Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Crown Forest Sustainability Act CFSA
and Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 ONTARIO REGULATION 167/95
Description:
The Crown Forest Sustainability Act outlines:
• how forest management planning, forest resource agreements, licences, revenue collection and trust funds are regulated
• information management
• forest operations, compliance, remedies and enforcement mechanisms
• licensing of scalers (people who measure wood harvested)
• regulation of independent forest audits
Goal/Aim:
Regulate protection and management of forests
Responsible Authority:
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)