Greetings netters.
A week ago a sent out a query regarding land management by NGOs. Some
discussion regarding access to the responses followed and I promised to post
the responses in full. After a flurry of suggestions, ideas, and cases to
explore, activity has slowed considerably so I am posting all the responses to
date in one large file. I thank all that took the time to respond and hope
that the information might be of use and interest to others.
Below is my original message, followed by the ten responses that I received.
If an appreciable number of additional responses come in, I will send another
bulk posting.
Cheers
Tom Beckley (403)435-7372 (tel)
Forest Sociologist (403)435-7359 (fax)
Canadain Forest Service tbeckley@nofc.forestry.ca
5320 - 122 Street
Edmonton, AB, Canada
T6H 3S5
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Hi Folks:
I am going to be co-teaching a forest policy course in the fall. We are
setting up a number of group assignments for students to research and present.
One assignment will deal with ownership/control of forest land and optimal
allocations of land to various types of tenure holders. What I am curious
about is if anyone knows of any literature on or actual experiments with
environmental NGO's managing land? The Nature Conservancy obviously comes to
mind, but are there other examples, or a literature on what that might look
like? It strikes me as odd that Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, or even
EarthFirst have not approached governments and said, "Give us 300,000 hectares
to manage." Given that they often portray government being "in bed" with
industry, or incapable of balancing fibre management with ecosystem health,
that they haven't lobbied for such an experiment. Too far fetched? or is it
going on and I just haven't heard of it?
You can address responsed to the network or to me personally.
Tom Beckley
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1. Tom,
You may already know of the experience of UK environmental organisations
in the management of woodland.
Of the conservation organisations, the National Trust, Nature Conservancy
Council (administer National Nature Reserves) Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds and local county wildlife trusts all own and manage
woodland reserves, although mostly under 100 ha. Primarily these are
woodlands with significant conservation importance, often being 'semi
natural ancient woodlands'. For a review of woodland management for
conservation in the UK you may wish to consult:
Peterken, GF 1993 Woodland Conservation and Management. Chapman and
Hall: London and New York.
Another aspect is the interest by NGOs in the renovation of small neglected
woodlands in the UK (approx 400,000 ha). A number of advisory and
marketing co operatives have been set up to help farmers and landowners
manage and market small volumes of timber. A particularly successful
example is the Silvanus Trust which operates in the South West region. This
organisation also provides education materials for schools and colleges:
The Silvanus Trust
The National School
St Thomas Road
Launceston
Cornwall
PL15 8BL
FAX 01566 776969
I hope this is of help
Adam Carter
Lecturer in Forest Ecology and Habitat Management
Dept of Land Use and Rural Management
Seale Hayne Faculty
University of Plymouth
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 6NQ
01626 325666
FAX 01626 325657
2. One group you might look at are the "quota holders". IMHO they might be
capable of better "management" of small blocks in Mixedwood forests of
spruce and aspen than the big clearcutters.
(from Jim Ball, Canadian Forest Service - Manitoba District Office)
3.Tom, I think I get the drift of your question, but just to make sure, what
is NGO? (non-government organization?). Incidentally, in Wisconsin a strong
bid was made by a coalition of environmental groups for a large set-aside
on the Nicolet and Chequamegon N.F. but only as a biodiversity maintenance
area and not to experiment with management. The Nature Conservence, on the
other hand, has a large project going in cooperation with private land
owners and Wisconsin DNR.
John Kotar 608-262-3296
Dept. of Forestry Fax: 262-9922
University of Wisconsin-Madison kotar@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
4. Tom:
There is one example of a NGO attemtping to buy a piece of land and return
it to
Native American management as a park.
Glass, Kathy.
Sinkyone: an inter-tribal Indian park. (Sinkyone Wilderness State Park)
Earth Island Journal v8, n1 (Wntr, 1993):26.
Abstract:
The creation of the Sinkyone Wilderness State Park has long been the dream
of the Inter-Tribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council (ITSWC). The ITSWC's dream
of allowing native Californians to become reacquainted with their land has
been achieved with the creation of the inter-tribal Indian park, the first
in the US. The ITSWC is hoping to restore the actual surroundings of the
park with indigenous flora and fauna.
The contact is:
Hawk Rosales
Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council
190 Ford Road #333
Ukiah CA 94582
707 485-8744
Would you consider Indina Tribes NGO's? or close enough for your class.
There are a number of examples of Indian tribes that manage timberlands.
The Hoopa here in California, Menonminee reservation in Wisconsin, and
others migh be good test cases.
Hope this helps.
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John W. LeBlanc (510) 642-6678
Extension Forestry FAX 643-5438
University of California
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
163 Mulford Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114 INTERNET jleblanc@nature.berkeley.edu
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5. Dear Tom Beckley,
I read your e-mail request on the forest-listserver.
Here in Holland (I prefer to call in the Netherlands, because
holland is just a minor part of the Netherlands) space is a
rare and valuable item. That's why land-use management is
very strict.
We have one Governement Organisation which manages the governement land, but we
have some NGO's as well. Those NGO's have their own land and their own
management-policy within the restrictions of the governement-policy.
The Major NGO is called 'Natuurmonumenten' (Natural Monuments). They are NGO
and non-profit. The money comes from private donations or sometimes
sponsor-activities from big multinationals.
In the Netherlands 'Natuurmonumenten' is one of the Major land-owners.
Each province of the Netherlands has its own provincial Landscape Foundation
but they aal are linked to 'Natuurmonumenten'.
I do not know the exact amount of land they have in management.
Unfortunately 'Natuurmonumenten' has no e-mail, but I can give you their adres;
'Natuurmonumenten Foundation'
Noordereinde 60
NL-1243 JJ 's Graveland
the Netherlands
Phone:+31-35-559933
Fax:+31-35-563174
I hope this information is of any use to you.
Kind Regards,
Jelle Maas
Tropenbos Foundation
6. E-mail to tbeckley@nofc.forestry.ca
Subject: land management by environmental NGOs
Dr. Tom BECKLEY
Forest Sociologist
Canadian Forest Service
5320 - 122 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5
CANADA
12 July 1995
Dear Dr. Beckley,
I suggest that you contact WWF-UK for their experience in co-management of the
Korup National Park in Cameroon:
Mr. Francis SULLIVAN
Tropical Forest Conservation Officer
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK)
Panda House, Weyside Park
Catteshall Lane, Godalming
Surrey GU7 1XR, U.K.
tel: +44 (1483) 426-444
fax: +44 (1483) 426-409
tlx: 859602 PANDA G
Regards
J R Palmer
7. You might try contacting:
Forest Trust
P.O. Box 519
Sante Fe, NM 87504-0519 USA
(505) 983-8992
Sorry, I don't think they have email. I believe they manage some land and
they should be a good source of information.
Blair Orr
Assistant Professor of Forest Economics, Coordinator of International
Programs
School of Forestry and Wood Products
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton MI 49931-1295 USA
bdorr@mtu.edu
(phone) 906-487-2291
(fax) 906-487-2915
8. Hello Tom,
If you want information on NGOs managing forest lands, it might be interesting
for you to know that up to one third of the Dutch forests is owned and/or
managed by such organisations. The biggest are:
*Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland*
(Soc. for the Conservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands)
Noordeinde 60
1243 JJ 's-Graveland
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-35-62004
Fax: +31-35-63174
This is the largest NGO for nature conservation in the country. Since early
this century.
*Unie van Provinciale Landschappen*
(Union of Provincial Landscape Foundations)
P.O. Box 80
5076 ZH Haaren
Phone: +31-4117-3225
Fax: +31-4117-3365
This is an umbrella for 12 provincial foundations which manage substantial
trackts of nature areas.
*Stichting Behoud Natuur en Leefmilieu*
(Foundation for the Conservation of Nature and Environment)
P.O. Box 159
2960 BD Wijk bij Duurstede
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-3435-77577
Fax: +31-3435-77572
Don't know this one, but according to the guidebook they also manage
conservation areas.
*Wereld Natuurfonds Nederland*
(World Wildlife Fund Netherlands)
P.O. Box 7
3700 AA Zeist
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-3404-37333
Fax: +31-3404-12064
Aside from global objectives, they promote the creation of 2000 sq.km. of
'new nature' areas in the Netherlands. For this, they cooperate with other
agencies but come very close to actual management.
*Stichting Landelijk Overleg Natuur- en Landschapsbeheer (LONL)*
(National Forum for Nature and Landscape Management)
Donkerstraat 17
3511 KB Utrecht
Phone: +31-30-340777
Fax: +31-30-331311
This is an umbrella for at least 11 provincial landscape management
organisations (different from the ones above!).
There are also NGOs supporting the numerous small properties of forests,
nature areas and estates. They follow below:
*Foundation for the Conservation of Private Estates*
P.O. Box 120
8080 AC Elburg
Phone: +31-5250-84488
Fax: +31-5250-81490
*Nederlandse Vereniging van boseigenaren (NVBE)*
(Netherlands Association of Forest Owners)
P.O. Box 106
8084 ZJ 't Harde
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-5250-83558
Fax: +31-5250-85601
They produce a guidebook (in Dutch) with all these addresses in it.
*Vereninging Nederlandse Landgoederen (VNL)*
(Associoation of Estates in the Netherlands)
P.O. Box 13
6950 AA Dieren
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-8330-22748 (no fax known)
*Nederlandse Ver. voor de Landelijke Eigendom (NVLE)*
(NL Associaion for Rural Property)
Mail: see NVBE
Phone: +31-5250-83525
Fax: +31-5250-85601
*Unie van Bosgroepen*
(Union of Forest Groups)
Secretariat: Ir. F.B. van der Hoeven
Gravenstraat 17B
7383 RH Voorst
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-5758-1859
Fax: +31-5758-2197
This is an umbrella of at least 9 Forest Groups which are cooperative societies
of forest owners. The societies' objectives are more efficient sustainable
forest management and better returns on exploitation (which are generally
negligible in the Netherlands)
*Stichting Bosbouwdiensten Nederland*
(Foundation of Forestry Services NL)
P.O. Box 1121
3900 BC Veenendaal
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-8385-12917
Fax: +31-8385-12917.0805
(promotes professional sustainable forest management, transfer point between
managing organisations and service-delivering companies)
There are more societies of this kind: for estate managers, garden and
landscape managers, timber trade, etc. If you happen to be interested, come
back to me!
Unfortunately I don't have e-mail addresses.
Good luck with your course!
Cathrien de Pater
National Reference Centre for Nature Management
(IKC-N)
P.O. Box 30
6700 AA Wageningen
NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-8370-74890
Fax: +31-8370-74930
E-mail: "c.h.de.pater@ikcnblf.agro.nl"
9.Tom-
Saw your posting on FUNET listserve. I m involved in Ecosystem Workforce
iitiatives in OR, attempting to make good on the "Jobs in the Woods"
promise of healthy ecosystems and good ecoomic impacts for timber dependent
rural communities. We have six demonstration projects running, one of
which relies on such an NGO (Rogue Institute for Economy ad Ecology,
Medford OR -- see Brett KenCairn in cc above). You might get in touch with
the Watershed Council (contact lynn.jungwirth@trnet.org) in Hayfork, CA and
Plumas Corp (No CA), and the Quincy Library Group.
Our strategy looks very mucg to community-based groups playing a pivotal
role in the transition to a sustainable, high-skill / high-wage, quality
driven ecosystem management industry. At the very least, such NGO's will
plat an important role in determining educ & training needs of the future
industry.
We are planning a three-state forum (tentatively Oct 19). If you want to
be on the mail list, please let me know.
Good luck with the class.
-Charles
Charles Spencer Phone/voicemail: (503)346-2787
Labor Education and Research Center Fax: (503) 346-2790
1289 University of Oregon Home: (503) 345-3253
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1289
10. Tom Beckley;
I have been studying Non-industrial Private Forest owners and cooperative
ecosystem management applications that will meet the needs of these owners.
In my research so far, the Nature Conservancy is the best example of an
environmental interest group taking matters into their own hands through
cooperative land purchases in the U.S. and abroad(especially in Central and
South America). Another group that comes to mind is Ducks Unlimited, who
have made great strides in the preservation of wetlands along migratory
routes of the continents ducks, geese, etc. . Also, there have been a
multitude of land trusts set up by regional grass roots organizations that
have specific preservation interests in local commuunities. It is a shame
that organizations like the Sierra Club spend the majority of their time
producing pretty calendars instead of purchasing and managing land for the
sake of biological diversity. I would be very interested in your findings.
Matt Nespeca
Graduate Student
College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Virginia Tech
E-mail: Nespeca@VT.EDU
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