Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / R. John Raison, David W. Flinn and Alan G. Brown
  • Application of Criteria and Indicators to Support Sustainable Forest Management : Some Key Issues / R. John Raison, David W. Flinn and Alan G. Brown
  • Policy Inflation, Capacity Constraints : Can Criteria and Indicators Bridge the Gap? / Stephen Bass
  • Between Voodoo Science and Adaptive Management : the Role and Research Needs for Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management / Ravi Prabhu, H. Jack Ruitenbeek, Timothy J.B. Boyle and Carol J. Pierce Colfer
  • 'Whose Forest is this, Anyway?' Criteria and Indicators on Access to Resources / Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Agus Salim, Anne Marie Tiani, Bertin Tchikangwa, Mustofa Agung Sardjono and Ravi Prabhu
  • Representing the Future : A Framework for Evaluating the Utility of Indicators in the Search for Sustainable Forest Management / Stephen F. McCool and George Stankey
  • SFM Indicators as Tools in Political and Economic Contexts : Actual and Potential Roles / Ewald Rametsteiner
  • Legal Frameworks in Criteria and Indicator Approaches / Olli Eeronheimo
  • Collaborative Action and Technology Transfer as Means of Strengthening the Implementation of National-level Criteria and Indicators / Froylan Castaneda
  • Inventory and Forecasting Productive Capacity for Natural Forests / Ross Penny, Cris Brack, Klaus von Gadow and Gyde Lund
  • Indicators for Sustained Productive Capacity of New Zealand and Australian Plantation Forests / C.T. Smith, A.D. Gordon, T.W. Payn, B. Richardson, S.H. Schoenholtz, M.F. Skinner, P. Snowdon and G.G. West
  • Indicators to Guide Management for Multiple Forest Use / F.O. Beese and B. Ludwig
  • Impacts of Environmental Stress on Forest Health : the Need for More Accurate Indicators / John L. Innes and David F. Karnosky
  • Guiding Concepts for the Application of Indicators to Interpret Change in Soil Properties and Processes in Forests / R. John Raison and M.A. Rab
  • Catchment and Process Studies in Forest Hydrology : Implications for Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management / John Roberts
  • The Role of Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle / Miko U.F. Kirschbaum
  • Ecosystem-level Forest Biodiversity and Sustainability Assessments for Forest Management / Bryan Finegan, Walter Palacios, Nelson Zamora and Diego Delgado
  • Assessing the Success of Off-reserve Forest Management in Contributing to Biodiversity Conservation / P.J. Kanowski, S.J. Cork, D. Lamb and N. Dudley
  • Spatial Patterns and Fragmentation : Indicators for Conserving Biodiversity in Forest Landscapes / Richard H. Loyn and Clive McAlpine
  • An Approach to Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management at the Sub-national Level in European Forestry / Bernard Roman-Amat, Michel Hermeline and Jean-Marie Michon
  • Conclusions / R. John Raison, David W. Flinn and Alan G. Brown.