Completed by FORCORP Solutions in May 2022 this modelling project aimed to:
- Assist in answering the questions “In different regions of the province, will aggregated harvest approaches work to improve caribou habitat outcomes, how can they be tailored to work most effectively for caribou and provide for a working landscape, and what will the trade-offs be for other values, both ecological and socioeconomic?”
- Test a range of different aggregated harvest scenarios against business as usual (BAU) approaches (existing Spatial Harvest Sequences) to compare different harvest levels, spatial layouts, and re-entry rules.
- Provide an assessment of the impact of the tested scenarios on caribou habitat and a wide range of other species and values and socio-economic metrics.
- Develop a methodology to test how the scale of aggregation affects outcomes.
