CIFOR Vol 2 Criterion P

Criterion – P: Maintenance and enhancement of forest ecosystem condition and productivity

Consultant's Initials:

GSA

Source:

CCFM

Identification No. in source:

2.0

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

Class:

Ecological/biophysical, social

Recommendation (after field testing)

Box A:

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

Maintenance and enhancement of forest ecosystem condition and productivity.

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)			Will it produce replicable results? (reliable)	N/A	N/A

Diagnostically specific? (valid)			Is it applicable for all landowners?

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

Easy to detect, record and interpret?	N/A	N/A	How relevant is this criterion?

Useable?

Box C:

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

This criterion (CCFM 2.0) and its indicators, deal exclusively with ecological condition. It is not directly related to economic conditions.

Box D:

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

N/A

Box E:

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

CIFOR: -

CIFOR – BAG: -

CCFM: -

Idaho: -

GFE: -

Box F:

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

This criterion (CCFM 2.0) and its indicators, deal exclusively with ecological condition. It is not directly related to economic conditions.

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
Tenure
Site

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
Composition
Perturbation
Not Applicable	X	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 Criterion has information value for the following areas/criteria:

Ecological /

Biophysical: -

Social: -

Economic: -

Forest Mngt: -

Yield & harvest: -

Does not fit: -

Box J:

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

N/A