The Montreal Process
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The Montreal Process | |
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Start date: | 1994 |
Scope: | Global |
Policy area: | Forests and forestry |
Legal status: | Non-legally binding |
Main formal decision making body: | Montreal Process Working Group (12 Member States) |
Main implementing body: | Member States ministries, regional and local organisations, research institutes and private sector |
Language: | English, French, Spanish |
URL: | The Montreal Process website |
Format: | html |
Access: | Free |
Publisher: | Montreal Process Liaison Office |
Country(ies): | Japan, Canada |
Date: | 1/4/2011 |
The Montreal 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.
Objective | To provide a common framework for describing, assessing and evaluating progress towards sustainable forest management at the national level |
Target | Conservation and sustainable management of temperate and boreal forests |
Monitoring, assessing and reporting | National reporting, Technical Advisory Committee |
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | UNCED |
Keywords | Sustainable forest management, temperate and boreal forests, criteria and indicators |
FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
No FOREST EUROPE criteria for this Policy process | No FOREST EUROPE indicators for this Policy process | No ToSIA indicators for this Policy process |