A Final Evaluation of the National Forest Strategy
A Final Evaluation of the National Forest Strategy
prepared for:
National Forest Strategy Coalition
prepared by:
Independent Expert Panel
October, 2002
CONTENTS
page
Acronym List
The Panel's View
1
Introduction
9
Analysis by Commitment
17
Strategic Direction One
The Forest Ecosystem: Multiple Values
17
Strategic Direction Two
Forest Management: Practicing Stewardship
23
Strategic Direction Three
Public Participation: Many Voices
31
Strategic Direction Four
The Forest Industry: A Global Competitor
39
Strategic Direction Five
Forest Science and Technology Management: A Team Approach
51
Strategic Direction Six
Communities and the Workforce: Living with Change
57
Strategic Direction Seven
Aboriginal Peoples: Issues of relationship
65
Strategic Direction Eight
Private Woodlots: A Growing Opportunity
79
Strategic Direction Nine
The Global View: Canada on Stage
87
Appendix 1 Websites Appendix 2 General Overview of Forest Management Standards and Certification
ACRONYM LIST
AAC ADM AFPA ATFS CCFM
CEN CFA CFAB CFI CFS
CFWO CGFA C&I CIDA CIFFC
CMHC COFRA
CRCI CSA EMEND
EMS FAO
FEC FERIC FORCAST Forintek FM
FNFP FPAC FSC GHG GPS HRDC IDRC IFF IFPP IPF ISO IUFRO JPRF MOU MRA
Annual Allowable Cut Assistant Deputy Minister American Forest and Paper Association American Tree Farm System Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
Canadian Environmental Network Canadian Forestry Association Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board Canada Foundation for Innovation Canadian Forest Service
Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners Corporation de Gestion de la For?t de l'Aigle Criteria and Indicators Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Committee of Forest Research Agencies
Costa Rica/Canada Initiative Canadian Standards Association Ecosystem Manageme nt Emulating Natural Disturbance
Environmental Management System Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forest Ecosystem Classification Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada Forestry Coalition for the Advancement of Science and Technology Forest Industry Technology For?t Montmorency, Universit? Laval
First Nation Forestry Program Forest Products Association of Canada Forest Stewardship Council Greenhouse Gas Global Positioning System Human Resources Development Canada International Development Research Centre Intergovernmental Forum on Forests International Forestry Partnerships Program Intergovernmental Panel on Forests International Organiza tion for Standardization International Union of Forestry Research Organisations John Prince Research Forest Memorandum of Understanding Mutual Recognition Agreement
NABFOR National Advisory Board on Forest Research
NAFA
National Aboriginal Forestry Association
NAFC
North American Forestry Commission
NFI
National Forest Inventory
NFIS
National Forest Information System
NFS
National Forest Strategy
NFW
National Forest Week
NGO
Non-governmental organization
NRC
National Research Council
NRCan
Natural Resources Canada
NSERC
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
NRTEE
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Paprican Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada
PEFC
Pan European Forest Certification Council
SARA
Species at Risk Act
SFI
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
SFM
Sustainable Forest Management
SFMN
Sustainable Forest Management Network
SIMFOR a decision support tool designed to help managers and researchers evaluate
the impacts of forest harvesting scenarios against landscape and habitat indicators
SSHRC
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
S&T
Science and Technology
TCF
Tree Canada Foundation
TTC
Teslin Tlingit Council
UNFF
United Nations Forum on Forests
WHC
Wildlife Habitat Canada
WNMF
Western Newfoundland Model Forest
WWF
World Wildlife Fund
1
THE PANEL'S VIEW
For the Final Evaluation of the 1998-2003 National Forest Strategy, the Independent Expert Panel assembled information from the signatories to the Canada Forest Accord and a sample of non-signatories. In addition the Panel conducted a set of site visits to review specific on-the-ground projects underway in all parts of Canada. These projects provide examples of activities contributing to the objectives of the nine Strategic Directions. Using this information, we reviewed the progress made on each of the 121 commitments of the National Forest Strategy. There has been substantial progress made on 37 commitments, some progress on another 76 commitments, little progress in 6 commitments and only 2 commitments showed no progress in this five-year period. The panel recognizes the significant advancement in forest practices in Canada over the past 15-20 years. This report must be viewed in the context that the Panel's assignment was to report on additional progress made in Canada over the five-year period 1998-2003.
Over the past five years, rapid change has continued in the Canadian forest and forest products sector. Forest management objectives, and techniques for achieving those objectives, have developed rapidly over this period. At the same time, the Canadian public's expectations regarding sustainable forest management have been growing. Although most of the Strategy's commitments continue to be relevant for future forest management, the Panel believes that how they are expressed in future needs to be reconsidered. On the one hand, actions by forest managers, advances in forest science and technology, and changes in Canadian society with respect to expectations of "our forests" will require a new statement of forest management objectives. On the other hand, the Panel feels that any future Strategy needs to be expressed in a way that can be more easily understood with clear targets and timetables. The current Strategy, with 121 commitments, tends to lose coherence; professional forest managers, and more importantly, the general public, whose support is critical, cannot grasp its intentions easily.
Canada has set very high standards in the National Forest Strategy. Achieving these goals requires a commitment by many private sector, government and non-governmental organizations. The evidence suggests that many participants in the forest community have accepted the challenge and are working hard to meet it. Canada's progress is being recognized by officials in other countries as indicated by a recent Council of Europe report. The National Forestry Strategy process is being suggested as a good model of forest management for countries in Europe and elsewhere to follow1. This is not to say that Canada can now rest on her laurels, for as is pointed out in this report, much remains to be done to achieve sustainable forest management. Indeed, forest management is a constantly evolving process in response to our increasing knowledge of the functions of forest ecosystems and the interface with human interventions.
1 Council of Europe, Committee on the Environment and Agriculture, Forest management in Canada and co-operation with Europe, Doc. 9289, 7 December 2001.
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