Development and Testing of a Criteria and Indicators System for Sustainable Forest Management at the Local Level
Case Study at the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd., Canada
©2005
Thesis
XIV,
190 Pages
Summary
The concept of criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management (SFM) is suitable for defining, measuring and assessing sustainability in forestry. Within this study, the concept was developed further to a C&I system for application at the local level and tested as a case study at the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. in Canada. The research involved: development of a generic set of local level C&I, identification of verifiers and norms, field testing the C&I, development of indicator measurement databases, assessment of the state of the forest and its management, and the application of adaptive management procedures. Based on the generic C&I system for SFM and the comprehensive field test, the study provides a model for evaluating sustainability in the management of temperate forests around the world.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 190
- Publication Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631533963
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Haliburton (Ontario, County) Forstwirtschaft Nachhaltigkeit Kanada Management Indikator Lokale Ebene
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XIV, 190 pp., num. fig., tables and graphs
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