Forest and industrial processing operations aim for optimum recovery rates and waste minimisation 5. Forest management uses chemicals with caution 6. Forests are managed to conserve and enhance scenic and amenity values 7. Forest management contributes to the long-term social and economic well being of local communities 8. A fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning .
Principles are the broad goals of sustainable forest management.
Criteria define a principle and provide the basis of assessing whether the goals for sustainable forest management are being achieved. A measure by which a criterion is judged by. Indicators are quantitative or qualitative variables which can be measured or described. They provide verifiable measures of change in a criterion over time. A defined measure that an aspect or component of forest management must achieve to be sustainable.