The State of Ontario’s Forests Report (SOF), summarizes how Ontario’s forest is managed for ecological sustainability. This is Ontario’s third State of the Forest Report. The reporting period for the report is April 2004 to March 2009.
This legally mandated report describes Ontario’s forests and forest management, based on a criteria and indicators framework for sustainable forestry. Criteria reflect provincial forest sustainability goals and are designed to reflect public values and desired long-term outcomes for Ontario’s forests. Indicators are specific measures used to assess progress towards the achievement of forest sustainability goals and objectives.
The latest SOF report is comprised of a feature report and a supporting Criteria & Indicators (C&I) interactive PDF. The feature report focuses on specific themes (state of the forest sector, biodiversity, forest health, and climate change) and provides a high-level summary of the C&I framework. The C&I interactive PDF provides detailed information about the C&I framework and will be updated periodically to provide new information prior to the release of the next SOF report.
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- State of Ontario's Forests (feature report) (PDF, 8.0MB 73 pages)
- Criteria & indicators interactive PDF
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