Amenagement Forestier Durable

This document provides a brief overview of the importance of forests to Canada's economy, environment and communities including Aboriginal peoples. Canada's efforts in sustaining its forests are described, and key national, provincial and local-level initiatives are highlighted, including the development of criteria and indicators for defining Canada's progress in the sustainable management of forests.

In its Vision for Canada's Forests: 2008 and Beyond, the CCFM stated, "Consideration of climate change and future climatic variability is needed in all aspects of sustainable forest management." In addition, to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits associated with a changing climate, provincial and territorial premiers, members of the Council of federation, asked their Ministers responsible [...] Since the beginning of the agricultural revolution, the human population has Trust, Engagement, and Participation had a critical role in shaping the composition, structure, Decision making in the context of a rapidly changing and function of the ecosphere, and with that power has climate also benefits from the active engagement of come responsibility. [...] Given the not necessarily indicative of the future and given that uncertainty surrounding the impacts of and responses decision making in the context of a rapidly changing to climate change, interorganizational relationships and 10 Canadian Council of Forest. [...] Decisions Management about the allocation of natural assets are complex and The implementation of policy and associated are likely to become more so as the population grows, management activities has elements of risk that result as demand for access to natural assets increases, and as from the uncertainty caused by climate change and the climate changes. [...] Moreover, acknowledgment and support of sustainable forest a suitable information management system will offer management objectives for natural asset and increased flexibility and capacity to solve problems and socioeconomic values; ensure the balanced engagement of interest groups acknowledgment of the limitations of ecosystems to (Tompkins and Adger 2004; Walker et al.

This publication contains 14 case studies which detail successful examples of sustainable forest management practices identified and demonstrate the evolution of the forest sector in Central Africa. This is part of an initiative, undertaken within the framework of the FAO/Netherlands Partnership Programme and in close collaboration with regional and international organisations, to highlight the numerous efforts undertaken in forest management over the last 20 years to promote all aspects of sustainable development.

In the 1990s the world community has arrived at a particularly in developing countries and in econo historical turning point. Global issues- the decline mies in transition. These three organizations have of biological diversity, climate change, the fate of different backgrounds and focuses, but have found forest peoples, fresh water scarcity, desertification, it relevant and rewarding to their core operations to deforestation and forest degradation - have come collaborate in WFSE activities. The intention of to dominate the public and political debate about these organizations is to continue supporting the forestry. In the economic sphere, forest industries WFSE research and developing the mutual collab have assumed global dimensions. oration. The World Forests, Society and Environment In the year 2000,WFSE took on anewchallenge, Research Program (WFSE) is a response by the re extending its research network to involve five new searchcommunity to thisglobalization. The WFSE Associate Partners: the Center for International slogan 'Globalization calls for global research' re Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia;the Cent flects both the means and the end of the program. er for Research and Higher Education on Natural The program is involved in promoting and execut Resources of Tropical America (CATIE) in Costa ing research in different parts of the world, and Rica; the International Centerfor Research inAgro through its publications and communications net Forestry (ICRAF) in Kenya; the World Forestry work, linking researchers worldwide.