1、Update No. 1Z804-08December 2009Note: General Instructions for CSA Standards are now called Updates. Please contact CSA Information Products Sales or visit www.ShopCSA.ca for information about the CSA Standards Update Service.Title: Sustainable forest management for woodlots and other small area for
2、ests originally published March 2008The following revisions have been formally approved. Revisions to the main body of the Standard are marked by the symbol delta () in the margin on the attached replacement pages:CSA Z804-08 originally consisted of 36 pages (viii preliminary and 28 text), each date
3、d March 2008. It now consists of the following pages: Update your copy by inserting these revised pages.Keep the pages you remove for reference.Revised Outside front cover, title page, and Clauses 3, 4.2, 5.1. 8.6.2, 8.6.3, 9.4, and 9.6New National Standards of Canada textDeleted NoneMarch 2008 iiiv
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39、 and Processed Chlorine Free certified, and was manufactured using biogas energy. Canadian Standards AssociationSustainable forest management for woodlots and other small area forestsDecember 2009Constitution Act, 1982, Part II, Subsection 35Fisheries Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-14Income Tax Act, 1985, c.1
40、 (5thSupp.)Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, c. 22Species at Risk Act, 2002, c. 29The State of Canadas Forests, 20052006SCC (Standards Council of Canada)CAN-P-14B (2000)Criteria and Procedures for Accreditation of Organizations Registering Environmental Management SystemsCAN-P-1517C (2006)Manage
41、ment Systems Accreditation Program (MSAP) Handbook: Conditions and Procedures for the Accreditation of Organizations Certifying/Registering Management Systems3 DefinitionsThe following definitions apply in this Standard:Notes: (1) Terms are not defined where they retain their normal dictionary defin
42、ition.(2) Where applicable, sources are given in square brackets following the definition.Aboriginal peoples aboriginal peoples of Canada, which include the Indian, Inuit, and Mtis peoples of Canada Constitution Act.Aboriginal rights rights that some Aboriginal peoples of Canada hold as a result of
43、their ancestors long-standing use and occupancy of the land The State of Canadas Forests, 20052006.Note: The rights of certain Aboriginal peoples to hunt, trap, and fish on ancestral lands are examples of Aboriginal rights. Aboriginal rights vary from group to group depending on the customs, practic
44、es, and traditions that have formed part of their distinctive cultures The State of Canadas Forests, 20052006.Accreditation the procedure by which an accrediting organization gives formal recognition that a registrar (certifier) is deemed competent to carry out specific tasks adapted from CAN/CSA-Z8
45、09.Note: In Canada, the accreditation body is the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).Advance regeneration young trees or seedlings under an existing stand that are suited to the site and are capable of becoming the next desirable crop or stand of trees.Affected party those persons or organizations, i
46、ncluding Aboriginal peoples, whose proximity to or ongoing use of a defined woodlot means that they can be directly affected by the woodlot management operations.Auditor a person with the competence to conduct an audit adapted from CAN/CSA-ISO 19011.Note: For sustainable forest management certificat
47、ion audits, auditors are qualified under SCC CAN-P-14B and SCC CAN-P-1517C.Best management practices (BMP) guide a set of provincial or regional best management practices that have been developed for application to private forest land and are broadly accepted as specifying practices that minimize th
48、e impact of operations on water quality and other forest resources. Note: See Annex B.3(Replaces p. 3, March 2008)Z804-08 Canadian Standards AssociationDecember 2009Biodiversity (biological diversity) the variability among living organisms from all sources, including inter alia, terrestrial, marine,
49、 and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems Canadian Biodiversity Strategy. Certification or registration the result of a successful audit to this Standard, whereby the registrar issues a certificate of registration and adds the organizations registration to a publicly available list maintained by the registrar.Certifier or registrar an independent third party that is accredited by a recognized authority as being
