The proposals constitute the only international guidelines for sustainable forest management which take a holistic and comprehensive approach to sustainable forest management. The Roundtable will identify indicators of sustainability based on social, economic, and ecological factors, to provide a framework for national assessments of rangelands and rangeland use. The U.S. Forest Service is seeking to refine Criteria and Indicators for local level applications and working with six forest test areas to identify conditions necessary to sustain ecological, economic, and social systems. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators Indicators of sustainable development for the United States created by a number of Federal Agencies. This USDA Forest Service project with the Northeastern area's state forestry agencies in sustainable forest management use the Montreal Process Criteria and Indicators to organize and communicate information on forest resource conditions and uses.
Site contains extensive database of sustainability and criteria and indicators projects.
The Alliance facilitates cooperative efforts to enhance the management and sustainable use of public and private forest lands in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario and Wisconsin. The process of certification is initiated voluntarily by forest owners and managers who request the services of a certification organization. The Montr al Process is the Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests. It was formed in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 1994 to develop and implement internationally agreed criteria and indicators for the conservation and sustainable management of temperate and boreal forests.