P Management plan
4 P
Monitoring and assessment 5
P Plantation
8
Social P. 3
Forest is managed in a multi- stakeholder environment
P P
P Indigenous peoples rights;
Community relations and workers rights;
Benefits from the forest 4
5 6
C.3.1 Rights of all stakeholders are established fairly and
acknowledged 3
- C.3.2 Fair benefit distribution among the
stakeholders 4
- C.3.3 Stakeholders have a learning
capacity in relation to the complexity of forest ecosystem
management 3
-
Note: Code ‘P’ is Principle; ‘C’ is Criterion; ‘-‘ Does not exist; There is no associated indicator for each criterion.
The FSC’s PC set acts as a standard for certification practice rather than as a scientific PC set. This set has been quoted by different organizations due
to its ease of use in the certification process. The policy PC set refers to the national level rather than the FMU level.
4.1.3.3. Montréal Process CI Set
The Montréal Process is the Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal
Forests. It was formed in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 1994 to develop and implement internationally agreed-on CI for the conservation and sustainable
management of temperate and boreal forests The Montréal Process 1998. Membership in the Working Group is voluntary and currently includes
countries from both hemispheres, with a wide range of natural and social conditions. The members, Argentina, USA, China, Australia, Canada, Chile,
Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russian Federation, New Zealand and Uruguay represent about 90 per cent of the worlds temperate and boreal forests
in the northern and southern hemispheres. This amounts to 60 per cent of all of the forests of the world. The list of the Montréal Process CI is given in
Appendix 2. Table 4.7. shows a comparison of the developed CI with the Montréal Process CI.
Table 4.7. A comparison of the developed CI with the Montréal Process CI
The developed CI Montréal Process CI
Aspec t
Code Item
No. of Indicato
rs Code
Item No. of
Indicator s
Policy - -
C Legal, institutional and
economic framework for forest conservation and
sustainable development 20
- -
Ecolo gy
P. 1 Ecosystem integrity is
maintained -
C.1.1 Biodiversity is maintained 4
C Conservation of biological
diversity 9
C.1.2 Maintenance of ecological sensitive areas
3 -
C.1.3 Ecosystem function is maintained
3 C
C C
Maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality;
Conservation and maintenance of soil and water
sources; Maintenance of forest
contribution to global carbon cycles
3 8
3 Produ
ction Econo
my P. 2
Forest products and services are sustained
-
C.2.1 Forest has normal series of diameter size-gradation,
normal volume and a normal increment.
4 C
Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems
5 C.2.2 Normality in non-timber forest
products and services 3
Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems
Social P. 3
Forest is managed in the multi-stakeholder
environments -
C.3.1 Rights of all stakeholders are established fairly and
acknowledged 3
- C.3.2 Fair benefit distribution among
the stakeholders 4
C Maintenance and
enhancement of long-term multiple socio economic
benefits to meet the needs of societies
19
C.3.3 Stakeholders have a learning capacity related to the
complexity of forest ecosystem management
3 -
Code ‘P’ is Principle; ‘C’ is Criterion; ‘-‘ Does not exist
The Montréal Process CI set is clearly close to the developed CI, except it mentions policy CI, which are the responsibility of the related
government. Another difference is the stakeholders’ capacity of learning related to complexity, which is not considered in the Montréal Process CI set. The set
also mentions explicitly FMU contribution to the carbon cycles.
4.1.3.4. Finnish CI Set
