Overview

The Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound was established by the government of British Columbia, Canada, on October 22, 1993. The Panel's mandate was to develop world-class standards for sustainable forest management in Clayoquot Sound by combining traditional and scientific knowledge.

During its tenure, which concluded May 29, 1995, the 19-member Panel produced five reports, containing over 170 recommendations for sustainable forest practices in Clayoquot Sound. On June 6, 1995, the B.C. government announced its intent to fully implement all of the Scientific Panel's recommendations.

Clayoquot Sound is a roughly 350 000 hectare area on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, that stretches from Ucluelet north to the Hesquiat Peninsula. This area is noted for its vast, untouched expanse of old-growth forest and was the subject of a lengthy, bitter land-use debate in the early 1990s that resulted in over 800 protesters being arrested in logging road blockades.

Attempting to bring resolution to land use issues in the area, the B.C. government's April 1993 Clayoquot Sound Land Use Decision:

• increased the land within protected areas from 39 100 ha (15%) to 87 600 ha (33%)
• decreased the land allocated to general integrated resource management, with timber harvesting as a major use, from 212 400 ha (81%) to 117 400 ha (45%)
• established special management areas for recreation (3000 ha, or 1%), wildlife (3500 ha, or 1.3%), and scenic corridors (40 000 ha, or 15.2%)

The majority of recommendations by the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel relate to forestry practices on the lands designated for general integrated resource management.

How to View Panel Report Files

The Panel reports are available in two file formats: Acrobat PDF and plain text

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files preserve the layout and content of the original printed reports on both Macintosh and PC computers. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.0 to view them. You can download the Acrobat Reader installer from your internet provider or directly from Adobe, but it is about 1.4 Megabytes and takes a while to download (up to an hour at 14.4 Kb).

http://www.adobe.com/

To order hardcopies of the Scientific Panel's reports, contact

Cortex Consultants Inc.
#201 - 1290 Broad St.
Victoria, B.C.
Canada V8W 2A5
Telephone: (604) 360-1492
Facsimile: (604) 360-1493
Email: cortex@sunshine.net

Description of files

Executive summaries of Reports 5, 4, 3, and 2.
Plain text, 43K -- summary.txt

Recommendations of Reports 5, 3, and 2.
Plain text, 93K -- recomnd.txt

All the text files in Macintosh format
Plain text, 430K -- claytxt.sea

All the text files in PC format
Plain text, 398K -- claytxt.zip

Sustainable Ecosystem Management in Clayoquot Sound:

Planning and Practices
Report 5 is the final report of the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel. It presents findings and recommendations related to forest planning, information collection, timber extraction, and the incorporation of scenic, recreational, and tourism values in forestry activities in Clayoquot Sound. Panel findings are based on forest practices standards in effect in Clayoquot Sound as of September 30, 1994.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Clayoquot Sound Environment
Acrobat PDF, 640K -- clay512.pdf

Chapter 3 Silvicultural Systems
Acrobat PDF, 412K -- clay53.pdf

Chapter 4 Harvesting Systems
Chapter 5 Transportation Systems
Acrobat PDF, 891K -- clay545.pdf

Chapter 6 Scenic, Recreational, and Tourism Values and Resources
Chapter 7 Planning for Sustainable Ecosystem Management in Clayoquot Sound
Chapter 8 Monitoring
Chapter 9 Sources Cited
Acrobat PDF, 860K -- clay569.pdf

Appendices:

Appendix I Summary of Panel Recommendations Concerning Planning and Practices in Clayoquot Sound;
Appendix II Classification of the Hydroriparian System;
Appendix III Information Requirements for Planning;
Appendix IV Glossary;
Appendix V Panel Members
Acrobat PDF, 420K -- clay5a.pdf

Full Report 5,

Plain text, 723K -- clay5.txt
Plain text, with line breaks, 738K -- clay5b.txt
Plain text, self-extracting archive for Mac, 434K -- claytxt.sea
Plain text, ZIP file for PC, 398K -- CLAYTXT.ZIP

A Vision and Its Context: Global Context for Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound
Report 4 provides an overview of the international, national, and provincial agreements that relate to the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel's mandate of recommending sustainable forest practices for Clayoquot Sound.
Acrobat PDF, 476K -- clay4.pdf
or Plain text, 100K -- clay4.txt

First Nations' Perspectives Relating to Forest Practices Standards in Clayoquot Sound Report 3 notes the extent to which First Nations' knowledge and interests are addressed in forest practices standards in effect in Clayoquot Sound as of September 30, 1994. It contains Panel recommendations on requirements for new standards that cover the spectrum of First Nations' interests and concerns in Clayoquot Sound.
Acrobat PDF, 416K -- clay3.pdf
or Plain text, 170K -- clay3.txt

A companion document to Report 3 contains two appendices available only in Acrobat PDF and hardcopy formats:

Appendix V Inventory of Plants and Animals Culturally Significant to the Nuu-Chah-Nulth of Clayoquot Sound
Acrobat PDF, 555K -- clay3a5.pdf

Appendix VI Inventory of Nuu-Chah-Nulth Cultural Areas by Resource and Association.
Acrobat PDF, 589K -- clay3a6.pdf

Review of Current Forest Practice Standards in Clayoquot Sound
Report 2 presents Panel findings and recommendations related to forest ecosystem processes--such as watershed integrity and biodiversity--and cultural values, including First Nations, scenic resources, recreation, and tourism in Clayoquot Sound. Panel findings are based on forest practices standards in effect in Clayoquot Sound as of January 31, 1994.
Acrobat PDF, 288K -- clay2.pdf
or Plain text, 182K -- clay2.txt

Preliminary Report

Report 1 describes the composition, mandate, and operating principles of the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel. It introduces the 9 general and 18 guiding principles that form the framework for evaluating forest practices standards in Clayoquot Sound. The report lists the applicable guidelines and standards in effect in Clayoquot Sound on January 31, 1994, and the procedure by which they will be reviewed.
Acrobat PDF, 119K, -- clay1.pdf
or Plain text, 45K -- clay1.txt

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