| dc.description.abstract | The management of forests has dramatically changed in the past few decades.
Forest managers no longer can prepare and implement forest management plans in
isolation of other resource values and local citizens. Today, the economic, ecological
and social values are blended together into sustainable forest management. Finding a
balance among these values in Newfoundland and Labrador is done through local
district planning teams. The team participants need to understand the principles of
sustainable forest management and the overall planning process. To help them acquire
these skills and knowledge a citizens’ guide to sustainable forest management was
developed.
The requisite content of the guide was determined by searching the literature for
citizen-guide formats. Likewise, the literature was searched to evaluate the essential
components of sustainable forest management. The guide’s content was determined
from the results of these two searches. That content includes legislation and policy, a
primer for sustainable forest management, information requirements, the process to
establish a planning team, how to establish values, goals, indicators and objectives, how
forest forecasts are conducted, and the need to monitor during plan implementation. | |
