4. Sustainability Is A Pathway • Not a long term target nor a fixed point due to uncertainties and difficulties • These uncertainties indicate there is a range of feasible, sustainable outcomes

  5. Uncertainties and Difficulties • Dynamics and vagaries of nature • Emerging science • New technology • Markets • Social values and preferences

  6. Range of Outcomes • Different courses or routes to sustainability • Different blends or mixes of nature’s bounty BUT THE PATHWAY HAS BOUNDS

  7. The Pathway Bounds or Range • Alternative mixes of amenity, environmental, and material needs and preferences of society • Consideration of scale

  8. Alternative Mixes • Sustained yield of timber • Habitat diversity to maintain viable populations • Quality water from forested watersheds • Long-term soil productivity • Maintenance of riparian functions • Etc..

  9. Scale Consideration • Site • Landscape • Global

  10. The Various BlendsA Choice • The biophysical bounds • The social choice

  11. Need Consensus and Understanding on the Blend • Choices must be based on good biophysical science and use good social science • Process of choosing must be transparent • All key stakeholders must be involved

  12. Long-term Opportunities and Consequences of Choices • Must be understood • Must be communicated THEY WILL BE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

  13. Summary • Sustainability is a PATHWAY • The PATHWAY has bounds • We can choose where we will be on the PATHWAY over time • Our choices have consequences • Staying within the bounds on the PATHWAY of sustainability is our goal

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