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system category.Shelterwood systems make up 3.5% in FLA19040 and 1.0% for A20212, withSeed Tree (0.1% and 0.6%) systems also being utilized.The additional tables show the breakdown for each of the two Forest Licences follow this sectionOther types of management (explain): N/AN/A %Harvest methods and equipment used:The majority of the harvesting systems are “conventional” ground-based systems, involvingskidders and/or small crawler tractors and forwarding equipment. The next most commonsystem (by volume) is cable yarding, with the remaining small percentage being done byhelicopters.Additional information is included in tabular form below.Estimate of maximum sustainable yield for main commercial species:The Timber Supply Review (analysis) completed by government results in an AAC determination bythe Chief Forester of the province. Each Timber Supply Area will have an extensive TSR (review)usually every five years. Cranbrook has just completed their AAC determination November 2005(974,000m3). Kootenay Lake TSR was completed and in effect January 2002 (681,300m3).The volume–based Forest Licences are apportioned within the TSA’s. The current apportionment forTembec’s Licences within the scope of the certificate are:515,208 m3 for FL A19040 in Cranbrook, and105,573 m3 for FL A20212 in Kootenay Lake.Explanation of the assumptions (e.g. silvicultural) upon which estimates are based and reference to thesource of data (e.g. inventory data, permanent sample plots, yield tables) upon which estimates arebased upon.During the extensive Timber Supply Reviews several reports are generated that serve the purpose ofdetermining an AAC. The acceptability of all the supporting data, and current management practicesand assumptions are included in the first key-reporting phase entitled the ‘Data Package’.The second report ‘The Analysis Report’ describes in detail how all the approved ‘data’ andassumptions have been used in the estimation of the base-case harvesting flow. The analysis furtherdescribes alternative harvest rates in the short and long term, and resultant socio-economic impactsand results of alternative harvest rates. This report also includes a sensitivity component that describesthe reliability associated with certain data and forecasts.The Chief Forester in his/her unfettered determination uses all these reports in their rationale for theAAC. This is then described in a final ‘Determination Report’.Forest management organizational structure and management responsibilities from senior managementPage 66 of 89
to operational level (how is management organized, who controls and takes decisions etc.)Tembec woodlands (Forest Resource Management Division –FRM) in the Kootenay portion of BritishColumbia is organised into two Regions - Kootenay Columbia and Kootenay Central.The Kootenay Central staff manages Forest Licence A20212, while FL A19040 is managed jointly byboth Kootenay Central and Columbia staff in approximately an equal portion.FRM Administrative staff resources in the Cranbrook office provide overarching strategic directionand administrative services to all regional staff (Chief Forester, Divisional Forester, Biologist,Information Systems, Purchasing, R&D, Human Resources and Accounting).Forestry in British Columbia is a ‘restricted field of practice’ in that only registered professionals (i.e.RPF’s) can undertake certain activities and are accountable for the forestry activities (practices) forwhich they are qualified. Tembec employs some 19 Registered Professional Foresters, whose ethicaland professional responsibilities go beyond a responsibility to their employer.Structure of forest management units (division of forest area into manageable units etc.)The BC Ministry of Forests is the primary manager of public forests (Crown) in the province, and thetwo Management Units included in this certificate are within their Southern Interior Forest Region.The region is made up of 12 Forest Districts, of which the Rocky Mountain District and KootenayLake District are the two pertaining to this assessmentIn the case of the Kootenay Lake District, the district boundary is also the Timber Supply Areaboundary for which an AAC is determined. The Rocky Mountain Forest District however, has twoTSA’s and one Tree Farm Licence - for each of these a separate AAC is determined.Tembec’s Forest Licence A19040 is within the Cranbrook TSA, of the Rocky Mountain ForestDistrict; andForest Licence A20212 is within the Kootenay Lake Forest District (and TSA).Monitoring procedures (including yield of all forest products harvested, growth rates, regeneration,and forest condition, composition/changes in flora and fauna, environmental and social impacts offorest management, costs, productivity and efficiency of forest management)The Sustainable Forest Management Plan outlines some 44 strategies that are in place to achieve theindicators of sustainability outlined in the plan. Extensive monitoring occurs for almost everymeasurable socio-economic, environmental aspect of these – as well as compliance with the laws.Monitoring these aspects provides the necessary feed-back loop to ensure the company has done whatthey have said - as well as those that we are obligated to do under the law. The scope of themonitoring ranges from - ensuring that the next crop of trees (surveys, etc,) is free- to grow, toreporting the financial results to our shareholders (using proper accounting systems and procedures).Specific monitoring strategies are included in the plan.Page 67 of 89
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Certified by:SmartWood Headquarters
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1. Scope of the Certificate1.1. Sco
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2. ASSESSMENT PROCESS2.1 Certificat
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