Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) certification is a voluntary tool available to forestry organizations that wish to demonstrate corporate responsibility by having their forest management planning and practices independently certified against a sustainable forest management standard. Sustainable Forest Management refers to maintaining and enhancing the long-term health of forest ecosystems for current and future generations. Certification goes beyond regulatory requirements and takes environmental, economic and social values into consideration. ensuring that a forest is being managed in a sustainable manner.

AFA’s sustainable forest management system in Algonquin Provincial Park is certified to the 2022 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) SFM standard.

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

AFA’s Certificate of Registration to the SFI Forest Management Standard can be found here.

SFI Audit Reports for the Algonquin Park Forest can be found here:  Sustainable Forestry Initiative – Algonquin Forestry Authority (AFA) (sfidatabase.org)

AFA’s Sustainable Forest Management Policy guides its overall management practices. AFA’s Sustainable Forest Management System is a tool that AFA uses to implement its Policy. AFA is registered to the 2022 SFI Standard to demonstrate to the public and its customers that the Algonquin Park forest is managed in an ecologically sustainable manner. The SFI SFM Standard provides AFA with the framework to continually improve its forest management performance.

As an SFI Program Participant, AFA is an active member of the Central Canada SFI Implementation Committee (CCSIC) which promotes and fosters understanding of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and encourages the implementation of sustainable forestry practices to wood suppliers, landowners and the public.

The scope of the Algonquin Park forest certification includes the entire Algonquin Park Forest as depicted on the map below.  Forest Management activities occur only within the Recreation and Utilization Zone of the Park (white area).

Algonquin Park Management Zones