The Great Lakes St. Lawrence forest region is the home of a great diversity of species and habitats. Forestry in deciduous and mixed-deciduous forests of Ontario and Quebec takes place in a landscape that tends to be heavily fragmented, and its ecological integrity at the landscape level is in many regions significantly compromised.
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence (GLSL) Standard was submitted for accreditation to FSC International in March 2011, and if approved, will be applicable for all forests in the GLSL forest region of Ontario and Quebec, but not west of Lake Superior. The standard will also apply to areas of Ontario that are part of the Carolinian forest region.
The GLSL Standard development process is led by the FSC Canada Standards Development Group (SDG), made up of balanced representation of Aboriginal, Economic, Environmental and Social interests.
Following the review and consultation of a draft Great Lakes St. Lawrence Standard in 2010 and 2011, on March 15th, 2011 FSC Canada submitted to FSC International the GLSL Forest Management Standard (Draft 4) for their review and accreditation as per FSC-STD-60-006 v1-2.
On June 22, 2011 FSC International provided FSC Canada with a report highlighting their conditions and recommendations resulting from this review, and which must be met prior to the recommendation of the GLSL standard for accreditation.
The FSC Canada GLSL Working Sub-Group will be meeting in the coming months to review the conditions and recommendations identified by FSC International and will present to the FSC Canada Board of Directors a revised GLSL Standard (Draft 5) for approval and submission for accreditation.
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