ARCHIVED - Sustainable Development

Report on Plans and Priorities 2011-2012
Electronic Layer of Reporting
Elements of NRCan's Sustainable Development Strategy

FSDS Target 7.3 - Sustainable Forest Management

Improve the management of Canada’s Forest Ecosystem through the development and dissemination of knowledge.

FSDS Implementation Strategy

7.3.1 First Nations Forestry Program - support initiatives to enhance first nations’ capacity to sustainably manage reserve forests and other forests. (INAC, NRCan)

You will find below details about NRCan’s activities that contribute to this implementation strategy:

Forest-based Community Partnerships

This activity is nested within NRCan’s Program Activity Architecture (PAA) as follows:

• Strategic Outcome 1 - 
  Economic Competitiveness
  
  
  • Program Activity 1.1 - 
    Economic Opportunities for Natural Resources
    
    
    • Sub Activity 1 1 5 - 
      Forest-based Community Partnerships
      
      

Description

The forest sector is an important industry in many regions of Canada and provides significant employment in close to 200 forest-dependent communities across the country. In the face of weakened markets and increased global competition, forest-based communities can benefit from dissemination of knowledge and tools to take advantage of emerging economic opportunities. Under Sub Activity - Forest-based Community Partnerships (PAA 1.1.5), NRCan provides financial contributions to forest community partnership organizations at 11 forest-based community sites, and Aboriginal Communities across Canada. Under this Sub Activity, NRCan has two programs that contribute to this FSDS implementation strategy:

• The Forest Communities Program (FCP) supports forest community sustainable development research, knowledge development dissemination and transfer.
• The First Nations Forestry Program (FNFP) assists First Nations across Canada to build capacity in sustainable forest management.

The objective of these programs is to ensure that forest-based communities (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) have the knowledge, products, tools and capacity to achieve sustainable forest management goals and can take advantage of forest sector opportunities.

Relationship to FSDS Target

The development and dissemination of knowledge and information for forest-based communities provided under Sub Activity - Forest-based Community Partnerships contributes to the improved management of Canada’s forests. This information is actively disseminated among a broad range of forest communities and takes the form of workshops, fact sheets, annual reports and web-based tools. Moreover, through the National Forest Inventory and the State of Canada’s Forest Report, NRCan provides information that enables the public’s access to information on Canada’s forests. Thus, initiatives under Sub Activity Forest-based Community Partnerships contribute directly to FSDS Target 7.3 -Sustainable Forest Management.

Non Financial Performance Expectations

FNFP: Data is collected annually to March 31, 2011.

FCP: Data is collected annually to March 31, 2012.

Expected Results and Indicators (Sub Activity 1.1.5)

Knowledge products and tools related to economic opportunities in forest-based communities.

• Number of knowledge products accessed.

Investments by forest-based community partners.

• Ratio of program funds leveraged.

Output and Indicator (Sub Activity 1.1.5)
Knowledge products and tools for forest-based communities.

• Number of knowledge products and tools developed.