Forestry Management Planning

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This paper reviews and answers two questions. The first of these deals with carbon sequestration and whether or not Canada should use its boreal forests in pursuit of this aim. The second question discusses how a forest manager can best utilize her available budget to re-seed the areas falling under her jurisdiction. After some thought, the paper argues that a mix of aerial re-seeding and natural regeneration is the best way to go.

From the Paper:

"Question 4: Whether or not the Boreal forest region of Canada should be used to sequester Carbon that Canadians emit into the Atmosphere. A: For one thing, the boreal forest region comprises 58 percent of Canada's landmass ("About Canada's Boreal", sec.2). That leaves only 42 percent of the rest of the country. Therefore, it seems logical to infer that whatever carbon dioxide the rest of the country can produce, the boreal region can effectively store it. Moreover, trees obviously store carbon as part of their own process of respiration, so this would policy of carbon sequestration would not impose an undue burden upon valuable wildlife (at least tree "wildlife" anyway)."

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