Culturally Important Trees of the Montréal Process: Canada - Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

The maple leaf is featured on Canada’s flag and these beautiful trees have become a symbol of Canada’s national identity and a part of its history. (Photo courtesy iStock.com)

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Criteria and Indicators

The seven criteria and 54 indicators of the Montreal Process provide a common framework for member countries to describe, monitor, assess, and report on national forest trends and progress toward sustainable forest management.

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Criteria and Indicators
Public Service Announcement

Christina Hendricks Promotes Sustainable Forestry and the Montreal Process.

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Public Service Announcement

The Montréal Process Working Group was formed in 1994 as a bold, intergovernmental response to the pressing need for sustainable forest management. One of its first tasks was to develop and implement internationally agreed-upon criteria and indicators for the conservation and sustainable management of temperate and boreal forests. Read more about The Montréal Process, the criteria and indicators, the member countries, and its history


The Montréal Process
Spotlights

The United States releases the 2020 National Report on Sustainable Forests

 

Canada releases their latest State of the Forests report

Montreal Process Synthesis Report 2023: English (PDF, 3.3 MB), French (PDF, 2.9 MB), Spanish (PDF, 3 MB)

 

The Montreal Process Fact Sheet: English (PDF, 1.1 MB), French (PDF, 1.3 MB) Japanese (PDF, 1.3 MB) Spanish (2.2 MB)

Overview and country highlights from the Montréal Process, 2019: English (PDF, 10.4 MB), French (PDF, 13.5 MB), Spanish (PDF, 9.8 MB)

 

The Montréal Process, Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests, Fifth Edition, September 2015 English (PDF, 4.3 MB) Spanish (PDF, 1.0 MB)