Illinois report on sustainable forest management
Subtitle: criteria and indicators
By: Lyle J. Guyon and John M. Edgington.
Contributors: Edgington, John M.; Illinois Forestry Development Council.
Publisher: Illinois Forestry Development Council
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Urbana, Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Sustainable forestry -- Illinois.; Forest management -- Illinois.; Forest ecology -- Illinois.; Forest policy -- Illinois.
Other titles: Sustainable forest management criteria and indicators summary report
Description: The Montreal Process Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests (developed at a United Nations conference in 1993) serves as the tool for assessing trends in forest conditions and provides a framework for describing, monitoring and evaluating progress toward forest sustainability in Illinois.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56).
"June 2004."
"Summary report prepared for the Illinois Forestry Development Council."
"Funding and support provided by the Illinois Forestry Development Council, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, and the Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."
The technical report, Illinois report on sustainable forest management: criteria and indicators -- technical report, upon which this report is based, is also available on CD and at the Illinois Forestry Development Council's web site.
Available on CD-ROM, and online on the Illinois Forestry Development Council web site.  Address as of 9/13/04: http://ifdc.nres.uiuc.edu/publications/pdf/ILCI%5FSum.pdf.  Also available in a zipped file: http://ifdc.nres.uiuc.edu/publications/pdf/ILCI%5FSum.zip.
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: Introduction.; title: Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity.; title: Criterion 2: Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems.; title: Criterion 3: Maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality.; title: Criterion 4: Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources.; title: Criterion 5: Maintenance of forest contribution to global carbon cycles.; title: Criterion 6: Maintenance and enhancement of long-term multiple socio-economic benefits to meet the needs of societies.; title: Criterion 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework for forest, conservation and sustainable management.; title: Data and resource issues.; title: References.; title: Appendix A.