scholarly journals Sustainable forest management certification: The Canadian programme

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Lapointe
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Environmental Groups ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
Component Field

In 1994, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) was asked by a coalition of twenty-three Canadian forest industry associations to undertake development of standards for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). CSA agreed with the proposal and, for this purpose, formed a Technical Committee with representation from a wide variety of interested parties, including producers, woodlot owners, professionals and scientists, public and environmental groups, and governments. The open process, which was entirely that of CSA, was completed in two years, with the draft standards being approved by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) as National Standards of Canada in September 1996. Verification that the standards have been achieved is accomplished through an independent audit conducted by a Registrar (certifying organization) accredited by the SCC. Certification is voluntary.The Standards framework consists of an environmental management system which is consistent with that of ISO 14001; however, requirements also include a public participation component, field performance measures, and the use of national SFM Criteria and Indicators developed by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, which in turn are based on results of the international Montreal process.

scholarly journals The Canadian commercial forestry perspective on certification: National survey results

2001 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Wilson ◽  
Takuya Takahashi ◽  
Ilan Vertinsky
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Environmental Groups ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Underlying Basis ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Forest Lands

Certification has rather quickly emerged to become an important element within the response amalgam to public concerns about the sustainability of commercial forestry. This paper presents the results of a national survey designed to examine the attitudes of Canadian forest companies toward the various certification vehicles and the underlying basis for those attitudes. Included are the ISO 14001, CSA, FSC and FORESTCARE vehicles. The results, which include responses from 117 companies, confirm a recognized need to achieve forest certification and that the appropriate certification vehicle remains unsettled. It is also clear that the forest industry does not expect a price premium to accrue from any of the vehicles. Instead, the main reason for certification is to secure continued access to public forest lands through improved public acceptance of forest management and reduced pressure from environmental groups. Key words: forest certification, sustainable forest management, criteria and indicators

scholarly journals Reviewing Canada's National Framework of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
S R.J. Bridge ◽  
D. Cooligan ◽  
D. Dye ◽  
L. Moores ◽  
T. Niemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Broad Array ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers' (CCFM) framework of Criteria and Indicators (C&I) for Sustainable Forest Management, published in 1995, provide a science-based framework to define and measure Canada's progress in the sustainable management of its forest. In 2001, the CCFM launched a review of its C&I to ensure the continued relevance of the indicators to Canadian values and to improve the ability to report on indicators. This paper describes the threestep review process, which engaged a broad array of representatives of various sectors of society. First, focus groups were used to identify public values, issues and concerns with respect to the sustainable use of Canada's forest. Second, technical experts from across the forest sector revised the indicators. Third, the revised C&I were validated with users of the framework. The revised framework, released in September 2003, consists of six criteria and 46 indicators. The number of indicators has been reduced, compared to the 1995 framework, by focusing on indicators that are most relevant to Canadians' values, are most often measurable with available data, and are understandable to policy makers, forest managers and an informed public. Links between criteria are better defined and, in some cases, indicators address multiple values under different criteria. A number of tools and techniques originally developed for use at the sub-national level were adapted for use at the national level in this review. Canada's experience with reviewing its indicators may serve as an example and model to other countries now considering reviewing their national C&I frameworks. Key words: Canada, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, criteria and indicators, C&I, sustainable forest management, review

Forest management certification — Objectives, international background and the Canadian program

1996 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Rotherham
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Increasing Demand

Increasing demand for forest products and other forest benefits, coupled with widespread public concern about the management of diminishing forest resources are leading governments to move in the direction of a convention on forests, and the private sector to consider the benefits of sustainable forest management certification. Canada is developing a national standard based on ISO 14001 EMS. Several countries support the development of an internationally applicable standard through ISO.

scholarly journals The relationships between forestry sector standardization, market evolution and sustainability approaches in the communist and post-communist economies: the case of Romania

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 1683-1698
Author(s):  
Aureliu-Florin HĂLĂLIȘAN ◽  
Adelin-Ionuț NICORESCU ◽  
Bogdan POPA ◽  
Nikolay NEYKOV ◽  
Viorel MARINESCU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
International Standards ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
Standardization Process

This paper analyses how forestry standardization process interrelates with the national and sectoral economic characteristics and the evolution of sustainable forest management implementation in communist and post-communist Romania. The study used the database of Romanian Standardization Association for selecting forestry specific standards, which have been issued since 1949. The selected standards were grouped according to their scope, issuing period and international recognition, and the obtained distributions were analysed in the context of sectoral economic evolution. In the communist period, the long-term sectoral strategy, which was centred on sustainable forest management, added value products and export was accompanied by a sustained effort in standardizing the design and quality of forest products, as well as the needed processes. Based on standardization, the efficient and integrated forest industry acted in the framework of a prescriptively regulated sustainable forest management. Mandatory national standards from the communist period have been mostly replaced by post-communist consensual international standards. The opportunities of a market economy and EU trade supported a private forest industry that is increasingly efficient, productive and innovative. However, considering the high forestry sector environmental and social sustainability requirements, the state authorities must carefully address their mission of balancing different interests, for which standardization may provide very useful tools.

Sustainability certification and legality verification in Indonesian natural forest-based wood products value chains

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-391
Author(s):  
D. Susilawati ◽  
P.J. Kanowski
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Forest Stewardship

Indonesian natural forest concessions and value chains are governed by a mandatory Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK), which includes assessment of Sustainable Production Forest Management (PHPL). Concessionaires and processors may also pursue voluntary forest certification. This study explores actors' compliance with these instruments along wood product value chains originating primarily from natural forests. Empirical results demonstrate that SVLK fostered legality compliance in domestic as well as export value chains, but still allows some possible loopholes. It is easier for actors to comply with SVLK than with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, because SVLK has less stringent requirements, and uses an assessment system that allows poor field performance and does not foster continuous improvement of practices. These results identify weaknesses in the architecture and implementation of the regulatory instruments, and suggest measures to strengthen Indonesia's sustainable forest management and timber legality systems.

Conformance of Ontario's forest management planning with criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

2003 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Herbert Kijazi ◽  
Shashi Kant
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Specific Element ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Canadian Council

Prescriptions of the Forest Management Planning Manual (FMPM) for Ontario's Crown forests are examined for conformance with the elements of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) Criteria and Indicators (C&I) of sustainable forest management (SFM). The examination identifies gaps and highlights forest management planning aspects that require gap–bridging interventions at the forest management unit (FMU) level. The three levels (parts) of the FMPM—Management Planning, Annual Operations, and Reporting & Monitoring—are examined. Gaps are categorized in three groups—major, intermediate, and minor gaps. Major gaps are recorded for five out of 22 elements of the CCFM C&I framework, and these gaps indicate inadequate prescriptions for the corresponding elements at all the three levels. Minor gaps are also recorded for five elements, and these gaps indicate inadequate prescriptions at the monitoring level. Intermediate gaps are recorded for 11 elements, and depending on the specific element and indicator, inadequacy of prescriptions may only be for operations, reporting and monitoring, or may also include the planning level. The main findings of the gap analysis are that none of the six criteria of SFM has been fully incorporated in the FMPM; Part C (Reporting and Monitoring) has the highest degree and Part A (Plan Contents) has the lowest degree of non–conformity with respect to CCFM C&I framework; at the criterion–level the Global Ecological Cycles has major gaps while three criteria—Soil and Water Conservation, Multiple Benefits, and Society' Responsibility—have intermediate gaps; and the changes in the FMPM have been incremental while the shift in the concept of forest management from Sustained Yield Timber Management to SFM was a drastic change. Key words: biological diversity, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, criteria and indicators, ecological cycles, forest management, multiple benefits, society's responsibility

Competing Environmental Management Standards: How ISO 14001 Outnumbered EMAS in Germany, the UK, France, and Sweden

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roeland Bracke ◽  
Johan Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
National Standard ◽  
The Past ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
The One ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

In the middle of the 1990s two international environmental management standards became available for European companies: the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) and the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 14001. Companies that wanted to implement a standardized environmental management system were confronted with the choice between their national standard, the European standard, or the international one. In the past decennium, the national standards have been abolished and the number of ISO 14001 certified companies has outnumbered the number of EMAS-registered organizations. The speed at which and the extent to which ISO 14001 has outnumbered EMAS differs, however, between countries in the EU-15. We argue that a country classification based on the degree of statism of the collective agency on the one hand, and the degree of corporatism of society's organization on the other, offers a valuable perspective for analyzing the evolution of the uptake of both standards in a country. We present the cases of Germany, the UK, France, and Sweden, and conclude that in countries characterized by a more societal organization of authority, private alternatives for national regulations like ISO 14001 are welcomed and adopted with enthusiasm. In countries characterized by a rather statist organization, such alternatives are looked upon with more suspicion resulting in delayed uptake. Whereas ISO 14001 is a purely private initiative, voluntary registration to the EMAS regulation creates a link between the company and the authorities. In contrast to corporatist settings, this frightens off business participation in associational countries.

Perceptions of barriers to certification of government forestry in Newfoundland

2002 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 858-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Saunders ◽  
Peter N Duinker
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Potential Barrier ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Managed Forest ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Upper Management ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

The Newfoundland Forest Service (NFS) directly manages a substantial portion of the province's forests. The two forest-products companies that manage the remainder have registered their forest management systems to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard. With an eye to getting all managed forest land in the province registered to ISO 14001, the NFS engaged us to undertake a study of the challenges and opportunities it would face in doing so. To meet the study objective, interviews were conducted with 30 people, most of whom work for the NFS. Upper-management commitment was identified as the most significant potential barrier, in part due to its influence on other possible barriers such as funding and commitment of staff time. Political interference, not previously identified in the literature, also poses a potential barrier. We conclude that no potential barriers pose insurmountable hurdles, and that the NFS should proceed expeditiously with ISO-14001 registration of the forests it manages. Key words: certification, ISO 14001, forest management, Newfoundland, perceptions, barriers

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

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