Standards and Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Indigenous Forests
Third Edition
Published June 2007
Part IIIA of the Forest Act 1949 defines sustainable forest management as “management of an area of indigenous forest land in a way that maintains the ability of the forest growing on that land to continue to provide a full range of products and amenities in perpetuity while retaining the forest’s natural values.”
This publication details the statutory requirements under Part IIIA of the Forests Act, and specifies standards for the approval and administration of Sustainable Forest Management Plans and Permits.
Standards and Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Indigenous Forests is structured around numbered criteria (each a key principle to SFM) and comprises two parts: the standards and explanatory material.
In Part 1, each criterion is accompanied by a set of one or more specific and detailed goals, indicators, and measurable or assessable standards that in turn reflect the purpose of, and subsections within, the Forests Act.
To help landowners decide on and carry out management practices in key areas prerequisite to SFM, Part 2 of this document contains, under each of the criterion, explanatory information and guidelines on what needs to be done and how it should be done, consistent with principles of SFM.
You can download this publication as a PDF, either as the full document (790KB PDF) or by section:
- Foreword, Preface and Introduction (230KB PDF)
- Part 1: The Standards (195KB PDF)
- Part 2: Guidelines and explanatory material (400KB PDF)
- Appendices and References (130KB PDF)
Contact for Enquiries
Indigenous Forestry Unit
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
14 Sir William Pickering Drive
PO Box 20 280
Bishopdale
Christchurch 8053
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: 64 3 943 3700
Fax: 64 3 943 3701
Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park
99 Sala Street
PO Box 1340
Rotorua
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: 64 7 921 3400
Fax: 64 7 921 3401
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