Changing Environment

As Graf puts it, in order to resume effective deliberation among the actors involved (stakeholders),That is to say, at the forefront of these discussions, there are both internal and external factors that depict a common application and must have an all around understanding of everyone’s values, interests, culture in order for deliberation to be successful (Graf 2011). All of these factors impact new innovations for environmental resources in “social and economic contexts” which trace back to the beginning and start all over again (Graf 2011;

In particular, forest fragmentation issues were not involved in the processes of legislation. To date, a well-defined tenure or ownership has not been available for those collective forests in southern China, and an overloaded forest-related taxation still exists for forest farmers. This has heavily undermined the afforestation initiatives available to forest farmers (Zhang, 2008). In contrast, the USA has pushed many favorable policies, including an adoption of taxation incentive packages to encourage citizens to manage forests. A comprehensive system of laws related to forest management has dramatically advanced forest management levels and led to an overall forest inventory regularly. Beside governmental supports, various NGO’s pay much attention to forest fragmentation issues when management plans are being developed. （Li, Mao, Zhou, Vogelmann, Zhu,2010）

This report examines the new world of sustainability reporting, and the complex web of stakeholders. It focuses particularly on the demands for new kinds of transparency which serve the interests of the environment and society.

Will McAvoy, the news anchor of HBO’s hit TV-drama The Newsroom once said, “The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one”. Canadians have heard of climate change cries for decades. However, this constant bombardment has lost its effect. As a result, Canadians have been taking baby steps towards resolving this environmental issue. The changes in the ecosystem of Canada and other countries around the world are discussed constantly. The fact is humans are using up the Earth’s resources before they can be replenished. Canadians should reevaluate their lifestyle because their fundamental survival needs such as: land, water and air are being affected tremendously. Through a goal shared by the Canadian Government, big corporations and the average Canadian, that’s when true change can occur.

One of the first nation communities in Canada, Attawapiskat which is located in the north of Timmins, Ontario are striving to live their everyday lives, by having a hard time surviving the harsh physical environments in Attawapiskat. An example of a physical environment is climate and living conditions. First nations in the north have seen many changes in climate such as melting permafrost as well as warming and shortening of the winter season. Other first nations in the lower latitudes have observed these changes of the climate as well, but not in as the other’s in the north. Those who are in the south need to prepare in advance as well as those who are in the north so they can reduce the vulnerability of the climate, such as having relevant information, instruments and resources so they can get

The climate change adaptation services market was estimated at $2 billion worldwide in 2013 with forecasted annual growth in the 12-20 per cent range to 2020 (Climate Change Business Journal, 2015a; Jergler, 2015). In 2009, Canada was ranked third in a list of regions with strong climate change consulting demand (CCBJ, 2010). This growth in the climate change consulting market is being influenced by many factors, as described below:

In order to be a key member in the timber industry, every agency must comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The NEPA necessitates that federal agencies to incorporate ecological ethics into assessment of change, bearing in mind the environmental consequences of their requests, this also requires realistic counter-actions to the impacts that may be created. In order to meet the requirements of the federal government a form is provided to from different government

In my opinion the three stakeholders mentioned above have more important role than the others in sustainable development. The first stakeholder, TransCanada argues that they are committed to sustainable development and claim that they have state of the art oil spill detection mechanism but the following facts destroys their argument

Every stakeholder have their own process and roles, it can affects or can be affects by organization’s action. All stakeholders have own satisfied and unsatisfied (appendix 2).

At first there was concern only among foresters about deforestation but now the public has created organizations such as Green Peace to facilitate increased awareness and reduce deforestation. The Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O.) has worked mainly within the forestry community to find new and better ways to manage the forests. In 1985 there was the introduction of the Tropical Forestry Action Plan or T.F.A.P. This plan involved the F.A.O, United Nations, World Bank, other developmental agencies, and several other multi-national government organizations; together they developed a new strategy. More than sixty countries have decided to prepare national forestry action plans to manage their forests (Gallant, 381).

To achieve this shared goal a wide cross-section was selected which guaranteed representation of all units, division and branch of the organization. It was not limited to only top management. Effort was made to have employees whose start date was subsequent to the planning session be in attendance as well. Consensus was among all. Being a newly inductee to the organization, this was a great medium for both orientation and even reorientation of the staff members. 2) Recognize all organizational mandates relating to the organization – with a legal foundation and supporting regulations as in the case of the Forestry Department, it is important to continuously review the governing instruments. Extracts and full copies of each the aforementioned documents were placed in the workshop folders along with the Business Plan and previous Operational plan for periodic reference. It was eventually recommended that the Forest Act 1996 be revised to address some gaps. 3) Spell out and make clear the organization’s mission statement and shared values – the current vision, mission and core values were presented for review and discussions questions posted. Each sub-group proposed the revised version of the mission, vision and

One way shifting cultivation impacts SE Asia is that it provides traditional and the “bare-minimum” of subsistence crops and profit for the 176 indigenously ethic groups making up 14.7% of the population in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan. Of all the total forest area, the rural locals use only 5% of it for shifting cultivation. This low percentage is partly caused by a priority in the mountainous mainland of Southeast Asia, or MMSEA. The priority is the national as well as global protection of the watershed system and the biophysical environment. Therefore, the rurals rely on the

In Nepal, forest is the major source of livelihood for landless and poor people. They have no alternative except the use of forest resources. However, to manage and protect the forests from overexploitation is important as well. For this community forestry program is chosen as main strategy, which has helped to manage a forest in good condition. But, community forestry has not been able to increase the access of and control over forest resources to disadvantaged, who needed them most. CF has been relatively

In the current management system in Nepal, community forestry (CF) is one of the effective mechanisms to reduce deforestation and increase greenery in the country, but there is uncertainty to what extent CF supports biodiversity conservation (Acharya, 2003). Community forestry has contributed to improving and diversifying livelihoods by mobilizing locally available natural forest. As per the Forest Act (1993), community forest user groups (CFUGs) retain 100% of revenues generated and 25% are used in forest development

Freeman (1984, P. 46) popularized the definition of a stakeholder as ‘. . . ANY group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organization’s objectives’. This is a very broad definition meaning that in today’s global business environment any individuals and groups may be business’s stakeholders (Davey, 2015). This sparks the debate about whether or not the natural environment can be identifiable as a stakeholder. In the ethics in practice case ‘Are Plants and Flowers