Local Level Indicators Program

fRI Research established the Local level Indicators Program in 1997 to assess national criteria for sustainable forest management at a local level. The program ran until 2008.

The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers earlier had identified six prerequisite “national criteria” of sustainable forest management, which required local acceptance and adoption to be effective. In response, the Canadian Model Forest Program decided to develop and report local indicators of these criteria. Additionally, fRI Research agreed to identify local goals and to determine indicators that measured performance against the goals. In brief, fRI Research established the Local level Indicators Program to assess the national criteria at a local level. The program gained enough scientific information with which to measure and report many local indicators.

Data for the Local Level Indicators Project was generally collected by agencies with land and resource management responsibilities, such as Jasper National Park, Hinton Wood Products (A division of West Fraser Mills Ltd.), and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. 

The LLI Program reported local indicators from within the entire fRI Research land base. By measuring and monitoring these indicators over time plus updating reports, the LLI Program was able to reveal changes and trends as they occurred. These changes and trends measured progress toward local and national sustainable forest management.

Local level indicators of sustainable forest management for the Foothills Model Forest: Status report 2008
Scientific Publications | Reports
Status report on local level indicators for the FMF, includes objectives, statements of indicators, indicator measures, current status of indicators.
Local Level Indicators Program
Summaries and Communications | Posters
Poster promoting the Local Level Indicators Program and how local level indicators are used to measure progress towards sustainable forest management.
Measuring the achievement of sustainable forest management: local level indicators
Summaries and Communications | Presentation Slides
Presentation at the 2007 FMF AGM on background, status, schedule and future plans for the Local Level Indicators Program.
Measuring the achievement of sustainable forest management: local level indicators
Summaries and Communications | Presentation Slides
Presentation at the 2006 FMF AGM on background, status, schedule and future plans for the Local Level Indicators Program.
Report on the Local Level Indicators (LLI) Workshop (January 15-16, 2004, Jasper) and Recommendations by the LLI Activity Team
Scientific Publications | Reports
Report on workshop on local level indicators, includes background, purpose, proceedings, recommendations for selection and retention of indicators.
Local level indicators of sustainable forest management for the Foothills Model Forest: Initial status report
Scientific Publications | Reports
Report on progress towards sustainable forest management, as measured using carefully defined criteria, goals and indicators.