Coalition for Sustainable Forestry (CSFnl) RETREAT
23 Sep 09
Forestry Retreat
Sept. 25-27, 2009, Grenfell College, Corner Brook
(Forest Centre 3024 and 3019)
RSVP Required with Main Office (726-5800)
RETREAT GOALS
- Discuss successful case studies of sustainable forestry in the province and elsewher
- Develop an organizational structure
- Create a strategy: define major goals and how to reach them
RETREAT AGENDA
Friday, September 25
7:00pm-9:00pm: Meet & Greet
Guest speakers:
John Baird, Rural Planning Consultant with Baird Planning Associates and Secretary of Freshwater-Alexander Bays Ecosystem Corporation, “Experiences with Watershed Management in Newfoundland”
Ian Goudie, CSFnl Coordinator, “Humans and Nature: Balancing Spiritual and Cultural Values in the Western World”
Ian Warkentin, Environmental Science – Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Urgent Preservation of Boreal Carbon Stocks and Biodiversity”
Saturday, September 26
9:00am-10:00am: Keynote Speaker: Larry Innes, Executive Director, Canadian Boreal Forest Initiative, “Developing an Ecosystem-Based Forest Management Plan in Central Labrador: Experiences and Issues”
10:00am-10:40am: Discussion and Questions
10:40am-11:00am: Refreshments/Break
11:00am - 12:30pm: Develop Organizational Structure
12:30pm-1:30: Lunch
1:30 - 4:30pm: Create a Strategy. Review Organizational Structure and Participants. Commitment to action and next steps.
Sunday, September 27
9:00am-12:00pm: Interpretative Walk in Hughes Brook, guided by Don Ivany, Newfoundland & Labrador Regional Director of the Atlantic Salmon Federation