Issues
NASF Resolution No. 1997-6: Sustainable Forest Management
Posted on Friday, September 19, 1997Three of NASF's standing committees (Emerging Issues, Forest Health, and Resource Management) met in May, 1997 to discuss how the use of internationally agreed upon criteria and indicators (C&I) to define and implement sustainable forest management (SFM) may be a valuable vehicle to establish a clearer vision for the management of the nation's public and private forest lands.
NASF Resolution No. 1996-6: Forest Stewardship
Posted on Friday, September 27, 1996it is the mission of NASF to meet present forest resource needs, provide for future needs and improve the management of private forest lands. NASF landowner assistance program goals include prompt reforestation, protection of water quality, enhanced wildlife habitat, improved forest health, sound harvesting practices, integrated agroforestry
NASF Resolution No. 1996-3: Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
Posted on Friday, September 27, 1996the United States has been part of the Montreal Process, whose member countries comprise about 90 percent of the world's temperate and boreal forests, as well as some tropical forest areas. The Montreal agreed at their last June meeting to prepare a First Approximation Report on each country's status of their implementation of Criteria and Indicators (C&I) for conservation and sustainable management of their forests for the World Forestry Congress in October, 1997.
NASF Resolution 1994-1: AF&PA Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Posted on Friday, September 30, 1994The members of the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) have developed Sustainable Forestry Principles and Implementation Guidelines, known as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative; and the initiative recognizes the importance of AF&PA members making a public commitment to continuous improvement of forest management in the U.S.
