Environmental auditing of industrial forest lands

Abstract

Several Certification Standards are being developed by various organizations to serve as a means for Forest Managers to demonstrate compliance with acceptable Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices. Environmental audits, based on established protocols, form the basis for declaration or registration of management standards of a forest or its manufactured products. This paper discusses the use of forest environmental auditing at Fraser to ensure compliance with legislated and internal standards and to evaluate current forest management practices against developing certification standards.