EMDS Support

Purpose: Evaluate forest ecosystem sustainability based on the criteria and indicators of the Montreal Process

Primary KB topics: trend in sustainability between consecutive assessments, evaluation of current ecosystem states in relation to long-term objectives. Major subtopics under each of the above are biophysical condition, socioeconomic condition, and framework condition (legal, institutional, etc.).

Geographic scope: Global

Scale of analysis: National, regional

Contacts:
1. Keith Reynolds, Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
1. Duncan Ray, Woodland Ecology Branch, British Forestry Commission.