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Canadian Standards Association
CSA - Mississauga, Ont. |
Forest Stewardship Council
FSC - Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sustainable Forest
Management (SFM) Standard |
- CAN/CSA Z809 (1996)
- Approved as national standard of Canada by
the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).
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- FSC 1995
- Approved by the FSC Board.
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| Standards Development
Process |
- Multi-stakeholder CSA SFM technical committee,
Canada-wide public consultation, input, and
review process.
- Accountable to the SCC.
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- FSC national or regional working groups,
public review and input process.
- Accountable to its own membership base.
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| Application |
- Canada - Defined Forest Area
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- International - Defined Forest Area
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| Performance-Based
Standard |
- Canada's Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
(CCFM) SFM criteria and critical elements set
the minimum performance level.
- Adapted to local conditions through a public
participation process.
- Criteria are consistent with internationally
recognized Montreal & Helsinki Process criteria
for the sustainable management of boreal and
temperate forests.
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- Performance requirements focus on specific
measurable indicators that vary across regions
and countries, i.e. harvesting methods, chemical
use, forest conservation etc.
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| Key Forest Management
Elements of Standard |
ISO 14001 system elements
CCFM Criteria
- Conservation of biological diversity
- 2. Maintenance and enhancement of forest ecosystem
condition
- Conservation of soil and water resources
- Forest ecosystem contributions to global ecological
cycles
- Multiple benefits to society
- Accepting society's responsibility for sustainable
development
These criteria are further refined using 21
critical elements to be adapted to the defined
forest area.
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10 Guiding Principles
- Compliance with laws and FSC Principles
- Tenure and use rights and responsibilities
- Indigenous people rights
- Community relations and workers' rights
- Benefits from the forest
- Environmental Impact
- Management plan
- Monitoring and assessment
- Maintenance of high conservation value forests
- Plantations
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| Requirements
for compliance with legislation. |
Includes a commitment to meet or exceed
all legislation, regulatory standards, policies,
and interpretation requirements. |
Requires compliance with all legislation,
regulations and policies. |
| Local public
input required? |
Extensive, on-going public process
- identifying local values, goals, indicators and
objectives. Public consultation may be required
based on the scale of the operations. |
Audit Scope 3rd party audits of the
system and performance. 3rd party audits of management
planning and performance. |
