The Loch Lomond Forest Co-op’s shareholders has asked you, the forest planner, to assess how the following global trends may affect their forest:

• Science and technology.
• Economics and international competition
• Forest certification
• Climate change

1. Assess the current state of these trends and write a 4 page report on the effect they may have on the Loch Lomond Forest (Ecologically, Socially and Economically) and your recommended management actions.

Capstone Project

This is the culminating assignment for the entire standard (also known
as a Capstone Project) which builds off of all the knowledge gained throughout the modules in the Forest Management Standard (and potentially other standards).

Your task is to develop a Resource Plan for the Loch Lomond Forest. You will use the forest planning framework laid out in Lesson 2.1 ‘The Planning Process’. You will also use the Loch Lomond Forest model developed in Module 3. The plan should address any Provincial or Federal requirements identified in the culminating assignment for Module 4. Please incorporate the management approach and monitoring plan you completed in Module 5. The plan should also incorporate the global trends response plan you developed in Module 6. The plan should be 20-30 pages and include the following components:

• Information Provided:
  • GIS data
  • Loch Lomond Forest Introduction
• Use the following planning process (outlined in Lesson 2.1)
• Plan document will need to include the following sections (as outlined in Lesson 2.1)

 

Resource Plan must include the following:

1. Produce tables showing resource abundance over time.
2. Create maps identifying the forest area and harvest areas for the first year (including existing and new roads).
3. Describe the management activities required to provide for a sustainable supply of consumptive and non-consumptive goods and services.
4. Discuss your indicators of sustainability and criterion for assessment.
5. Discuss how sustained yield was achieved and how this is going to be implemented in the plan.

 

Assignment 1: Strategic Management Process

Internal Analysis—Case Study. Pick a company to analyze.

1. Identify whether your company has a competitive advantage or disadvantage in its primary industry.
2. Evaluate your company against the four generic building blocks of competitive advantage.
3. What are the distinctive competencies of your company?
4. What role have prior strategies played in shaping the distinctive competencies of your company? How about luck?
5. Do the strategies currently pursued by your company build on its distinctive competencies? Are they an attempt to build new competencies?
6. What are the barriers to imitating the distinctive competencies of your company?

This assignment is worth 25%.

Conduct a risk analysis for a 100,000 hectare forest estate using Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources & Forestry methods as outlined in Integrating Risk in MNR: Management: Risk
Management How to Guide.

Assignment 2: The Value of Forest Certification

Considering the lecture and readings for this lesson, write a three-page opinion piece on the value of forest certification in achieving sustainable forest management in Canada.

This assignment is to be handed in before you proceed to the next lesson. The assignment is worth ¼ or 25% of the module mark.

 

Requirements for assignment:

• Double space
• Use Word or Word-compatible software
• Include page numbers
• Include your name, student number, date and assignment title
• 3 pages or less
• Use sources, cite in text (author date) and include Literature Cited section (you can use any recognizable style, e.g. Chicago, MLA, APA, or you can follow the Faculty of Natural Resources Management Writing Manual style that has been uploaded to the course website)
• Save assignment with your last name and assignment title, i.e. “Jurisdiction”

The assignment is worth ¼ of the module mark or 25%. See attached outline for grading scheme.

Assignment 3: Understanding the Impact of Actors on Sustainable Forest Management

 Pick a forest policy that interests you. Check to make sure there is enough material on line to give you a sense of the different actors involved in the policy. Write a 3-page, double-spaced essay describing how at least three actor groups influenced the final policy.

This assignment is worth ¼ of the module mark or 25%.

 

Requirements for assignment:

• Double space
• Use Word or Word-compatible software
• Include page numbers
• Include your name, student number, date and assignment title
• 3 pages or less
• Use sources, cite in text (author date) and include Literature Cited section (you can use any recognizable style, e.g. Chicago, MLA, APA, or you can follow the Faculty of Natural Resources Management Writing Manual style that has been uploaded to the course website)
• Save assignment with your last name and assignment title, i.e. “Jurisdiction”

The assignment is worth ¼ of the module mark or 25%. See attached outline for grading scheme.

Assignment 4: Interactions of Aboriginal Peoples with Forest Organizations

Write a one-page piece on why Aboriginal peoples are not considered as “just another stakeholder” in forest management in Canada. Illustrate how you see Aboriginal peoples’ unique status being implemented in two examples from the forest sector.

This assignment is worth ¼ of the module mark or 25% of the module mark.

 

Requirements for assignment:

• Double space
• Use Word or Word-compatible software
• Include page numbers
• Include your name, student number, date and assignment title
• 3 pages or less
• Use sources, cite in text (author date) and include Literature Cited section (you can use any recognizable style, e.g. Chicago, MLA, APA, or you can follow the Faculty of Natural Resources Management Writing Manual style that has been uploaded to the course website)
• Save assignment with your last name and assignment title, i.e. “Jurisdiction”

The assignment is worth ¼ of the module mark or 25%. See attached outline for grading scheme.

Assignment 1: Jurisdictional Challenges

You are a forester for a logging company. The company proposes to build a bridge over a small stream on provincial Crown land to access timber. The area is under a historic treaty & the stream is used for fishing by Indigenous & local people residing in the area.

1. Considering the constitutional division of responsibilities between federal & provincial governments, what levels of government would be involved in issuing permits for the bridge building?
2. What other groups may need to be consulted?

Answer these questions in no more than two-pages.

 

Requirements for assignment:

• Double space
• Use Word or Word-compatible software
• Include page numbers
• Include your name, student number, date and assignment title
• 3 pages or less
• Use sources, cite in text (author date) and include Literature Cited section (you can use any recognizable style, e.g. Chicago, MLA, APA, or you can follow the Faculty of Natural Resources Management Writing Manual style that has been uploaded to the course website)
• Save assignment with your last name and assignment title, i.e. “Jurisdiction”

The assignment is worth ¼ of the module mark or 25%. See attached outline for grading scheme.