Sustainable management of New Zealand's forests

What is the Montreal Process?

The Montreal Process is an international process that reports on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests. The process covers 12 countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Russian Federation, US and Uruguay. Collectively these countries account for 83 percent of the world’s temperate and boreal forests and 49 percent of the worlds total forest area.

This is New Zealand’s second Montreal Process report.

Globally there are 9 Sustainable Forest Management Criteria and Indicator processes with each process based around forest types and regions. More than 150 countries are engaged in these processes. The processes are evolving but all use a similar framework to cover 7 core sustainable forest management themes:

Extent of forest resources
Forest biological diversity
Forest ecosystem health and vitality
Productive functions of forests
Protective functions of forests
Socio-economic functions of forests
Legal, policy and institutional frameworks.

New Zealand's Montreal Process Report

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Acknowledgements

This report was prepared primarily by the following Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Policy staff: Co-ordinating and editing: John Novis. Contributing authors: John Novis; Rosa Rivas Palma; Alan Reid; Julia Stanley; Chas Perry; Parnell Trost; John Vaney; Avinash Shrivastava; and John Eyre.

Advice, information and peer review were variously provided by Elaine Wright and Rod Hay (Department of Conservation), Brent King (Ministry for the Environment), and Peter Weir (New Zealand Forest Owners Association). Their inputs were invaluable, but the views expressed in the report are those of MAF and are not necessarily endorsed by those who reviewed the draft report.

External editing of the draft was undertaken by Jaap Jasperse of South Pacific Publishing Consultancy Ltd. Photos provided courtesy of Ian Platt, Alan Reid, MAF and Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd (www.panpac.co.nz). Front cover image is by Ian Platt, showing managed, regenerated black beech forest, North Canterbury.

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This report represents the best judgment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry based on information and data available before writing. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein, the Ministry makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to the results to be obtained from the use of its publications. No liability is accepted for any errors or omissions or any opinion expressed or recommendations made in the report. If notified of an error, the Ministry will take reasonable steps to correct such error.

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