Owing to the economic, social and environmental impacts associated with timber harvesting by small-scale forest owners, a number of studies have characterized their profiles, motivations and activities at a given time. However, little research has focused on how timber production has been affected by changes in the prevalence of types of forest owners over time. A 2012 telephone survey of Quebec (Canada) small-scale forest owners reveals relationships between level of harvesting and socio-demographic factors, and an evolution of these factors by examining the results of surveys conducted in 1973 and 1985. Within the same population, property size, distance between owners' forest and homes, possession of a forest management plan, gender, education level, the length of ownership are correlated with how likely respondents were to harvest timber on their forest. Furthermore, comparison with results from previous surveys of the same population show an increase in the prevalence of characteristics associated with owners who place less importance on timber harvesting in their management decisions. Overall, since the initial survey of forest owners conducted in 1973, the size of forest holdings in Quebec has decreased, respondents' education level has improved and the proportion of forests owned by women have increased. However, these changes are occurring at a relatively slow rate, giving government authorities time to implement policies to encourage harvesting among the new generation of forest owners.
Canadian forestry is facing currently a concentrated attack on La foresterie au Canada fait face actuellement a une attaque conits practices to the extent that our markets are being threatened.centree sur ses pratiques aun point tel que nos marches sont menTo counter this threat and deal with public environmental conacCs. Afin de contrer cette menace, le Canada a elabore une cerns, Canada has developed a series of criteria and indicators that krie de criteres et d'indicateurs qui permettront de quantifier les will quantify those forestry practices which have an effect on the pratiques foresteres qui ont un effet sur la durabilite de nos sustainability of our forests and all their attendant resources. This for& et sur toutes les ressources qui s'y rattachent. Cette approach will require inventory information that is not currentapproche necessitera de l'information en provenance d'inventaires ly available. A national multi-resource inventory designed specifqui ne sont pas actuellement disponibles. Un inventaire nationically to provide information at the national level will be needal multi-ressources conqu spkcifiquement pour fournir de l'infored and is feasible and cost-effective. A cooperative multi-agency mation a l'echelle nationale sera requis et peut btre rCali& tout approach such as that used by the recent BC Resource Inventory en etant d'un cotit acceptable. Un approche cooperative impliquant Committee is recommended as a starting point. Technical experts plusieurs orgauismes telle cele u W e par le recent. Comitk d'invenfrom relevant and interested federal and provincial agencies taire des ressources de la C.-B. est recommandee en tant que point should be invited to participate in formulating and expediting such de %art. Les experts techniques des organismes f e h u x et provina program.ciaux impliqks et interesses devraient btre invites a participer a la formulation et a la realisation d'un tel programme.
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