Sustainable Forest Management Training
for Front Line Forest Workers

In an effort to ensure that forest workers are more knowledgeable about the impact they have on the environment during their daily working activities, the WNMF partnership developed a training package that addresses environmentally sensitive harvesting practices and is applicable to all front line forest workers in the province.

The training consists of three modules. Module 1 is consistent with the Canadian Forestry Association’s Logging for Wildlife Program and is revised to suit Newfoundland. The second module allows incorporates partners’ specific Standard Operating Procedures. The third module reviews the guidelines and regulations set out by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods.

A Train the Trainer workshop was also developed as part of this package. Partner agencies identified trainers who are familiar with the social, cultural and economic conditions of Newfoundland. They were then trained to deliver the program to front line workers.

The Newfoundland Forest Service, Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd., and Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada Inc. have all used this package, and the two pulp and paper companies used the training to fulfill part of the requirements for their ISO 14001 Environmental Management System registration.