The purposes of this Act are to provide for the sustainability of Crown forests and, therefore, to manage Crown forests to meet social, economic and environmental needs of present and future generations. The Forest Management Planning Manual shall provide for determinations of the sustainability of Crown forests in a manner consistent with the following principles: 1) Large, healthy, diverse and productive Crown forests and their associated ecological processes and biological diversity should be conserved. 2) The long term health and vigour of Crown forests should be provided for by using forest practices that, within the limits of silvicultural requirements, emulate natural disturbances and landscape patterns while minimizing adverse effects on plant life, animal life, water, soil, air and social and economic values, including recreational values and heritage values. The text consists of sections divided into Parts as follows: General (I); Management planning and information (II); Forest Resource Licences (III); Forest Operations (IV); Trust Funds (V); Forest Resource Processing Facilities (VI); Remedies and enforcement (VII); Miscellaneous (VIII); Transitional provisions (IX).
كندا · 1994-12-09