Nova Scotia’s Code of Forest Practice.

The Nova Scotia’s Code of Forest Practice is comprised of three parts: Part I - Nova Scotia’s Code of Forest Practice - A Framework for the Implementation of Sustainable Forest Management of Sustainable Forest Management. This Part outlines the code principles that provide the guidance necessary in planning for sustainable forest management on Nova Scotia Crown lands. Part II - Code of Forest Practice Guidebooks (Guidelines For Crown Land) contains specific detail that forest managers and operators must follow in practicing forestry on Crown lands to meet the code principles. The guidebooks also provides landowners, contractors and operators with recommendations for practicing forestry on private lands. Part III - Code of Forest Practice Technical References (not attached to this record) is the final component and sets of technical references which provide options for forest management through research and practice, to be applicable to Nova Scotia’s forest conditions.