2000 CCFM NATIONAL STATUS REPORT'S GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF CANADA'S NATIONAL C&I FRAMEWORK

This was the CCFM C&I Framework 2000, in effect at the time that CSA Z809-02 was formulated.

2003 CCFM CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FRAMEWORK

With the CCFM C&I Framework 2003 , while the number of Criteria remained at 6, the number of Elements was reduced from 22 to effectively 14, and the number of Indicators was reduced from 83 to 36 "Core Indicators" and 10 "Supporting Indicators".

2002 CSA Z809-02 SFM PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: CCFM (pre-2002) SFM CRITERIA and CSA SFM ELEMENTS

- The organization, in conformance with the public participation process requirements set out in Clause 5, shall identify DFA-specific values, objectives, indicators, and targets for each of the CSA SFM elements described in Clause 6, as well as any other values associated with the DFA.

CCFM CRITERION 1 — Conservation of Biological Diversity: Conserve biological diversity by maintaining integrity, function, and diversity of living organisms and the complexes of which they are part.

CSA SFM Element 1.1 Ecosystem Diversity
Conserve ecosystem diversity at the landscape level by maintaining the variety of communities and ecosystems that naturally occur in the DFA.

CSA SFM Element 1.2 Species Diversity
Conserve species diversity by ensuring that habitats for the native species found in the DFA are maintained through time.

CSA SFM Element 1.3 Genetic Diversity
Conserve genetic diversity by maintaining the variation of genes within species.

CSA SFM Element 1.4 Protected Areas and Sites of Special Biological Significance
Respect protected areas identified through government processes. Identify sites of special biological significance within the DFA and implement management strategies appropriate to their long-term maintenance.

CCFM CRITERION 2 — Maintenance and Enhancement of Forest Ecosystem Condition and Productivity: Conserve forest ecosystem condition and productivity by maintaining the health, vitality, and rates of biological production.

CSA SFM Element 2.1 Forest Ecosystem Resilience
Conserve ecosystem resilience by maintaining both ecosystem processes and ecosystem conditions.

CSA SFM Element 2.2 Forest Ecosystem Productivity
Conserve forest ecosystem productivity and productive capacity by maintaining ecosystem conditions that are capable of supporting naturally occurring species.

CCFM CRITERION 3 — Conservation of Soil and Water Resources
Conserve soil and water resources by maintaining their quantity and quality in forest ecosystems.

CSA SFM Element 3.1 Soil Quality and Quantity
Conserve soil resources by maintaining soil quality and quantity.

CSA SFM Element 3.2 Water Quality and Quantity
Conserve water resources by maintaining water quality and quantity.

CCFM CRITERION 4 — Forest Ecosystem Contributions to Global Ecological Cycles
Maintain forest conditions and management activities that contribute to the health of global ecological cycles.

CSA SFM Element 4.1 Carbon Uptake and Storage
Maintain the processes that take carbon from the atmosphere and store it in forest ecosystems.

CSA SFM Element 4.2 Forest Land Conversion
Protect forestlands from deforestation or conversion to non-forests.

CCFM CRITERION 5 — Multiple Benefits to Society
Sustain flows of forest benefits for current and future generations by providing multiple goods and services.

CSA SFM Element 5.1 Timber and Non-Timber Benefits
Manage the forest sustainably to produce an acceptable and feasible mix of both timber and non-timber benefits.

CSA SFM Element 5.2 Communities and Sustainability
Contribute to the sustainability of communities by providing diverse opportunities to derive benefits from forests and to participate in their use and management.

CSA SFM Element 5.3 Fair Distribution of Benefits and Costs
Promote the fair distribution of timber and non-timber benefits and costs.

CCFM CRITERION 6 — Accepting Society’s Responsibility for Sustainable Development
Society’s responsibility for sustainable forest management requires that fair, equitable, and effective forest management decisions are made.

CSA SFM Element 6.1 Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Recognize and respect Aboriginal and treaty rights.

CSA SFM Element 6.2 Respect for Aboriginal Forest Values, Knowledge, and Uses
Respect traditional Aboriginal forest values and uses identified through the Aboriginal input process.

CSA SFM Element 6.3 Public Participation
Demonstrate that the SFM public participation process is designed and functioning to the satisfaction of the participants.

CSA SFM Element 6.4 Information for Decision-Making
Provide relevant information to interested parties to support their involvement in the public participation process, and increase knowledge of ecosystem processes and human interactions with forest ecosystems.

It is important to note that subsequent to the CSA's publishing of CSA Z809-02, the CCFM published it's greatly revised Criteria and Indicators Framework 2003. As a result, while CSA's Z809-02 does represent the SFM standards of the end of the century, the CCFM organization appears to be committed to continuously revising their versions of the standards. Standards associations may not wish to follow suite. And, even if they should, provincial and private forestry operators may not be able to afford such repeated system-wide revisions to their SFM plans.