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Description (from Australian synthesis)

IPF

IFF

Rank

Comments/Status

1.     Implementation of international forest-related decisions within countries

1.1    National Forest Programs

1.1.1

Develop and implement a holistic national forest program that integrates the conservation and sustainable use of forest resources and values in a way that is consistent with national, sub-national and local policies and strategies.

17a

58b(i)

1

Canada has a national forest program, but the focus needs to be on implementation.

The process to review the 1998 strategy and develop the 2003 National Forest Strategy needs to be revitalized to ensure increased public attention, NGO involvement and commitment from all parties.

1.1.2

Assess, develop and implement an appropriate combination of legislation, economic instruments and tax policies for promoting sustainable forest management.

115a

115b

115c

2

Need to enforce environmental laws, policies, regulations on public lands, come up with more creative incentives to practice SFM on private lands, and eliminate perverse subsidies.  (This relates to 1.3.2, which is a strategic priority.)

1.1.3

Develop and implement appropriate policies and mechanisms to secure land tenure, recognize access to and use of forest resources by local and/or indigenous communities in order to support sustainable forest management.

29c

64c

64d

115d

1

Critical issue to assure SFM into the future.

Conflict between industrial tenure and this objective.

Recent court decisions regarding FN rights to resources mean that this has to be addressed – progress to date has been slow.

Refer to 1.10.3.

1.1.4

Develop and implement codes of conduct to encourage private sector activities consistent with sustainable forest management.

69a

128c

4

Regulatory and legal frameworks for private sector operations on public land are preferable to voluntary codes.

Certification initiatives – developed in a participatory and multi-stakeholder manner, with measurable performance standards and independent third-party auditing – are preferable to codes of conduct developed by and for the private sector.

There are concerns about government “encouraging” the development of voluntary codes of conduct, since this can result in an undermining of regulatory authority.

1.1.5

Improve cooperation, coordination and partnerships in support of sustainable forest management within a national forest program, by involving relevant stakeholders including indigenous people, forest owners, women and local communities in forest decision making and utilizing appropriate expertise in international and regional organizations.

17b

17f

17h

17I

40e

19b

64b

66

140a

2

Critical to the long term success of SFM.

Challenge is to engage communities in real decision-making, which requires investment in information and support services to communities to enable them to participate more effectively.

More effort must be made to ensure participation by women and First Nations, and in recognizing, respecting and utilizing their expertise.

1.1.6

Monitor, evaluate and report on implementation progress of a national forest program, incorporating the use of criteria and indicators to assess trends in the state of the forests and progress towards sustainable forest management.

17a

17d

89a

115a

17d

19a

6/2

This is being done by Canada, both in its mid-term evaluation of the National Forest Strategy and in its C&I reporting.  Continues to be important, and a critical analysis of the National Forest Strategy will be especially important to guide the development of a new strategy.

1.2     Implementation of IPF and IFF Proposals for Action

1.2.1

Conduct a systematic national assessment of the IPF and IFF proposals for action involving all stakeholders and plan for their implementation within a national forest program.

9d

2

The Sierra Club of Canada assessed progress on the IPF proposals for inclusion in a report by Global Forest Policy Project to IFF4.  The Sierra Club report showed significant gaps.

1.2.2

Establish a coordinated, integrated and participatory approach to the implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for action and the forest-related work of other international instruments.

144

9b

9e

9f

2

Canada strives to involve stakeholders in implementation, although provinces vary in their approach and success in stakeholder involvement.

This relates back to 1.1.5 – and the challenge is that of allowing communities and citizens to really participate in decision-making at the local, provincial and national levels.

Follow-up after the CEN forest caucus workshop, and other discussions, are necessary.

1.2.3

Report on the assessment and implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for action.

17c

3

Different needs for different audiences – reports to UNFF will differ from those to Canadian citizens. 

Need to compare our progress to that of other nations which may require some standardization, or other form of analysis.

ENGOs will continue to seek opportunities to report independently on progress made to date, following up on the work done by Sierra Club of Canada for the Global Forest Policy Project report to IFF.  NGOs have an important role to play in ensuring transparency and accountability of national governments.

1.3    Forest Information and Awareness

1.3.1

Prepare national information on sustainable forest management, including forest resource assessments and forest statistics on wood and non-wood forest products and services.

89b

17a

121a

121b

2

Canada’s State of the Forest reports are very general, and the latest C&I report still does not adequately include or recognize non-timber values in a comprehensive fashion.  ENGOs are producing information, i.e. Sierra Club’s “At the Cutting Edge,” Global Forest Watch Canada and the forthcoming WWF Canada report on the State of Biodiversity in Canada.

1.3.2

Improve the collection of quantitative data on values of all forest goods and services and environmental and social impacts of changes in forest use to assist policy and investment decisions.

104a

107a

107c

1

Whole cost accounting is desperately needed to make decisions that will support SFM.

Adequate resources must be invested to determine what data is needed and how to collect it.

Refer to 1.5.2, 1.9.8, 1.9.9 and 4.2.7.

1.3.3

Improve data collection and information dissemination on the supply and demand of wood and non-wood products including the prices of these products and their substitutes

28a

131a

121a

121c

121d

4

Wood supply should be tied to ecological capacity, rather than to meeting demand.  

IPF 28(a) specifies “strengthening of institutions for forest resource and forest plantations management” which is a government priority – it is worth discussing federal CFS/NRCAN role in this

1.3.4

Establish improved mechanisms to consult stakeholders on the identification of the full range of forest goods and services and to make forest-related information and progress reports widely available to policy makers and relevant stakeholders.

30a

78a

78b

58bii

89h

17b

18

122d

N/R

This summary doesn’t capture the breadth of the original IPF and IFF commitments, which include:

IPF 30(a), provide timely, reliable and accurate info on the underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation as well as the multiple roles of forests as a foundation for public understanding and decision-making

78 (b), assist underdeveloped countries to interpret relevant forest information 

58 (b)(ii), plan and manage forests plantations to enhance production – paying attention to relevant social, cultural, economic, and environmental considerations – preferring native species, and taking all practicable steps to avoid replacing natural ecosystems with plantations; and

89 (h), identify the full range of forest benefits with interested parties at the national, sub-national, and local levels using an ecosystem approach.

1.3.5

Create awareness of the importance of issues related to deforestation and forest degradation and the multiple values of forests.

30a

64e

142a

2

This is a critical component to SFM.  Note especially the statement agreed to at the second Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, recognizing the “particular importance” of “the conservation of primary/old-growth and ecologically mature secondary forest ecosystems.”

ENGOs have been creating awareness of these issues, e.g. Global Forest Watch Canada, the FSC definition of high value forests.

1.4     Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation

1.4.1

Study and analyze historical and underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, including the impacts of transboundary pollution, poverty, fuelwood collection and processes outside the forest sector.

27a

27b

27c

64a

122c

2

Deserves more study and analysis.

Two subjects deserving further investigation include the impacts of fire prevention and insect/disease control on forests and impact of oil and gas exploration in Canada’s Northwest; as well the original proposals include IPF 27 (c) – regarding impact of air pollution on forests.

1.4.2

Develop and implement integrated national policies, strategies, economic instruments and mechanisms for supporting sustainable forest management and addressing deforestation and forest degradation.

29a

29b

115c

115g

1

Refer to 1.3.5 and 1.4.1.  A particular challenge will be to halt forest degradation by ensuring that harvest levels are set as an outcome of an integrated planning process, rather than set in advance.

1.4.3

Enhance the role of plantations as a mechanism for reducing deforestation and forest degradation of natural forests.

28b

64g

1

Forest 20/20 is studying the potential for plantations to provide increased fibre.  NGOs in Canada have identified concerns about this program which have yet to be addressed.  In particular, the link to increased conservation needs to be defined.

1.5      Future Supply and Demand of Forest Products

1.5.1

Implement public and private sector policies and programs to meet increasing demands for wood and non-wood products and services, including fuelwood and wood energy, from sustainably managed forests.

28a

122a

122b

122c

122d

4

SFM must be based on ecologically-based limits of production not on consumer demand. 

1.5.2

Analyze the full life cycle costs and benefits, including environmental impacts, of forest products and their substitutes as a basis for reviewing policies that affect their relative prices and for developing incentives to support sustainable forest management and combat deforestation and forest degradation.

41c

41d

41e

64h

121e

122f

2

Important analysis needs to be conducted in this topic.

Deserves consideration from all sectors and is not being dealt with adequately at the current time.

There is good potential for collaboration between the voluntary and industrial sectors and for increased research and development into less resource intensive products.

1.6      Protected Areas and Forest Conservation

1.6.1

Develop and implement appropriate planning and management strategies for the representative protection and conservation of the full range of forest values on an ecosystem basis within and outside protected areas.

46c

85a

85b

1

Work must be undertaken so that management within and outside of protected areas becomes complementary .

Protected areas networks must be completed.  The National Forest Strategy Mid-Term Evaluation notes that most provinces have not yet reached their goals for protected areas.

1.6.2

Develop and implement partnership mechanisms to engage forest owners, private sector, indigenous people and local communities in the planning and management of forest conservation areas.

84

85b

85c

85d

2

Canada does an adequate job in including the public in protected areas management, but needs to improve public engagement in SFM.

Report from the Panel on Ecological Integrity of National Parks indicates necessity of ecosystem management and partnerships.

1.6.3

Develop and implement innovative mechanisms and improved coordination of donor activity for effectively financing, encouraging and implementing integrated cross-sectoral policies to support forest conservation.

85f

90

3

1.6.4

Develop and implement methodologies and criteria to assess the adequacy, consistency, condition and effectiveness of protected areas and their management.

85e

88

89

2

The report of the Panel on Ecological Integrity in National Parks was a landmark analysis.  There needs to be increased resources and political will in order to fully implement the recommendations of the Panel on Ecological Integrity

Provincial and other protected areas networks need similar study and investment to protect forested areas. 

1.6.5

Establish joint protected areas and guidelines for collaborative management of ecologically important or unique transboundary forests.

86

2

Some ENGO led programs (Yellowstone to Yukon, Algonquin to Adirondacks) have been successful in raising awareness of the need to look beyond political boundaries.

1.7      Forests in Environmentally Critical Areas

1.7.1

Analyze past experiences and monitor trends in dryland forests, including biophysical, social, economic and institutional factors.

46b

5

Desertification is not a domestic priority for Canada. 

Might be important for those ENGOs who identify desertification in their regions, as in the plains provinces. 

1.7.2

Undertake integrated and coordinated actions to address dryland forest issues at the international, national and local levels.

46a

46f

5

1.7.3

Develop and support partnerships which include indigenous and local communities and management approaches, including those that embody traditional lifestyles, to reduce pressures on dryland forests and promote their sustainable management and regeneration.

46d

46e

5

As it relates to problems of desertification, same response as in 1.7.1

Partnerships with indigenous and local communities is better addressed under 1.10.3

1.7.4

Encourage cooperation and coordination of activities concerning forests and trees in environmentally critical areas, including systematic data collection and analysis.

129a

2

There is a need to identify high conservation-value forests for Canada.  There are opportunities for their rehabilitation on private land, especially in southern regions.

Improved working relationship are needed between public land managers (provincial or territorial), private landowners and ENGOs. Work to this end is being conducted by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and land-trust organizations (e.g. Nature Trust of New Brunswick). 

1.7.5

Give high priority in national forest programs to the rehabilitation and sustainable management of forests and trees in environmentally critical areas.

129b

2

Primarily a provincial responsibility.

Addressed in 1.7.3.

1.7.6

Raise awareness and disseminate data on the ecological, social, cultural and economic contributions of planted and natural forests in the rehabilitation and sustainable management of forests in environmentally critical areas.

129a

129d

4

Addressed in 1.7.3.

1.8      Impact of Airborne Pollution on Forests

1.8.1

Develop national assessment and monitoring methods, extend regional programs for monitoring impacts of air pollution and provide factual information about transboundary air pollution.

50c

50d

27c

2/6

Monitoring process in place, continue process to this end

·         Transboundary Pollution: addressed under 1991 Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement (note this has been extended with the 2000 Ozone Annex)

·         Acid Rain mononitored via Canada-Wide Acid Rain Strategy for Post-2000

Tropospheric ozone, and fine particulates monitored by Canada-Wide Standards for PM and Ozone

1.8.2

Adopt a preventative approach to the reduction of damaging air pollution.

50a

2

As in 1.8.1, continue efforts to this end

Look for overlaps and integration with existing international agreements (Montréal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and Kyoto Protocol)

1.9      Forest Research and Development

1.9.1

Identify and prioritize interdisciplinary forest research needs at the national and eco‑regional levels.

94a

96a

2

Greater visibility, transparency and participation with NABFOR (National Advisory Board for Forest Research) as a government body identifying national research priorities.  The National Forest Strategy Mid-Term Evaluation notes that little progress has been made in fire management strategies – most efforts are still focused on suppression

1.9.2

Strengthen forest research by formulating national policies, programs and strategies and by coordinating the implementation of research programs.

96a

2

Continue efforts to this end.

Research funding is one of the best ways that the federal government can address policy.  The National Forest Strategy Mid-Term Evaluation states that “forest ecosystem research must address the gaps in information about both the current status of forest lands and the processes which drive change in this status.” (pg. 12)

1.9.3

Mobilize resources, foster public and private sector joint ventures, build capacity and strengthen research institutions, networks and consortia to extend forest research at the local, national and international levels.

94a

94d

96b

97b

97d

4

Ensure that research needs include the priorities set by the forest policy community including ENGOs, First Nations and local communities and are not dictated by commercial interests alone.

1.9.4

Further develop and enhance widespread access to forest research and information systems making best use of existing mechanisms and networks.

94a

97c

2

Continue improvements to Internet access including GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and forest inventories.

Ensure that data concerning public lands is available as public information. 

1.9.5

Improve the linkages between forest science and forest policy processes.

58b

vii

96c

2

Address the gap between forest research and its implementation (the “ingenuity gap”)—policy needs to reflect and incorporate gains in knowledge brought forth by research.

1.9.6

Involve relevant interested parties in the extension, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of forest research and ensure appropriate prior consents are obtained for research programs.

17e

94d

96d

4

Improve research protocols so that they are more receptive of research needs identified by ENGOs, First Nations and local communities.

1.9.7

Further develop, field test and promote the use of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, including appropriate criteria and indicators for traditional forest-related knowledge and air pollution, and support efforts to harmonize associated concepts and definitions.

401

50d

115a

115b

115d

17d

2

Need to ensure that C&I are effectively used to monitor and evaluate SFM; that there is analysis of C&I data with appropriate management response.  Much of the local-level C&I work to date has been largely rhetorical rather than genuinely analytical or evaluative.

Criteria and Indicators are well established at the national and provincial levels, improvements necessary for the use of local level indicators.  The Model Forest has put together a compilation of efforts in local level indicators, but there have been no national efforts at harmonization or consistency.

The National Forest Strategy Mid-Term Evaluation points out that the effectiveness of Criteria and Indicators is not being monitored

1.9.8

Extend research into forest inventory and monitoring techniques, as well as the development of efficient methods for the valuation of all forest goods and services, and for the identification of costs and benefits of sustainable forest management.

89c

104c

107b

107c

4

Better addressed under proposal 1.3.2.

Continue efforts of National Forest Inventory, but also recognize a need to broaden forest data that are being recorded. 

1.9.9

Explore ways to establish full cost internalization of wood products and non‑wood substitutes, as well as externalities, and share information on findings and implementation.

134a

134b

2

Better addressed under 1.3.2.

1.9.10

Promote research into the rehabilitation and extension of dryland forests as well as into traditional forest-related knowledge with the full involvement of indigenous peoples and local communities.

40k

46g

5

Better addressed in 1.7.1 for drylands forests and 1.10.3 for TFRK

1.9.11

Develop and adapt technologies, including traditional forest-related knowledge, for increasing sustainable utilization of lesser used species.

132c

5

Emphasize non-timber forest resources.

1.10    Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge

1.10.1

Collaborate with and enhance the capacity of indigenous people to identify, map and promote the understanding and application of traditional forest-related knowledge at the local, national and international levels.

40a

40g

40j

40n

75

2

Documents such as Chief Kerry’s Moose are important tools for the identification and communication of indigenous land use—continue efforts to this end.

1.10.2

Develop and implement national legislation and policies, including the application of intellectual property rights, to respect, maintain, protect and apply traditional forest-related knowledge.

40c

40d

40p

40b

74d

2

The federal government needs to ensure that the application of TFRK addresses intellectual property rights and the needs of indigenous communities. Note that, as do the author’s of Intellectual Property and Aboriginal People’s: a Working Paper (1999), “Few legal mechanisms exists to help indigenous communities protect and preserve traditional knowledge.”  Necessary to identify community rights and guidelines to sharing TFRK prior to establishing commercial IP regulations. 

1.10.3

Develop and implement policies and mechanisms to support traditional resource use systems and ensure equitable sharing of forest-related benefits, including use of forest genetic resources, with local communities and indigenous people and document successful approaches.

40f

40h

40l

40r

40c

56j

64c

66

74b

122d

1

Need to ensure that forest policy allows for the continuous development and application of TFRK, thus follows proposal 1.1.3 for land tenure reform.  Recognize that TFRK is more a practice/experience related to a specific social context than an end-product/information.

Government policy should implement recent Supreme Court decisions

1.10.4

Assist networks that promote sharing of traditional forest-related knowledge and include traditional forest-related knowledge in forest management training programs.

40l

40m

2

Continue efforts to this end

1.11     Requirements of Countries with Low Forest Cover

1.11.1

Analyze and take into account the related social, economic and environmental implications, costs and benefits of non-wood substitutes and imports of forest products.

58biv

41h

5

Canada is not a low forest cover country (LFCC), so this section was not deemed to be a domestic priority for Canada.  Issues of financial and technical assistance to LFCCs are dealt with in Section 2 below.

1.11.2

Take positive action towards reforestation, afforestation and conservation, using native species where appropriate, including regeneration of degraded forests, management of plantations and trees outside forests and the expansion of protected areas.

58bii

58biii

58bv

58c

30b

129c

5

Not a domestic priority

1.11.3

Establish and manage plantations to enhance production of forest goods and services, taking into account relevant social, cultural, economic and environmental considerations in the selection of species, areas and silviculture systems.

58bii

5

Not a domestic priority

2.     International cooperation in financial assistance and technology transfer

2.1    Provision of Financial Resources to Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition

2.1.1

Create or strengthen partnerships and international cooperation to facilitate the provision of increased financial resources to implement sustainable forest management including the IPF/IFF proposals for action.

17c

67a

9a

9c

9g

30a

84

87

97a

129e

3

Canada needs to live up to international commitments to increase ODA to 0.7% of GNP.  But such increased ODA should be used for SFM development projects in an appropriate manner so that indigenous and local communities benefit—a “bottoms-up” approach.  A greater role could be accorded to ENGOs for organizing volunteer activities and networking for purposes of SFM-ODA.  See Strategic Priority 6 in the report.

2.1.2

Identify and prioritize resource needs for sustainable forest management, including the implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for action.

67b

67c

30b

133b

17e

30b

3

2.1.3

Explore and expand innovative financial mechanisms including concessional lending, debt relief initiatives and an investment promotion entity to support sustainable forest management and national forest programs.

17c

67e

67g

71c

30e

64j

3

Need for greater transparency and accountability to ENGO community when devising financial aid solutions for developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

Continue efforts towards debt relief and investment insurance

2.1.4

Encourage private sector investment and reinvestment of forest revenues into sustainable forest management and environmentally sound technologies, through appropriate policies, legislation, incentives and mechanisms.

69b

69c

69d

69e

70b

77d

30c

56b

115a

115b

122b

3

Must be done with care, to ensure that public interests are safeguarded

2.1.5

Enhance Government, community and forest owner financing to facilitate local participation in sustainable forest management.

70c

77f

64f

3

Continue efforts to this end

2.1.6

Enhance coordination and collaboration between donors, international institutions and instruments related to forests and explore appropriate indicators for monitoring and evaluating donor funded forest programs.

71a

71b

3

2.1.7

Support coordinated deployment of resources for sustainable forest management through national forest programs to improve efficiency and effectiveness of available funds.

70a

70d

17g

30a

3

2.2    Technology Transfer and Capacity Building

2.2.1

Assess, taking into account gender disaggregated data, the technological requirements necessary to achieve sustainable forest management.

77b

56c

56o

3

Continue efforts to this end.

2.2.2

Enhance cooperation and financing to promote access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies

77a

77c

56a

56e

56g

56h

56I

56l

129e

3

Addressed in 2.2.3.

2.2.3

Facilitate capacity building within national forest programs to implement sustainable forest management and the IPF/IFF proposals for action, including strengthening and supporting institutions involved in forest and plantation management and supporting indigenous people, local forest dependent communities and forest owners.

17g

28a

58bvi

70e

77e

89b

115c

17a

19b

56d

64e

64I

107d

1

Important as both an international and domestic priority.  Capacity building needs to be conducted via an institutional arrangement that fosters increased interest and responsibility of indigenous and local communities in SFM.  It is thus related to 1.1.3.

Will be especially important in light of a growing interest in plantations as part of the Clean Development Mechanism.

Need to elaborate the dialogue on the role of capacity building in plantation management.

2.2.4

Support developing countries to increase downstream processing and community based processing of wood and non-timber forest products.

131b

3

2.2.5

Promote the dissemination and sharing of environmentally sound technologies to end‑users, particularly in local communities, including through efficient use of extension services.

77e

56f

56h

3

A strong role for NGOs here, particularly in the development of North-South partnerships

2.2.6

Strengthen education and training for women in community development programs including the growth and use of fuelwood and the use of energy efficient cooking technology and ensure women benefit from the transfer of environmentally sound technologies.

56m

56n

3

3.     Trade and environment in relation to forest products and services

3.1    Market Access and Transparency

3.1.1

Study the environmental, social and economic impacts of trade-related measures affecting forest products and services.

128a

2

There is need for broad analysis of the impacts of trade related measures.

Exotic invasive species (from increased trade and mode of transport ) are a serious threat to our forests, mitigative impacts need to be taken where invasive species are having an impact. 

Other environmental and social impacts should be addressed as well, including impacts on community stability and forest liquidation.

3.1.2

Undertake measures to improve market access for forest goods and services, including the reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, in accordance with existing international obligations and to promote a mutually supportive relationship between environment and trade.

128b

64I

2/3

Increased market access must be balanced by the protection of forests and improved enforcement of environmental protection regulations.

Perverse subsidies must be eliminated.

Greater stakeholder involvement is needed for resolution of the softwood lumber dispute.

3.1.3

Improve market transparency for trade in forest products and services and consider measures to reduce illegal trade in wood and non-wood forest products.

135a

135b

41e

41f

3

3.1.4

Implement policies and actions to facilitate trade in wood and non-wood products from sustainably managed forests and to minimize negative effects of short term market changes.

41a

41g

1

3.1.5

Undertake further cooperative work on voluntary certification and labelling schemes, including studying their link with criteria and indicators and their effectiveness in promoting sustainable forest management and exchange information and experience on these schemes.

133a

133d

133e

133g

41b

5

Voluntary certification should continue to be led from outside of government (i.e., through the Forest Stewardship Council and its multi-chamber structure).  Will be important to develop regional standards.

3.1.6

Support the application of accessibility, credibility, equivalence, cost-effectiveness, transparency and participatory concepts to certification and labeling schemes and ensure they do not lead to unjustified obstacles to market access.

133c

133f

41b

4

Certification programs are currently doing this.

Government can assist in supporting the accessibility, credibility and cost-effectiveness of FSC certification in Canada by providing financial support and expertise at a level similar to that provided previously to the Canadian Standards Association.

3.1.7

Intensify efforts and implement policies to promote the sustainable use of all economically viable lesser-used species in domestic and international markets.

132a

132b

4

Promoting use of lesser-used species must be balanced with the protection of forests

Allocation of additional fibre must not create additional wood supply requirements that hamper forest protection or SFM by reducing available land area.

More research and development must be done to develop non-timber forest resources, value-added industries, and non-consumptive forest uses (e.g. tourism). 

4.     Forest-related work of international organizations and multilateral institutions and instruments

4.1    Involvement of Countries in International Programs

4.1.1

Support the forest work undertaken by international and regional organizations and under relevant international instruments and encourage them to contribute to forest policy dialogue and to support inter-agency cooperation on the implementation of the outcomes of UNCED and the IPF/IFF processes.

146a

146d

146e

139a

139b

141a

3

Canada’s forest policy priorities continue to be driven by misguided efforts to promote a forest convention.

As to forest policy and the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the National Forest Strategy Mid-Term Evaluation notes that “we need more evidence that industrial forests across Canada are being managed explicitly with an eye to the health of global ecosystems, particularly in relation to carbon cycles.” (pg. 38)

4.1.2

Clarify the forest-related roles of international institutions and instruments to improve integration and coordination and eliminate duplication of their efforts

146b

146c

139c

3

Continue current involvement.

4.1.3

Strengthen national arrangements to provide guidance to multilateral forest-related organizations

140b

4

4.1.4

Facilitate work under the Convention on Biological Diversity and other relevant organizations (WIPO, UNCTAD) to implement measures to recognize, respect, protect and maintain traditional forest-related knowledge including the application of intellectual property rights, sui generis or other systems for its protection.

40o

56j

74a

74c

75

3

Canada needs to increase resources, First Nations and stakeholder involvement in this issue.

4.1.5

Contribute national data on timber and non‑timber values to the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessments

89d

2

Canada needs to keep providing data about forests for assessments.

ENGO monitoring also underway, i.e. Global Forest Watch Canada.

4.1.6

Contribute to a global and regional comprehensive assessment of the current status of protected forest areas, to assist in the establishment of bio-geographically balanced protected area networks

85g

2/3

Investment in the collection and provision of forest data at the national and global level is an important federal contribution to SFM and forest protection. 

4.1.7

Participate in the international development of global guidelines for consistent national interpretation and implementation of IUCN categories of protected areas.

89

6

4.1.8

Strengthen international cooperation and action with respect to reducing long-range air pollution.

50b

50e

3

Continue to monitor for impacts and implement existing pacts regarding reduction of domestic air pollution.

4.2    Work of International Organizations

4.2.1

Continue collaborative work to support the implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for action and the provision of information to assist the forest sector.

78c

145

3

Role of ENGOs in this regard needs to be further developed, by government as well as by the ENGO community.

4.2.2

Develop institutional synergies with other partners and prepare a comprehensive directory of organizations and instruments engaged in forest-related activities.

141b

141c

3

ENGOs should continue efforts at networking and creating links, particularly those between grassroots organizations and international aid sources. 

4.2.3

Provide general, cross-sectoral and specific advice to countries on forest policies and the design and administration of economic instruments and tax policies to promote sustainable forest management.

115f

142b

3

Advice to governments from international organizations should be provided in a more transparent manner, with opportunities for public review and discussion.

4.2.4

Strengthen transparency of decision making in international financial institutions and ensure their policies and structural adjustment programs support sustainable forest management.

65

115g

1

Need for increased participation in and transparency in international financial institutions.

ENGOs can help develop satisfactory processes to achieve these objectives.

4.2.5

Develop harmonized, cost-effective, comprehensive national forest reporting formats and data systems incorporating relevant criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.

89g

115e

19a

142c

3

Continue efforts to this end.

Addressed in 1.9.7.

4.2.6

Consult with countries about forest assessment definitions as well as the collection and analysis of forest information, including the global forest resource assessment, and provide feedback on the results.

89e

89f

18

3

Continue efforts to this end, addressed in 1.3.2.

4.2.7

Prepare information on methods and data requirements for the valuation of all forest goods and services.

104b

2

Addressed under 1.3.2.

4.2.8

Undertake systematic collection and analysis of forest sector financial flows data to assist informed policy decisions.

30d

2

Implementation of this  proposal will require that comments given under proposals 1.3.2 (full forest valuation) and 1.9.5 (implementation of research) be addressed.

Greater transparency and accountability to public and ENGO community necessary for such a policy instrument to be legitimate.

4.2.9

Undertake reviews of contemporary forest revenue collection systems and the relation of land tenure to deforestation and forest degradation.

67

115e

1

Low stumpage fees act as environmentally perverse incentives to increase logging.  Review of the relationship between legal and financial institutions and SFM must include greater openness, transparency and accountability, qualities lacking in the current handling of the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute.

4.2.10

Increase public awareness of the direct and indirect benefits from forests at the regional and global levels.

142a

3

Improve resources available to ENGO community so that we can continue awareness-raising campaigns of the role of forests in the Kyoto Protocol.

4.2.11

Improve support for forest-related research programs, strengthen linkages between forest policy and research and explore the possibility of a global forest information service.

94c

98a

98b

98c

3

Continue efforts of the International Model Forest Network

Aspects of this proposal are addressed in 2.1.1 and 2.1.3.

4.2.12

Encourage, within the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the development of biodiversity indicators that are complementary to existing forest criteria and indicators as well as the compilation of legal mechanisms related to the protection, use and benefit sharing of traditional forest‑related knowledge.

40q

115f

2/3

Continue and endorse ENGO efforts to this end (i.e. WWF Canada’s State of Biodiversity Report)

4.2.13

Promote research and analysis by forest‑related Conventions to address gaps in existing knowledge.

94b

3

Improve links to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Framework Convention on Climate Change.  In particular, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change could address pressing forest-related issues, such as potential impacts of climate change on forest health, and adaptation strategies to maintain viable forests.

4.2.14

Consider the needs of developing and low forest cover countries, support forest programs and integrate forest-related aspects into poverty, population, food and environmental programs.

143

144

3