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Table 4 Alignment of childrens’ values with the Montréal Process Criteria

From: New Zealand school children’s perceptions of local forests and the Montréal Process Criteria and Indicators: comparing local and international value systems

Montréal Process Criteria

Valued forest features drawn or named

Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity

Creatures (including native and exotic species), wildlife, native plants, trees, flowers, fungi, mosses, poison berries and good berries, weeds, plants to keep colds away [medicinal plants], animals, native animals, native birds, birds, humans, insects; forest ecosystem, nature and the world/nature/life

Criterion 2: Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems

Grasses for animals, fresh air, forest ecosystem, O2, food, nature

Criterion 3: Maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality

The trees help us survive, trees with fresh air, clean environment, nature

Criterion 4: Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources

Dirt and soil so trees can grow, clean water, fresh drinkable water, water, rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, waterfalls, rain

Criterion 5: Maintenance of forest contribution to global carbon cycles

Carbon dioxide, nature and the world, O2

Criterion 6: Maintenance and enhancement of long-term multiple socio-economic benefits to meet the needs of societies

Plants to keep colds away [medicinal plants], fresh air—we like the smell, trees supply our everyday needs (wood, houses, furniture), recreation—full range of activities presented, we like all the activities there are to do, a public place for recreational activity, walking tracks and huts, people can visit, hunting, it is ours, it is the Hunua, fun, beauty, peacefulness and quiet, peaceful scenery, serenity, spiritual enlightenment, scent of the forest, fresh air, freedom

Criterion 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework for forest conservation and sustainable management

Forests are protected, overseas income, roads so everyone can get to the forest, tracks help us not get lost, signs to tell you where to go, shooting pests, people plants trees, people take care of the bush, people get rid of pests, people cut down trees, humans, environmentalists, rubbish bins, logging, good income, creates employment