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Sustainable forest management is an adaptive process and assessing sustainability is a continuous activity. The 1995 CCFM C&I framework was expected to evolve as values changed, data availability improved and as we acquired a better understanding of sustainable forest management. Building on its experience reporting on the C&I in 1997 and 2000, the CCFM launched a review of its C&I framework in September 2001. The goal was to ensure the continued relevance of the indicators to Canadian values and to improve the ability to report on the indicators. The revised framework was released by the CCFM on September 19, 2003.
A Task Force composed of representatives from the federal, provincial and territorial governments managed the review in a three-step process involving participants from government, academia, the Aboriginal community, industry, the environmental community, woodlot owners and special interest groups. The review process provided for a broad exchange of views in order that the revised indicators be based on the best available information.
Some of the background information provided to review participants, as well as documentation produced by participants during their meetings has been made available here for the information of users of the CCFM C&I, as well as others interested in the review process. These documents will allow readers to more clearly understand the overall structure of the review, and provide insight into the decisions made by participants throughout the review. These documents are available in English only unless otherwise noted.
Please note, that comments or views expressed in these documents do not necessarily reflect the views of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers or its government members.
C&I Review Documents
Step 1: Identifying Values
Step 2: Revising the Indicators - Technical Working Groups
Background Information given to Technical Working Groups - February 2002
1st Technical Working Group Meeting - March 15, 2002 via Web
2nd Technical Working Group Meeting - April 25 & 26, 2002, Ottawa, ON
3rd Technical Working Group Meeting - August 26 - 28, 2002, Halifax, NS
Technical Working Group - Criterion 4 - Working Group Meeting - October 7 & 8, 2002, Edmonton, AB
Technical Working Group Chairs' Framework Compilation Meeting - October 9 - 11, 2002, Edmonton, AB
TWG Member Feedback - January 10, 2003
TWG Submission to C&I Task Force - February 26, 2003
Step 3: Validating the Revised Indicators
Technical Supplements to the revised CCFM C&I framework - Final versions, released January 2004
Technical Poster - Presented at XII World Forestry Congress, Quebec, Canada, Sept 21 - 28, 2003
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