TOWARDS A TENURE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN CANADA

Sustainable forest management may be considered an evolutionary step b eyond sustained yield management. Although objectives related to susta inable forest management are common in Canada, policy means of achievi ng these objectives are rarely spelled out. Currently, forest tenure p olicies are dominated by concepts associated with sustained yield that may preclude the realization of sustainable forest management objecti ves. This paper identifies how tenure policies based on sustained yiel d concepts of allowable annual cuts could change in order to address a more holistic view of forests associated with sustainable forest mana gement.