SFI® Certified Organizations believe forest
managers and landowners have an
important stewardship responsibility and a
commitment to society, and they
recognize the importance of maintaining viable
commercial forest and
conservation forestland bases. They support
sustainable forestry practices on
forestland they manage, and promote them on
other lands. They support
efforts to protect private property rights,
and to help all private landowners
manage their forestland sustainably. In
keeping with this responsibility, SFI
Certified Organizations shall have a
written policy to implement
and achieve the specific principles and
objectives.
Each objective consists of Performance
Measures and Core Indicators which
define the specific requirements an
organization must meet in order to achieve
certification. Some examples of Core
Indicators include:
Staff education
and training sufficient to their roles and
responsibilities.
Clear criteria
to judge adequate regeneration and
appropriate actions to correct understocked
areas and achieve acceptable species
composition and stocking rates for both
artificial and natural regeneration.
Program to
protect threatened and endangered species.
As an SFI Certified Organization, DFMC
is an active member of the Central
Canada SFI Implementation Committee
(CCSIC) which promotes and
fosters understanding of the Sustainable
Forestry Initiative and encourages the
implementation of sustainable forestry
practices to wood suppliers, landowners
and the public.
DFMC encourages all workers on the Dryden
Forest to strive towards becoming a
"Qualified
Logging Professional" by meeting a
set of criteria in understanding their legal
and training requirements,
understanding best management practices, and
demonstrate a continuing awareness
of SFI principles of sustainable forestry.