Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: Assessment and Monitoring of Genetic Variation

Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers

by

G. Namkoong (USA) T. Boyle (UNDP), Y. A. El-Kassaby (Canada), C. Palmberg-Lerche (FAO), G. Eriksson (Sweden), H-R. Gregorius (Germany), H. Joly (France), A. Kremer (France), O. Savolainen (Finland), R. Wickneswari (Malaysia), A. Young (New Zealand), M. Zeh-Nlo (UNDP) and R. Prabhu (CIFOR)

November 2002

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

DISCLAIMER

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EFFECTS OF FOREST PROCESSES ON GENETIC DYNAMICS

DRIFT
SELECTION
MIGRATION
MATING SYSTEM

FOREST PRACTICES THAT AFFECT GENETIC DYNAMICS

HARVESTING OF WOOD
GRAZING
FIRE
HARVESTING NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFP)

CRITERIA, INDICATORS AND VERIFIERS

CRITERION: CONSERVATION OF THE PROCESSES THAT MAINTAIN GENETIC VARIATION

INDICATOR 1: LEVELS OF VARIATION
INDICATOR 2: DIRECTIONAL CHANGE IN ALLELE OR GENOTYPE FREQUENCIES
INDICATOR 3: MIGRATION AMONG POPULATIONS
INDICATOR 4: REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES/MATING SYSTEM

OPERATIONAL USE OF THE PROPOSED INDICATORS AND VERIFIERS

USE AND APPLICATION OF INDICATOR SPECIES
PREVENTIVE OR RESTORATIVE ACTIONS

RESEARCH PRIORITIES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

ANNEX 1. PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA, INDICATORS AND VERIFIERS

ANNEX 2. CRITERIA AND INDICATORS: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

ANNEX 3. INTERNATIONAL PROCESSES ON CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: INDICATORS RELATED TO GENETIC DIVERSITY

ANNEX 4. GLOSSARY OF TERMS