October 9 2014 Simulation Conversion to AreaBased tenure The Minister of Forests Land and Natural Resource Operations has proposed as a way to improve forest management and increase the midterm timber supply in regions affected by the mountain pine beetle epidemic to convert a number of ID: 602342
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Tutorials Overview
October 9, 2014Slide2
Simulation
Conversion to Area-Based tenure
The Minister of Forests, Land, and Natural Resource Operations has proposed, as a way to improve forest management and increase the midterm timber supply in regions affected by the mountain pine beetle epidemic, to convert a number of volume-based
licences
to area-based ones. The Minister has directed a multistakeholder body to forge a consensus on a new tenure system by the end of the calendar year.
Forest Carbon Mitigation
Committed to being a leader in climate action, and recognizing the contribution of forests to carbon emissions, the Premier has directed the Minister of FLNRO to conduct a multistakeholder consultation on the proposal to add carbon as a value to the Forest Range and Practices Act.
September 16, 2014
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Simulation – Organization
Forest Carbon
Sierra
Club of BC
OffsettersCOFICanforWestern Silviculture
Contractors AssociationForest Fibre Alliance of BCUnited Steelworkers
Coastal First NationsFirst Nations Forestry CouncilConversion to area-based tenure
Wilderness Tourism Association of BC
ForestEthicsCariboo-Chilcotin Conservation Society
Council of Forest Industries
Canfor
Interior Logging Association
United Steelworkers
Carrier
Sekani Tribal CouncilFirst Nations Forestry Council
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Simulation –Process
meet in groups
required
readings
consult "real world" versions of their groupsselect a delegate (and an alternate) to speak and negotiate for them during the consultation.evening, mock multistakeholder consultation attendance required for all participants :Area-based tenure Monday November 17
Forest carbon Tuesday, November 18
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Simulation - Assessment
10% for the group brief not to exceed 2000 words. This is a group project, which clearly and concisely presents the group’s initial position on how to revise the rules. It should contain references. The briefs are due November 13.
10% for each student’s participation in the group. This grade will be based on the recommendations for grades that students provide for each other
10% for the performance of each group in the consultation.
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Tutorials
Prepare you for writing the brief
Introduce you to policy analysis
Analysis vs. advocacy
Resources: videos, textSlide7
Policy Analysis
analytical
tool to guide decision-makers on how to choose the best possible course of action given the situation they are
facing
Defining your problem
Establishing criteria
Formulating possible alternativesAnalyzing the consequences of alternatives
Comparing alternatives and weighing tradeoffs
Making a recommendation Slide8
Today’s tasks
What are your organization’s core interests? You might find it very useful to examine their mission statement if there is
one – by 11:30
Define the policy problem from your group’s perspective. By
12:00, be prepared to present a one to two sentence problem definition to the class.