Preserving Ecosystem Services on Indigenous Territory through Restoration and Management of a Cultural Keystone Species

Uprety, Yadav, Asselin, Hugo et Bergeron, Yves (2017). Preserving Ecosystem Services on Indigenous Territory through Restoration and Management of a Cultural Keystone Species. Forests , 8 (6). p. 194. doi:10.3390/f8060194 Repéré dans Depositum à https://depositum.uqat.ca/id/eprint/943

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Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) is a cultural keystone tree species in the forests of eastern North America, providing numerous ecosystem services to Indigenous people. White pine abundance in the landscape has considerably decreased over the last few centuries due to overharvesting, suppression of surface fires, extensive management, and plantation failure. The Kitcisakik Algonquin community of western Quebec is calling for restoration and sustainable management of white pine on its ancestral territory, to ensure provision of associated ecosystem services. We present five white pine restoration and management scenarios taking into account community needs and ecological types: (1) natural regeneration of scattered white pines to produce individuals of different sizes and ages used as medicinal plants; (2) protection of supercanopy white pines used as landmarks and for providing habitat for flagship wildlife species, and younger individuals left as regeneration and future canopy trees; (3) the uniform shelterwood system to create white pine-dominated stands that provide habitat for flagship wildlife species and support cultural activities; (4) under-canopy plantations to yield mature white pine stands for timber production; (5) mixed plantations to produce forests with aesthetic qualities that provide wildlife habitat and protect biodiversity.

Type de document:	Article
Informations complémentaires:	Licence d'utilisation : CC-BY 4.0
Mots-clés libres:	Aboriginal people; ecological restoration; ecosystem services; Pinus strobus L.; shelterwood; sustainable forest management; traditional ecological knowledge; white pine
Divisions:	Études autochtones Forêts
Date de dépôt:	26 mars 2020 18:43
Dernière modification:	26 mars 2020 18:43
URI:	https://depositum.uqat.ca/id/eprint/943

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