Mission, Purposes, and Goals
Global Forest Watch Canada's Mission Statement
To support the stewardship and conservation of Canada's remaining
forests, by providing decision makers and civil society with timely,
accurate information on their location, state, and change. In particular,
this mission includes monitoring development activities occurring within
and around Canada's forests, which influence the current and future
condition of these ecosystems and the people that live within them.
Global Forest Watch Canada's Purposes
The purposes of Global Forest Watch Canada are:
1. To educate civil society on forest science, forest stewardship,
forest standards and laws that regulate forest use;
2. To act as a resource of information for private sector companies,
governments, and individuals on forest science, forest stewardship,
forest standards and laws that regulate forest use;
3. To act as a network to track the condition and development of
the world's large remaining tracts of natural forests in an ancillary
and incidental way in order to ensure that all educational information is
current and up-to-date;
4. To conduct research on forest management practices with the goal
of identifying successful forest management practices in an ancillary
and incidental way in order to ensure that all educational material is
current and up-to-date;
5. To assist governments and private sector companies by monitoring
forest-related activities by providing education and information on
forest science, forest stewardship, forest standards and laws that
regulate forest use.
6. To develop an effective organization that can achieve the above
five purposes.
Global Forest Watch Canada's Goals
We have developed goals for projects and products and for organizational
development that will make successful delivery of projects and
products possible. Each goal is associated with measurable
objectives and milestones so that we can monitor our success.
Goals for Projects and Products
1. Ensure many of the major products are produced in both official Canadian
languages (e.g., Canada's Forests at a Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year
2000 (Les Forêts du Canada à la Croisée des Chemins: Bilan 2000).
2. Complete the intact forest mapping project for Canada's forest
3. Highlight Aboriginal issues related to the development, management
and conservation of Canada's forests.
4. Develop a Global Forest Watch Canada forest database and data
distribution system.
5. Monitor development impacts on forest streams nationwide to develop
monitoring capacity in all Canadian provinces and territories.
6. Explore and take advantage of opportunities to monitor and report
on the following project areas (i.e., these were assessed using these
criteria: capacity-building opportunities, resources required in relation
to benefits received, compatible with Global Forest Watch Canada's
mission and purposes, and strategic potential):
a. Monitor forest company activities by indicators
b. Develop a dataset and report on mineral and energy activity within forests
c. Monitor wood volume flows
d. Assess cumulative forest impacts
e. Assess carbon budgeting in forests
f. Provide forest monitoring tools and skills training
g. Develop and report on a set of socio-economic indicators for
Canada's forests.
7. Build local capacity for forest monitoring.
8. Develop new and creative projects and products that are compatible
with the mission and purposes of Global Forest watch Canada.
Goals for the Organization
Funding:
Secure additional funding for existing commitments and increase
project funding for new projects and products and for
organizational coordination and overhead costs.
Staff and Board Development:
Encourage and facilitate skills development in staff and the board.
Public profile:
Strengthen the profile of Global Forest Watch Canada among industry,
government, environmental groups and the public.
Partnership expansion and involvement:
Facilitate partnership expansion and involvement.