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March 2010


The certification of the forest surfaces appears as a voluntary and transparent process to establish a frame of management in compliance with the principles of sustainable development of forests. The forest certification aims at guaranteeing that forests are managed in the respect for the on a local scale regional and national values.

The companies which adopt a system of certification, show a better corporate image and can also remove a greater economic profit from it. Laws and regulations in current forest management in Canada join inside the beacons which define the major principles of a sustainable management of forests.

The PEFC program gave consent to the CSA and SFI systems. The PEFC and the FSC are NGO which support the sustainable development of forests on an international scale, in a independent way one of the other one. Three systems (CSA, SFI, FSC) cover the major part of the forest surfaces under certification in Canada.

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The certification of the forest surfaces in Canada

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References for the cartographic data : association of the forest products of Canada

FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

Forest surfaces certified according to provinces


Note : the double counting of surfaces certified according to two standards was subtracted from the compilation


Distinctions according to the systems of certification

CSA system

  • Responsible body : Canadian association of normalization
  • Application : Canada
  • Coming into force : 1996
  • Foundations : 6 criteria established by the Canadian Council of the Ministers of forests, 17 items of sustainable forest development
  • Canadian cover : 73 millions hectares

FSC system

  • Responsible body : FSC international
  • Application : International
  • Coming into force : 1993
  • Foundations : 10 principles, 56 criteria of sustainable forest development
  • Canadian cover : 32 millions hectares

SFI system

  • Responsible body : Canadian association of normalization
  • Application : Canada
  • Coming into force : 1996
  • Foundations : 13 renowned objectives of sustainable forestry, 34 performance indicators
  • Canadian cover : 51 millions hectares


References

FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CERTIFICATION CANADA CANADIAN CONCIL OF FOREST MINISTERS RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET FAUNE NATURAL RESSOURCES CANADA
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