Managing Canada’s Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Non-man-made components of the Earth, other benefits to human

Renewable Resources

Regenerate themselves

Non-Renewable Resources

Millions of years to regenerate, like fossils

Flow Resources

Produced by nature, wind and sunlight

Biotic Resources

Come from the biosphere

Abiotic Resources

Non-living things

Stock Resources

Resources that have been discovered

EXPLOITION

Abuse or misuse of something

SUSTAINABLE YIELD MANAGEMENT

Managing a renewable resource

MINING THE RESOURCE

Use up a renewable resource LEADING TO DEPLETION

Types of trees

Hardwood - Deciduous, Softwood - Coniferous

Silviculture

The growing, management and cultivating of trees

Clear cutting

Selection of trees is harvested over time

Shelterwood Logging

Trees left behind

Single tree Selection

Maintain uneven stands

Forestry Issues

Old growth Forest Protection