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Report on Plans and Priorities 2011-2012
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Elements of NRCan's Sustainable Development Strategy

FSDS Target 7.3 - Sustainable Forest Management

Improve the management of Canada’s Forest Ecosystem through the development and dissemination of knowledge.

FSDS Implementation Strategy

7.3.2 Generate and disseminate scientific knowledge related to Forest Ecosystem. (NRCan)

You will find below details about NRCan’s activities that contribute to this implementation strategy:

Forest Ecosystem Science and Application

This activity is nested within NRCan’s Program Activity Architecture (PAA) as follows:

• Strategic Outcome 2 - 
  Environmental Responsibility
  
  
  • Program Activity 2.2 - 
    Ecosystem Risk Management
    
    
    • Sub Activity 2.2.2 - 
      Forest Ecosystem Science and Application
      
      

Description

Canada needs the scientific knowledge to manage risks, to maintain healthy ecosystems, and to meet international obligations and priorities. Through Sub-Activity - Forest Ecosystem Science and Application (PAA 2.2.2), NRCan conducts research as well as national assessments and monitoring to develop, synthesize and integrate scientific knowledge of Canada’s Forest Ecosystem. This knowledge is used by governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations in the development of forest management practices and policies, and by other federal departments in the formation of Canada’s negotiating position on international environmental issues related to forests.

Under this Sub Activity, NRCan has six project areas: biodiversity, international model forests network, carbon science, landscape reclamation and national forest information management. The main objective of these projects is to allow the federal government, Canadians and their institutions to have an authoritative scientific foundation on Forest Ecosystem at the national scale. This knowledge informs and influences the federal government’s forest related agenda.

Relationship to FSDS Target

Peer-reviewed scientific publications under Sub Activity - Forest Ecosystem Science and Application contribute to the improved management of Canada’s forests. This information is actively disseminated among a broad range of constituents and takes the form of workshops, fact sheets and web-based tools. Moreover, through the National Forest Inventory and the State of Canada’s Forest Report, NRCan provides information that enables the public’s access to information on Canada’s forests. Thus, initiatives under Sub Activity - Forest Ecosystem Science and Application contribute directly to FSDS Target 7.3 - Sustainable Forest Management.

Non-Financial Performance Expectations

Data is collected and reported annually and this program extends to March 31, 2013.

Expected Result and Indicator (Sub Activity 2.2.2)

Increased use of scientific knowledge.

• Trend in use of scientific knowledge.

Output and Indicator (Sub Activity 2.2.2)

Scientific knowledge of Canada’s Forest Ecosystem.

• Number of knowledge transfer activities.

Other FSDS Linkages

Sub Activity - Forest Ecosystem Science and Application also contributes to FSDS Target 1.1 - Climate Change Mitigation through the following implementation strategies:

• 1.1.48.4 - Develop and submit a complete and compliant annual national GHG Inventory Report and Common Reporting Format tables to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat by April 15 to meet UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol reporting requirements; (Instruction: make a link to appropriate sub page…)
• 1.1.54 - Support the development and provision of scientific knowledge, modeling, data and tools that inform forest carbon budgets.