Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act, 2011(S.O. 2011, c. 10). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Ontario Document type Legislation Date 2011 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Business/industry/corporations Public forest Timber Indigenous peoples Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Act changes the forest tenure system and provides a more competitive market environment in the allocation and pricing of Crown timber. The Act introduces two new forest management models for harvesting wood from Ontario’s forests: Local Forest Management Corporations (LFMCs) will now manage Crown forests and oversee the competitive sale of the timber in a given area; and Enhanced Shareholder Sustainable Forest Licences (SFL): a group of mills and/or harvesters that collectively form a new company to manage Crown forests under the Sustainable Forest Licence that is issued to them. The text consists of 30 sections. Full text English Website www.gov.on.ca