Forestry 415 Sustainable Forest Policy Overview George Hoberg

Forestry 415 Sustainable Forest Policy Overview George Hoberg September 5. 2013 1

Today’s Agenda �Foundations Domain, concepts Categories of forest policy Analytical framework Policy cycle �Course Materials September 5. 2013 2

Course domain in context �Sustainability policies Policies for natural resource management ▪ Renewable natural resources ▪ Forests � BC September 5. 2013 3

Core Concepts �actions, policies, governance actions – behavioural actions ▪ choices by firms, consumers ▪ produced consequences for values of concern policies – rules produced by government that influence actions governance – who decides the rules 4

Forest Policy Defined a purposive course of action or inaction followed by government in dealing with a matter of concern regarding the use of forest resources September 5. 2013 415 - Overview � conserve 50 per cent of the natural range of old growth forests Legally established Central and North Coast Amendment Order 5

Sustainable Forest Policy 415 - Overview 6

Sustainable Forest Management �Our goal is to maintain the long-term health of Canada’s forest ecosystems, for the benefit of all living things, and for the social, cultural, environmental and economic well-being of all Canadians now and in the future. ” 1992 Canada Forest Accord, as quoted in Luckert, Haley, Hoberg, Policies for Sustainably Managing Canada’s Forests p. 20 September 5. 2013 415 - Overview 7

Forest Policy Objectives 8

Forest Policy Objectives September 5. 2013 9

Forest Policy Challenges �Conflict of values, interest �Spatial distribution of interest esp rural vs urban �Long time horizons �Factual uncertainty September 5. 2013 10

Categories of Forest Policy Allocation of “Crown” timber-- tenure Pricing -- stumpage Rate of harvest – allowable annual cut (AAC) Land Use – zoning for different values (logging, conservation, etc) 5. Regulation of harvesting -- Forest Practices 6. Emergent areas and overlaps (energy, carbon) 1. 2. 3. 4. September 5. 2013 11

Analytical Framework: Forces at work in natural resources policy policies actions consequences 12

Analytical Framework: Forces at work in natural resources policy governance policies environment markets actions consequences 13

Analytical Framework – Environment and Markets �Environment Biophysical environment Resource characteristics �Markets Prices Exchange rates Supply and demand Trade restrictions 14

Analytical Framework - Governance �political dimension who decides who participates �vertical dimension – at what level of government �regulatory dimension – with what instruments 15

Theme �Policies are produced through governance processes, influenced by environment and markets. September 5. 2013 16

Policy Cycle Model Agenda-Setting Policy Formulation Decisionmaking Policy Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation 17

Today’s Agenda �Foundations Domain, concepts Categories of forest policy Analytical framework Policy cycle �Course Materials �Critical Thinking assignment September 5. 2013 18

Course materials class composition � Syllabus � Readings � Assignments exams simulation � Connect Website 9 13 36 5 CONS BSFS MSFM 25 September 5. 2013 BSF other 19

Overview readings for today �Marty Luckert, David Haley, and George Hoberg, Policies for Sustainably Managing Canada’s Forests: Provincial Tenure, Stumpage Fees, and Forest Practices, (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011), introduction �Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner, and Jeremy Wilson, In Search of Sustainability: Forest Policy in British Columbia in the 1990 s, (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2001), pp. 3 -7, 17, 20 -29 (reading packet) September 5. 2013 20

Professor Bio – George Hoberg �Born near Philadelphia, moved to San Francisco area for high school �BS from University of California, Berkeley (Political Economy of Natural Resources �Ph. D from MIT (Political Science) �Prof in UBC Political Science Department 1987 -2001 – Canadian citizen in 1992 �Prof in UBC FRM Department 2001 -present September 5. 2013 21

Today’s Agenda �Foundations Domain, concepts Categories of forest policy Analytical framework Policy cycle �Course Materials �Critical Thinking assignment September 6, 2012 22

Critical Thinking assignment �Daniel Kahan, “What Is Motivated Reasoning and How Does It Work? , Science and Religion Today May 4, 2011. �Mark Hume, “The fight to protect what’s left of old-growth forests, ” Globe and Mail, March 17, 2013 September 6, 2012 23

Motivated reasoning � motivated cognition: unconscious tendency to fit processing of information to conclusions that suit some end or goal biased information search: seeking out (or � disproportionally attending to) evidence that is congruent rather than incongruent with the motivating goal biased assimilation: crediting and discrediting evidence selectively in patterns that promote rather than frustrate the goal identity-protective cognition: reacting dismissively to information the acceptance of which would experience dissonance or anxiety. Daniel Kahan, “What Is Motivated Reasoning and How Does It Work? , Science and Religion Today May 4, 2011. 24

Critical Thinking Assignment for Tuesday �Read the Hume article �Write down and bring to class: 1 important argument in the article Value(s) underlying that argument Factual assertion, if any, behind the argument Max 15 minutes of “research” to fact-check 25

Tuesday � Critical reading assignment � Evolution of BC forest policy � Readings: Daniel Kahan, “What Is Motivated Reasoning and How Does It Work? , Science and Religion Today May 4, 2011. BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Timber Tenures in British Columbia: Managing Public Forests in the Public Interest, June 2012, George Hoberg, “Bringing the Market Back In: BC Natural Resource Policies During the Campbell Years, ” in British Columbia Politics and Government, Micheal Howlett, Dennis Pilon, and Tracy Sommerville, eds, (Toronto: Edmond Montgomery, 2010), pp. 331 -43, 349 -51. (reading packet) September 5. 2013 26