Bridging boundaries among disciplines and institutions for effective implementation of criteria and indicators

2002 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H Yamasaki ◽  
Daniel D Kneeshaw ◽  
Alison D Munson ◽  
Francine Dorion
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Collaboration And Communication

The development of a coherent system of criteria and indicators (C&I) requires collaboration and communication among scientists, government, the public, certifying organizations, and the forest industry. It also demands the integration of knowledge from many fields of study, which is foreign to the disciplinary nature of most forestry research. There needs to be greater effort to link groups of indicators and to favour those that are assimilative in nature. Modelling tools adapted to a multi-disciplinary approach and collaborative development will help to integrate knowledge from various fields and institutions. Specific challenges for implementation of C&I have been identified, including: leadership and vision in the evolution towards sustainable forest management (SFM); linking of grass-roots and higher level C&I initiatives; streamlining and co-ordinating different certification initiatives and agencies; technology transfer; and collaboration among disciplines. Key words: criteria, indicators, sustainability, forest management, integration

scholarly journals Institutional vacuums in Canadian forest policy: Can criteria and indicators and certification of sustainable forest management fill the void?

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-284
Author(s):  
M.K. (Marty) Luckert ◽  
Peter C Boxall
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Forest Lands

This paper discusses the potential of certification and criteria and indicators (C&I) of sustainable forest management (SFM) for filling voids in forest policy in Canada. These processes have promised advances towards SFM that the current property rights conveyed on the forest industry, through existing systems of tenures, may simply not allow. In general, the broad social welfare approach that current thinking in sustainable development supports, and that certification and criteria and indicators appear to employ, is not consistent with the incentives, rights, and responsibilities that private forestry firms currently hold. There is a fundamental mismatch between the property rights that have been conveyed to private firms operating on public forest lands and what the policy frameworks of certification and C&I are expected to deliver. The conclusion is that if the voids in forest policy are to be successfully filled by certification and C&I, the underlying property rights currently held by firms will need revision. Key words: sustainable forest management, criteria and indicators, certification, Canadian forest policy, forest tenures

Expert opinion on the criteria and indicator process and Aboriginal communities: Are objectives being met?

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (03) ◽  
pp. 358-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-C. Adam ◽  
D. Kneeshaw
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Recent Initiative ◽  
Forest Managers

Developed in the 1990s, the process of criteria and indicators (C&I) has been used to conceptualize, evaluate and implement sustainable forest management (SFM). However, to assess their effectiveness we explore whether their use in management leads to changes, especially at the local level in Aboriginal communities. More specifically, can C&I justify Aboriginal use of C&I? Since local-level C&I are a recent initiative, the effectiveness of the C&I process in assessing progress towards SFM was assessed via interviews with experts associated with the development of local-level Aboriginal C&I frameworks in Canada on use, integration and needs of Aboriginal communities for C&I. Our results suggest that C&I in Aboriginal communities are considered to be “just another reference point” because: 1) Aboriginal objectives are maintained at arm's length from the forest management process; 2) the use of C&I as a negotiating tool has not been sufficient to culturally adapt forest management for Aboriginal values and objectives and 3) Aboriginal values have been restricted to the elaboration of C&I and the Aboriginal definition of SFM, but they are not part of the evaluation nor the implementation of SFM. In contrast to the forest industry, Aboriginal communities identified the following objectives as motivation for using C&I: Aboriginal representation, Aboriginal engagement, capacity building and empowerment. Without explicitly acknowledging these Aboriginal community objectives, C&I becomes a tool restricted primarily to forest managers and thus sustainable forest management becomes unattainable. In effect, the underlying issue is not C&I in themselves but the limited role Aboriginal communities have been allowed to have in the SFM process.

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 Forestry Education and Employment: Views from Alumni of a Southern Forestry School

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
Andrew F. Egan
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Mississippi State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Management Option ◽  
Employment Success ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Education And Employment

Abstract Forestry alumni of the School of Forest Resources at Mississippi State University were surveyed to elicit their views on curriculum improvements and employment success in their fields of study. The Forestry major consists of two options: Forest Management and Wildlife Management. Results indicated a need for curricular improvements in communications and personnel management in both options. Forest Management Option graduates suggested a more practical orientation to the curriculum, particularly in the area of timber procurement. About two thirds (68%) of Forest Management alumni worked in private forest industry. Interestingly, more Wildlife Management Option graduates were employed in a forestry-related (50%) enterprise than in a wildlife-related enterprise (about 38%). Almost one-third (31%) of the forestry jobs held by wildlife graduates were in timber procurement. South. J. Appl. For. 21(3):139-142.

Towards improved forestry performance: evaluating the added value of the timber legality assurance system in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
S. Astana ◽  
W.F. Riva ◽  
G. Hardiyanto ◽  
H. Komarudin ◽  
A. Sukanda
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Forest Law ◽  
Timber Products ◽  
The Government

Indonesia is a main tropical timber-producing country and is a leader in implementing Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreements (FLEGT-VPA) with the European Union (EU). In 2015, as a part of the FLEGT-VPA process, the government began a timber legality assurance system called Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu (SVLK), which is mandatory for all timber product businesses. Since November 2016, Indonesia has issued FLEGT licenses for timber products exported to the EU. This study shows that the SVLK scheme has added value for the public in controlling timber legality, eradicating illegal logging and illegal timber trading, enhancing sustainable forest management and contributing to legal timber trading. The scheme also has added value in providing legal certainty for businesses. However, it contributes less to product marketing and its use as a standard to assess sustainable forest management needs to be evaluated.

Public priorities for sustainable forest management in six forest dependent communities of British Columbia

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 3071-3084 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Kozak ◽  
W.C. Spetic ◽  
H.W. Harshaw ◽  
T.C. Maness ◽  
S.R.J. Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Thurstone Scale ◽  
Public Advisory ◽  
Economic Considerations

It is critical to understand how the public prioritizes multiple forestry values when establishing objectives for sustainable forest management. While this is a complex and difficult task, a necessary step is to elicit a broad range of public opinions in forest planning to ensure that decisions serve the needs of various forest stakeholders and society at large. This study seeks to understand how six forest dependent communities in British Columbia prioritize a number of attributes associated with sustainable forest management by using a simple survey-based measurement tool, the Thurstone scale. The results suggest that ecological attributes are a higher priority for survey respondents followed by quality of life, global warming, and economic considerations. This paper explores some of the ramifications of the priorities for sustainable forest management measured in these six communities as well as implications for using the Thurstone scale in processes like Public Advisory Groups.

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