Criterion – G: An effective monitoring and control system audits management’s conformity with planning

Consultant's Initials:

RLL

BH, LI

Source:

CIFOR

Identification No. in source:

3.4

 

Final Identification No. (as reported in final list):

G

Class:

Forest management planning and policy

Recommendation (after field testing)

Yes

Box A:

Enter the selected criterion as stated in the source document in this space:

An effective monitoring and control system audits management’s conformity with planning.

Box B: Attributes

Rated on a scale of 1-5, where 1=no/bad/unimportant and 5=yes/good/important

Original revised original

revised

(a)

(j)

(a)

(j)

Precisely defined? (clear)

4

Will it produce replicable results? (reliable)

4

Diagnostically specific? (valid)

5

Is it applicable for all landowners?

4

Sensitive?

3

Is it applicable to other areas/ecosystems? (robust)

5

Easy to detect, record and interpret?

3

How relevant is this criterion?

5

Useable?

4

Box C:

Justify your selection of the Criterion in Box A. Please ensure you discuss its relationship to theory:

Management theory suggests that continuous improvement can be achieved through the process of implementation and evaluation, with modification as necessary.

Box D:

Provide bibliographic references (if any) which support your selection of this Criterion for evaluation:

Total Quality Management Theory

Box E:

Please name (give the reference of) the Criterion that overlap (come closest) to the Criterion that has been selected for evaluation:

CIFOR: 1.0 3.2 3.3

CIFOR – BAG: -

CCFM: 5.0

Idaho: -

GFE: -

Box F:

Please record your notes on evaluating the Criterion (Box A) here:

We felt that a monitoring system to determine whether a forest plan has been implemented or not will be different for the US Forest Service as compared to BCC and IDL. For both BCC and IDL there will be internal audits and monitoring, while the monitoring system for the US Forest Service might be a public review.

 

Box G: Geo-Political

Evaluate the geo-political scale on which the Criterion operates. Multiple-entries are

possible but care should be taken to determine the primary thrust of the criterion.

Justify:

 original revised

(a)

(j)

Global

North America

Intermountain

West

Study area

X

Tenure

X

Site

X

Box H: Function
Classify Criterion according to whether it refers to the structure of the system (biophysical, social or management), function of the system, describes its composition or describes perturbations to the system.

Justify:

 Original revised

(a)

(j)

Structure

Function

X

Composition

Perturbation

X

Box I: Linkages

Identify linkages between Criterion, to ensure that the same or similar information is not collected twice and to ascertain whether the necessary feedback loops exist between criterion.

The Principle has information value for the following areas/principles:

Ecological /

Biophysical: The monitoring/audit will provide feed back for all levels of sustainability

Social: as above

Economic: as above

Forest Mngt: as above

Yield & harvest: as above

Does not fit: -

Box J:

Final version of Criterion, state only if different to definition in Box A:

N/A