A Brief History of Canada-China

Partnerships in Forestry

Dr. Ron Ayling Senior Program Officer (retired)

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Editor, The Forestry Chronicle

Canadian International Development Agency

(CIDA)

Canadian International Development Agency

Canadian forestry mission 1980

Jiagadaqi Model Forest Fire Management (JIAPRO) 1984 – 1990

Assist with the development of a model forest fire management system that would be transferable

Assist with the development of a forest management model as the basis for increasing sustained economic

output and a demonstration model for improving management practices in other forestry bureaux

Integrated Intensive Forest Management (IIFM) Lanxiang Forestry Bureau

1985 – 1990 (?)

Burned rangeland on edge of forest near Jiagadaqi in 1982

Integrated Intensive Forest Management (IIFM), Lanxiang Forestry Bureau

Heilongjiang Province 1985 – 1990 (?)

Langxiang Forestry Bureau: Remote and isolated in 1982

China Forestry Mission 1987

Enhancing China’s Capacity for Carbon Sequestration

Project Partners University of Toronto Institute for Development Studies/Faculty of Forestry Department of Geography (Toronto)

Natural Resources Canada Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (Ottawa) Environment Canada Adaptation & Impacts Research Group (Toronto)

Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geographical Sciences & Natural Resources Research (Beijing)

Institute of Soil Science (Nanjing)

Cold & Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute (Lanzhou) Beijing Normal University (Beijing) Nanjing University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Forestry University (Nanjing)

Wang, S, J. M. Chen, W. Ju, X. Feng, M. Chen, P. Chen., and G..Yu, 2007. Carbon sinks and sources in China’s forests during 1901-2001. Journal of Environmental Management, 85: 524-537.

Paulownia in Social Forestry Farm Forestry Program (FFP) Research on Bamboo & Rattan

Research on Bamboo & Rattan

University of Toronto

Masters of Forest Conservation

students in Beijing, 2011