SFI Objectives
The SFI standard contains objectives, performance measures for these objectives and measurable indicators to help verify compliance with the objectives.
The following are the thirteen objectives of the SFI Standard:
1) Forest Management Planning - To broaden the implementation of sustainable forestry by ensuring long-term forest productivity and yield based on the use of the best scientific information available.
2) Forest Productivity - To ensure long-term forest productivity, carbon storage and conservation of forest resources through prompt reforestation, soil conservation, afforestation and other measures.
3) Protection and Maintenance of Water Resources - To protect water quality in streams, lakes and other water bodies.
4) Conservation of Biological Diversity including - Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value. To manage the quality and distribution of wildlife habitats and contribute to the conservation of biological diversity by developing and implementing stand- and landscape-level measures that promote habitat diversity and the conservation of forest plants and animals, including aquatic species.
5) Management of Visual Quality and Recreational Benefits - To manage the visual impact of forest operations and provide recreational opportunities for the public.
6) Protection of Special Sites - To manage lands that are ecologically, geologically, or culturally important in a manner that takes into account their unique qualities.
7) Efficient Use of Forest Resources - To promote the efficient use of forest resources.
8) Landowner Outreach - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by forest landowners through fibre sourcing programs.
9) Use of Qualified Resource and Qualified Logging Professionals - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by encouraging forest landowners to utilize the services of forest management and harvesting professionals.
10) Adherence to Best Management Practices - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry through the use of best management practices to protect water quality.
11) Promote Conservation of Biological Diversity, Biodiversity Hotspots and High-Biodiversity Wilderness Areas - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by conserving biological diversity, biodiversity hotspots and high-biodiversity wilderness areas.
12) Avoidance of Controversial Sources including Illegal Logging - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by avoidance of illegal logging.
13) Avoidance of Controversial Sources including Fibre Sourced from Areas without Effective Social Laws - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by avoiding controversial sources.
14) Legal and Regulatory Compliance - Compliance with applicable federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations.
15) Forestry Research, Science, and Technology - To support forestry research, science, and technology, upon which sustainable forest management decisions are based.
16) Training and Education - To improve the implementation of sustainable forestry practices through appropriate training and education programs.
17) Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by encouraging the public and forestry community to participate in the commitment to sustainable forestry, and publicly report progress.
18) Public Land Management Responsibilities - To support and implement sustainable forest management on public lands.
19) Communications and Public Reporting - To broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by documenting progress and opportunities for improvement.
20) Management Review and Continual Improvement - To promote continual improvement in the practice of sustainable forestry, and to monitor, measure, and report performance in achieving the commitment to sustainable forestry.
