Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Development Process

The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence (GLSL) forest region occupies a broad geographic range primarily in Ontario and Québec. This region is distinguished by the presence of eastern white and red pines and eastern hemlock and yellow birch.

FSC Canada's Board of Directors convened a Standards Development Committee to develop a regional FSC Forest Management standard for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region. In April 2007, a field tested draft GLSL standard (click here) was made publicly available. This standard has not yet been submitted for accreditation to Accreditation Services International (ASI).

NEW- Timeline for Regional FM Standards Review and Revisions

According to FSC-STD-60-006 (Process Requirements for the Development and Maintenance of FSC Standards, 2009), all regional Forest Management (FM) standards are approved for a five year period, after which they are required to undergo a review and revision. Due to the current revision of the FSC Principles and Criteria (P&C), upon which all regional FM standarsd are based, there will be no revisions to Canadian FM standards until the new FSC P&C are approved. Regional FM standards will remain valid until such time as these standards according to the new FSC P&C.

Documents

Click on the links below to view each document category.  Documents are posted in a chronological sequence; scroll to the bottom of the table to see the most recent postings.  Questions or comments should be directed to glsl@fsccanada.org.

• GLSL Standards Development Committee
• 2006 Consultation Draft Standard
• Input Received on Consultation Draft
• Working Group Reports
• 2007 Field Tested Draft Standard
• Comments Received on Field Tested Draft
• Small and Low Intensity Managed Forests (SLIMF) Working Document

• Comments Received on SLIMF Working Document

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GLSL Committee (back to top)

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