The Triple Bottom LineConservation Strategy Summit
June 18th/20th, 2013
Wade Zammit
President/Director
The Working Forest Group
The Triple Bottom Line
A Healthy Environment…
•Provides sustainable development opportunities.
•Protects wildlife habitat.
•Enhances recreational and subsistence activities.
•Enables quality of life.
•Incentivizes workforce development andprovides local jobs.
•Uses natural resources in a responsibleand renewable manner.
•Drives resource
education.
•Promotes social
wellbeing.
A Strong Social/Community Structure…
A Robust and Stable Economy…
•Creates Wealth.
• Builds Healthy Communities.
• Expands Job Opportunities.
A healthy environment that supports arobust economy that in turn perpetuatesa strong social/community structure.
Community
Environment
Economy
The Triple Bottom Line
Community
Economy
Environment
A balance between Environmental, Community and Economic goals that createssustainability of all parts.
Alaska Timber Jobs Task Force Final Report(June 2012)Alaska’s Working Forests
•Alaska’s federal and state forests have the potentialto be a model of sustainability, includingenvironmental, social, and economic objectives.
•The “Working Forest” concept embraces diverseand broad objectives related to utilizing naturalresources, providing jobs, stimulating localeconomies, and supporting communities.
•These broad objectives have the potential to unifydiverse stakeholders and interest groups whileframing many of the State of Alaska’s short- andlong-term goals.
A WORKING FOREST…
Is managed for multiple industry use…
Encourages the rational development of theforest…
Demands that User Groups be responsible forthe sustainability of all forest resources…
Uses its resources to unite and providesupport for the environment, the socialstructure of communities, and the regionseconomy.
Consideration for measuring Conservation Strategies
