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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