AAC - Annual
Allowable Cut
AOP - Annual
Operating Plan
APL - Alberta
Plywood Ltd.
AVI - Alberta
Vegetation Inventory
DFA - Defined
Forest Area
DFMP - Detailed
Forest Management Plan
EMEND - Ecological
Management By Emulating Natural Disturbances
EMS - Environmental
Management System – ISO 14001
F&W -
Fish And Wildlife
FMA - Forest
Management Agreement
GDP - General
Development Plan (5 year plan)
Ha. - Hectares
ISO - International
Standards Organization
PLFD - Public
Land and Forest Division
LFN - Leave
for Natural
LOC - License
of Occupation
m3 - Cubic
Meters
mmfbm - Million
Board Feet
mmsf - Million
Square Feet
MTU - Miscellaneous
Timber Use
NCE / SFM
- National Center Of Excellence For Sustainable Forest Management
NSR - Not
Satisfactorily Regenerated
OGR - Operating
Ground Rules
OSB - Oriented
Strand Board
PAG - Public
Advisory Group
PSP - Permanent
Sample Plot
RHESS - Regional
Hydro Ecological Simulation System
SFMP - Sustainable
Forest Management Plan
SRD - Sustainable
Resource Development – Alberta Government
SRMSS - Silviculture
Records Management System
Tolko - Tolko
Industries Ltd.
TSA - Timber
Supply Analysis
VDL - Vanderwell
Contractors (1971) Ltd.
WESBOGY -
Western Boreal Growth & Yield
WRENSS - Water
Resource Evaluation of Non-point Silviculture Sources
CCFM - Canadian
Council of Forest Ministers
CSA - Canadian
Standards Association
DFA - Defined
Forest Area
SCC - Standards
Council of Canada
SFM - Sustainable
Forest Management
Aboriginal
- Aboriginal peoples of Canada which includes Indian, Inuit,
and Métis peoples of Canada.
Aboriginal rights
- Rights that some Aboriginal peoples of Canada hold as
a result of their ancestor's long-standing use and occupancy
of the land.
Aboriginal title
- A legal term that recognizes the interest of Aboriginals
in the land. It is based on their long-standing use and
occupancy of the land as descendants of the original inhabitants
of Canada.
Accreditation -
The procedure by which the Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
gives formal recognition that a register (certifier) is
deemed competent to carry out specific tasks.
Adaptive Management -
A learning approach to management that recognizes substantial
uncertainties in managing forests and incorporates into
decisions experience gained from the results of previous
actions.
Auditor -
A person qualified to undertake audits.
Biodiversity (biological diversity)
- The variability among living organisms from all sources,
including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems
and the ecological complexes of which they are apart; this
includes diversity within species, between species and of
ecosystems.
Certificate of registration
- The official document issued by a registrar to an organization
upon successful completion of the registration process,
including the registration audit.
Certification/registration
- The result of a successful registration audit to the Standard,
whereby the registrar issues a certificate of registration
and adds the organization's registration to a publicly available
list maintained by the registrar.
Certifier (registrar)
- An independent third party that is accredited by the Standards
Council of Canada as being competent to register organizations
with respect to nationally and internationally recognized
standards.
Compliance
- The conduct or results of activities in accordance with
legal requirements.
Conformance
- Meeting non-legal requirements such as policies, work
instructions, or standards.
Continual Improvement
- The ongoing process of enhancing SFM performance, resulting
from experience and the incorporation of new knowledge in
line with the organization's SFM policy and from the application
of the SFM requirements.
Corrective action
- Action to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity
or other undesirable situation.
Defined Forest Area (DFA) -
A specified area of forest, including land and water (regardless
of ownership or tenure), to which the requirements of this
CSA Standard apply. The DFA may or may not consist of one
or more contiguous blocks or parcels.
Deforestation
- Clearing an area of forest for another long-term use.
Ecosystem -
A dynamic complex of plants, animals, and microorganisms
and their non-living environment, interacting as a functioning
unit.
Element -
A concept used to define the scope of each CCFM SFM criteria.
Each CCFM SFM criterion contains several elements. The CSA
SFM elements were derived from the national-scale elements
developed by the CCFM for more specific local applications.
The elements serve to elaborate and specify the scope of
their associated criterion.
Environment
- The surroundings in which an organization operates, including
air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans,
and the interrelations of these elements.
Forecast -
An explicit statement if the expected future condition of
an indicator.
Forest - An
ecosystem dominated by trees and other woody vegetation
growing more or less closely together, its related flora
and fauna, and the values attributed to it.
Indicator
- A variable that measures or describes the state or condition
of a value.
ISO 14001
- An internationally recognized environmental management
system standard published in 1996 by the International Organization
for Standardization. The ISO 14001 Standard has been approved
as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council
of Canada.
Objective
- A broad statement describing a desired future state or
condition of a value.
Private woodlot owner
- An individual, or group of individuals, who privately
owns forestland. For the purposes of this Standard, private
woodlots are those recognized as “woodlots”
by the woodlot owner association in each province.
Productivity -
The natural ability of a forest ecosystem to capture energy,
support life forms, and produce goods and services.
Protected Area
- An area protected by legislation, regulation, or land-use
policy to control the level of human occupancy or activities.
Registration audit
- A systematic and documented verification process used
to obtain and evaluate evidence objectively in order to
determine whether the organization meets the SFM requirements
set out in this Standard.
Registration/certification
- The result of a successful certification process in conformance
with this Standard, whereby the registrar issues a certificate
of registration and adds the organization's certification
to a publicly available list maintained by the registrar.
SFM Performance
- The assessable results of SFM as measured by the level
of achievement of the targets set for a DFA.
SFM Policy -
A statement by the organization of intentions and principles
in relation to SFM, which provides a framework for objectives,
targets, practices, and actions.
Standard -
A document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized
body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules,
guidelines, or specifications for activities or their results,
aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of consistency
in a given context.
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
- Management to maintain and enhance the long-term health
of forest ecosystems, while providing ecological, economic,
social, and cultural opportunities for the benefit of present
and future generations.
Target - A
specific statement describing a desired future state or
condition or an indicator. Targets should be clearly defined,
time-limited, and quantified, if possible.
Tenure - The
terms under which a forest manager or owner possesses the
rights, and assumes the responsibilities, to use, harvest,
or manage one or more forest resources in a specified forest
area for a specified period of time.
Value - A
DFA characteristic, component, or quality considered by
an interested party to be important in relation to a CSA
SFM element or other locally identified element.
