The Montreal Process

The seven criteria and 67 indicators of the Montreal Process reflect an ecosystem-based approach to sustainable forest management & the need to serve human communities. This report highlights accomplishments in implementing the criteria & indicators of the Montreal Process, including capacity building, data collection, forest management, institutional & regulatory policy development, and technical co-operation. After an introduction on the Process, reports from the 12 participating countries are presented. These reports demonstrate each country's degree of commitment to the Process and progress in development & implementation of the criteria & indicators. The report continues with a discussion concerning the strengths & added values provided by working within the framework of the Process and concludes with a statement on future actions to be taken by the Montreal Process Working Group. A list of criteria & indicators is appended.