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Restoring the Atlantic Rainforest: Matrix Management Principles for Ecosystem Sustainability

Explore the critical role of National Forest System Lands in restoring the dwindling Atlantic rainforest, with a focus on innovative funding mechanisms and ecosystem management principles. Learn about the challenges facing the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker and sustainable forestry practices.

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Restoring the Atlantic Rainforest: Matrix Management Principles for Ecosystem Sustainability

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  1. Status of the World’s Protected Areas • < 10% of terrestrial ecosystems • < 10% of the world’s lakes • 0.5% of marine areas Data: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

  2. http://www.millenniumassessment.org//en/index.aspx

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

  4. National Forest System Lands

  5. Critical Roles for the Matrix • Supporting populations of species • Regulating the movement of organisms • Buffering sensitive areas and reserves • Maintaining the integrity of aquatic ecosystems

  6. Matrix Management Principles • Maintenance of connectivity • Maintenance of landscape heterogeneity • Maintenance of stand complexity • Maintenance of intact aquatic ecosystems • Risk-spreading

  7. 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. O’Hara, W.S. Keeton, T. Patel-Weynand, and E. Witten. 1997. Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management. Springer-Verlag, New York, N.Y. 470 pp.

  8. “Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options”

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. What forestry practices should private companies and government agencies follow? -> Conclusion: Maximizing NPV results in a net reduction of suitable habitat. Moderate NPV scenarios provide sufficient habitat

  13. Former International Paper Lands: 172,000 acres

  14. “Conserved” Lands in Northeastern Vermont

  15. Apply the Triad Model: Where are the reserves? Which of these qualify?

  16. What form will Matrix Management take on Essex Timber Co lands? FSC Certification – Smartwood - 2003

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