Management objectives and consistency with
other plans

The silviculture prescription must include the long-term management objectives for the area under the prescription, which are set out in:

• a forest development plan, or
• in the absence of a forest development plan, any higher level plan, or
• in the absence of objectives set out in a forest development plan or a higher level plan, in accordance with the regulations, if any.

Higher level plans

Higher level plans provide objectives for resource management and establish the broader, strategic context for operational plans. Higher level plans are the primary source of objectives that determine the forest practices and site conditions described in operational plans, such as silviculture prescriptions.

Figure 3. Example of management objectives.