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Management plans: a statutory requirement under the Part 12 of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act for tree farm licences, woodlot licences, pulpwood agreements and forest licences. Management plans usually cover a period of five years and specify proposed management for important resource values including the establishment, tending, protection and harvesting of timber resources.

Management zone: (see riparian management zone)

Marine-sensitive zones: defined in the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act Operational Planning Regulation as including herring spawning areas, shellfish beds, marsh areas, aquaculture sites, juvenile salmonid rearing areas and adult salmon holding areas.

Memorandum of understanding (MOU): an agreement signed between two or more ministries.

Mineral: ore of metal and every natural substance that can be mined and that either is in place where it was originally formed or deposited, or is in talus rock, and includes rock or other materials from mine tailings, dumps and previously mined deposits of minerals, but does not include: coal, petroleum, natural gas, earth, soil, peat, marl, sand and gravel, and rock and riprap used in the construction of roads, buildings or structures.

Mineral title: a claim or lease issued under the Mineral Tenure Act.

Model: any mathematical, geometric or logical procedure that systematically manipulates data into information helpful to the users. A model is a tool that simplifies complex real world cause and effect relationships in order to better understand the likely outcomes of particular actions.

Multiple accounts analysis (MAA): an analytical technique that specifies a framework of evaluation accounts under which management scenarios can be systematically assessed in terms of their social, environmental and economic impacts. It is flexible and often utilizes non-monetary valuations of the likely effects.