North American Test of Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Why use Criteria and Indicators? Do they have value? 1.2 CIFOR - History of the C&I Testing Project      1.2.1 Criteria and Indicators Testing      1.2.2 Summary of Previous CIFOR Tests 1.3 The North American Test 1.4 Which Sets of Indicators Were Tested 1.5 Support for the Project 1.6 Scale Issues – how big is a forest management unit? 2.0 Testing Methodology 2.1 Assessment Team 2,2 Description of Methods 3.0 The Boise Test Site 3.1 Description 3.2 Landowners and Land Management Objectives 3.3 Ecosystem Management in the Boise Study Area 4.0 Results          Table 3. Summary of the results for the testing of individual criteria and indicators.          Table 4. Amalgamation of Criteria and Indicators Appropriate for the North American Test (Includes C&I From All Sets Tested.) 5.0 Discussion 5.1 Ecological C&I -- Strengths and Weaknesses         5.1.1 C&I related to Carbon and Global Climate Change 5.2 Economic C&I -- Strengths and Weaknesses 5.3 Management C&I -- Strengths and Weaknesses 5.4 Social C&I -- Strengths and Weaknesses 6.0 Conclusions 6.1 Recommendations for Further Indicator Development References Appendix A. The Concept of C&I In Sustainable Forestry. Appendix B. C&I Sets Evaluated by the Boise Test Team Center for International Forestry research (CIFOR) CIFOR – BAG (Basic Assessment Guide for Human Well-being) Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) RULES PERTAINING TO THE IDAHO FOREST PRACTICES ACT FOREST MANANAGEMENT GUIDELINES TO PROTECT NATIVE BIODIVERITY IN THE FUNDY MODEL FOREST Appendix C. List of Acronyms Appendix D. List of Definitions Appendix E. Form 1 Appendix F. Form 2 Appendix G. Agenda for the Initial Workshop Appendix H. C&I for Ecological and Social System Sustainability Appendix I.  Background Information Appendix J.  Results of Previous CIFOR C&I Tests to Date Appendix K.  Detailed Criteria and Indicator Evaluations Appendix L. Acknowledgments