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The Canadian Standards Association certification of Sustainable Forest Management requires that the same methodology be applied as is established in the Criteria and Indicators of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, which is our national response to the Montreal Process, which is an international response to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development's own Statement of Forest Principles and it's Rio Declaration.

To us, the recreational users of Algonquin Park, this "daisy-chain" of worldwide authorities, agencies and standards can easily be overwhelming. For that reason, these two pages (SFM Criteria and Elements / SFM VOITS) present the crucial building-blocks of a CSA compliancy requirements for sustainable forest management plan's ..
  • 2000 CCFM National Status report's graphic representation of Canada's National C&I Framework. (prev. page)
  • 2003 CCFM Criteria and Indicators Framework graphic representation. (prev. page)
  • 2002 CSA Z809-02 SFM Performance Requirements: CCFM (pre-2002) SFM Criteria and CSA SFM Elements (prev. page)
  • VOIT's graphicly represented composition - Values, Objectives, Indicators, and Targets.
  • Examples of draft VOIT's as prepared for the advisory process.

    It is important to regognize that many of the VOIT's Targets, Management Strategies, Implimentation and Monitoring will be based directly on the Operational Prescriptions for Areas of Concern which are already established under the AFA's original Forest Management Plan.


    VOIT'S: RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VALUES, OBJECTIVES, INDICATORS AND TARGETS




    EXAMPLES OF DRAFT VOIT'S AS PREPARED FOR THE ADVISORY PROCESS