Nova Scotia’s Code of Forest Practice. Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Nova Scotia Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Ecosystem preservation Forest management/forest conservation Private forest Public forest Standards Protection forest Climate change Biodiversity Cultural heritage Traditional rights/customary rights EIA Environmental standards Alien species Timber extraction/logging Post-harvest treatment Timber Protection of environment Endangered species Protected area Protection of habitats Protection of species Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract 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. Full text English Website novascotia.ca