GEOG 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mountain Pine Beetle, False Creek, Forest Product
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Lecture structure: intro- forestry and canada, forest basics, sustainable forestry principles, resilience and mountain pine beetle case study. Forestry and canada: forestry and the role it played on shaping development of country and national identity, 1930"s: false creek(slide 6) Large drive of development, shaping the city: post industrial transition. Forestry is still a large factor in shaping our country: forest product trade balance: canada at . 3 billion. We make a lot of money from our forests. Trees and shurbs: ~ 35% of earth"s land surface. Brazil, canada, russia and the us together contain more than 50% of earth"s. Tree cover might not be fluctuating as much as quality, if we continue to use these resources. Measure global forest coverage: disputed definitions: Different groups use different criterias to measure: measurement uncertainty: Using satellite imaging vs going to the land to see. Hard to distinguish type of forest, and quality of forest: data unreliablility or unavailability.
