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Appendix 4: Principles and criteria in forestry audits

1.5 Soil and water protection

PRINCIPLE 7 Forest management shall not damage soils and water resources.
POSSIBLE CRITERIA:
7.1 A legal/regulatory framework provides for legal instruments to regulate or limit forest management practices in areas with vulnerable soils
and in favor of water conservation or protection of water resources.

7.2 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to strengthen institutional instruments to regulate or limit forest management
practice in favor on soil and water protection and to supervision on it.
7.3 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to conduct inventories and research on soil erosion and water quality.

7.4 Special inventories to show that implemented measures supporting soil and water protection have appropriate results. If not,
then a national agency or an institutional framework has an action plan to improve the situation.
7.5 If appropriate, a legal /regulatory framework setting requirements for technology used in forest management operations.

1.6 Forest ownership
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The principles and recommendations for sustainable forest management apply equally
PRINCIPLE 8
to national forests and privately owned or customarily held forests.
POSSIBLE CRITERIA:
8.1 A legal/regulatory framework that clarifies property rights and obligations, and provides for appropriate land tenure arrangements.
8.2 A legal/regulatory framework that clarifies participation opportunities of local communities and other stakeholders in forest management
planning and operations.

1.7 National forest service

There should be a national agency or an institutional framework capable of managing the government forest estate and assisting
PRINCIPLE 9
in the management of private and customarily held forests, according to the objectives laid in the national forest policy.
POSSIBLE CRITERIA:
9.1 A national agency or with the institutional framework with the capacity to provide guidelines for national plans or programs.
9.2 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to undertake and develop regular assessment of forest resources.
9.3 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to develop programs for enhancing the use of forest products for energy.
9.4 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to develop mechanisms for controlling the occurrence of serious forest damage.
9.5 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to analyze changes in forest area, growing stock, age structure, diameter distribution etc.
9.6 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to integrate land-use planning and forest management.

9.7 A national agency or institutional framework with the capacity to provide assistance to customary rights holders and private forest owners
to manage the forest sustainability.