scholarly journals Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate: An Evaluation of Canada’s National Framework

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. N. Steenberg ◽  
Peter N. Duinker ◽  
Laird Van Damme ◽  
Ken Zielke
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
National Framework

scholarly journals Canadian Council of Forest Ministers: Champions of sustainable forest management

2003 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 748-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
André H Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
International Issues ◽  
National Framework

The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM), established in 1985, is composed of the federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for forests. Its role has evolved into one that stimulates the development of policies and initiatives for strengthening the forest sector, including the forest resource and its use. One of the most important functions of the CCFM is that it sets the overall direction for the stewardship and sustainable management of Canada's forests by addressing issues and stimulating joint initiatives. Under its guidance, four successive National Forest Strategies and three Forest Accords have been developed. Another major achievement has been the development of the CCFM Criteria and Indicators Framework: Defining Sustainable Forest Management – A Canadian Approach to Criteria and Indicators. Today, the CCFM works under five strategic themes: sustainable forestry; international issues; forest communities; science and technology; and information and knowledge. The ongoing, positive cooperation between the two levels of government helps maintain healthy and productive forests and their sustained contribution to Canadians' economic, environmental and social well-being over the long term. Key words: stewardship, governments, collaboration, national framework for action, criteria and indicators, integrated information

Using perceptual maps to communicate concepts of Sustainable Forest Management – Collaborative research with the Office of the Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia

2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
S. Denise Allen
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
North Central ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Perceptual Maps ◽  
Forest Resources Management

This article discusses collaborative research with the Office of the Wet'suwet'en Nation on their traditional territories in north-central British Columbia, Canada, a forest-dependent region where contemporary and traditional forest resources management regimes overlap. In-depth personal interviews with the hereditary chiefs and concept mapping were used to identify social-ecological linkages in Wet'suwet'en culture to inform the development of culturally sensitive social criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management (SFM) in this region. The preliminary results demonstrate how the CatPac II software tool can be applied to identify key component concepts and linkages in local definitions of SFM, and translate large volumes of (oral) qualitative data into manageable information resources for forest managers and decision-makers. Key words: social criteria and indicators, sustainable forest management, qualitative research, Wet'suwet'en

scholarly journals Advancing the cause? Contributions of criteria and indicators to sustainable forest management in Canada

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (04) ◽  
pp. 488-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Duinker
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Forest Values

The aim of the paper is to take stock, based on my personal scholarly and practical experiences, of the progress made in Canada with criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management (C&I-SFM). Some developmental history is reviewed, and applications at national and local levels are summarized. In my opinion, Canada's work in developing and applying C&I-SFM has been beneficial, particularly in focussing forest-sector dialogues, in sensitizing people to the wide range of forest values, and in retrospective determinations of progress in SFM. Improvements over the next decade are needed in several areas: (a) improving data-collection programs; (b) linking C&I-SFM more directly into forest policy development; (c) shifting from retrospective to prospective sustainability analysis; and (d) applying C&I-SFM to non-industrial forests such as protected areas and urban forests. The C&I-SFM concept is sound. We have yet to tap its full potential in the pursuit of forest and forest-sector sustainability.

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