Published and unpublished resources about criteria and indicators for sustainable forestry, with notes (by Rachel Neugarten.) 

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Reviews of Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management:

Gough, A.D., J.L. Innes, and S.D. Allen. 2008.  Development of common indicators of sustainable forest management. Ecological Indicators 8: 425-430.

• argues for development of a conceptual model before identifying indicators
• also recommend identifying representative measures, determining performance from indicator states and engaging in a participation process
• recommend a balance between standardized and non-standardized indicators
• social capital identified as a key gap in existing criteria and indicator schemes, but it is context-specific, challenging to come up with standardized, easy to aggregate, meaningful indicators
• C&I schemes are “particularly weak in the area of social and cultural indicators” – propose adding indicators of social capital and, in B.C., more indicators directly related to Aboriginal concerns 

Hickey, G.M. and J.L. Innes. 2005.  Scientific Review and Gap Analysis of Sustainable Forest Management Criteria and Indicators Initiatives: Forrex Forest Research Extension Partnership, Kamloops, B.C. Forrex Series 17. url: www.forrex.org/publications/FORREXSeries/FS17.pdf

Hickey, G.M., Innes, J.L., 2008.Indicators for demonstrating sustainable forest management in British Columbia, Canada: an international review. Ecological Indicators 8:131-140 

McHugh, A., A. Gough and J. Innes.  2005. Indicators of sustainable forest management: Review of potential indicators. Submitted to the Forest Research Extension Partnership. 693 pages. Available online: http://sustain.forestry.ubc.ca/identifying_common_ground_sustainable_forest_management

• 250 indicators selected from over 3000
• compared indicators to Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) criteria and indicators
• for each indicator: rationale, brief description, examples of use of indicator, outstanding research questions, examples of the scientific literature
• "particular emphasis in this document has been placed on social and economic indicators. This is because in work on criteria and indicators to date, it is the social and economic indicators that have caused the greatest difficulty."

Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management:

Montréal Process Working Group. 2007.Criteria and Indicators or the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests. Third Edition. Accessed January 2009, http://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/mpci/  

 

Certification standards for sustainable forestry:

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) - Principles & Criteria

 

Indicators of Community Sustainability:

Northern Forest Center. 2000.  Northern Forest Wealth Index: Exploring a Deeper Meaning of Wealth. Concord, NH. 59 pp. Accessed January 2009, http://www.northernforest.org/statistics-demographics.shtml

Sustainable Measures - a web site devoted to indicators of sustainable communities

 

Web sites / databases:

Sustainable Forest Management Indicator Knowledge Database - a web site devoted to indicators of sustainable forest management developed by the University of British Columbia, Canada

 Forest Biodiversity Indicators Project - a web database of indicators for forest health, developed by the Manomet Center for Conservation Science, Maine

 

Sustainable Forest Management Indicators in Oregon:

 Sustainable Forestry Indicators Project: http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/RESOURCE_PLANNING/Sustainable_Forest_Indicators_Project.shtml

 

Sustainable Forest Management Indicators in British Columbia: 

Sustainable Forest Management Indicator Knowledge:  http://bc2007.sfmindicators.org/ 

Sustainable Forest Management Research Group: http://sustain.forestry.ubc.ca/identifying_common_ground_sustainable_forest_management