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Promoting Sustainable Forest Management Seminar

Learn about PEFC's strategies for sound wood use and forest management. Explore opportunities for market, society, and industry in certified forests. Discover PEFC's Chain of Custody certification standards. Find out about PEFC's development and success in forest certification worldwide.

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Promoting Sustainable Forest Management Seminar

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  1. PEFC Council, asbl. PEFC Council International Perspectives Presentation by: Mr Jaroslav Tymrak PEFC Council Technical Expert Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  2. PEFC Council, asbl. Background Certified forests in the world by scheme(Source: PEFC, FSC, SFI, ATFS, CSA as at February 2003) Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  3. PEFC Council, asbl. Background Changes in Forest Cover per year (Annual reduction 9.10 Million hectares: 1990-2000 ) Source: FAO June 2001 Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  4. PEFC Council, asbl. Background Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  5. PEFC Council, asbl. Expectation from the Market Consumers:Opportunity to support SFM through purchase of labelled products from certified forests • Forest owners and industry: • Recognition of environmental acceptability of their forest management and products • Improving environmental image of the company • Improving environmental image of the whole sector Society:Opportunity to find solutions to societal problems Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  6. PEFC Council Technical Document & Annexes (www.pefc.org) PEFC Council, asbl. PEFC – Framework for Development and Mutual Recognition of National Forest certification Schemes including Chain of Custody Defines requirements for development of national forest certification schemes Provides assessment and mutual recognition of independent national forest certification schemes Provides common PEFC Logo for labelling of products originating from certified forest mutually recognised by the PEFC Council Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  7. PEFC Council, asbl. PEFC Council members Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  8. PEFC Council, asbl. PEFC Basic Principles PEFC Council Regional Political Processes for SFM Subsidiarity and Independence of National Schemes Normal certification and accreditation procedures Multi-stakeholder process Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  9. PEFC Council, asbl. Chain of Custody certification (C-o-C):applies to all the changes in the custodianship of forest products from forest to end use. C-o-C certification verifies content of wood from certified forests used in the product production. C-o-C certification cannot be implemented for the whole chain but is applied separately in each single company (“link of the chain”) Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  10. PEFC Council, asbl. • PEFC basic approaches for C-o-C certification • Physical separation • Inventory Control and Accounting of Wood Flow (percentage methods – INPUT/OUPUT, Minimum Average Percentage method) Physical separation Percentage methods Certified forests Other forests Certified forests Other forests % Company Company % Products from certified forest Other products Batch of products including x % wood from certified forests Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

  11. PEFC development in 1999 - 2002 PEFC has become the world’s largest umbrella for forest certification PEFC Council members represents schemes from 25 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Norvay, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA,UK) And increasing number of countries are interested in the PEFC Council membership 13 national forest certification schemes mutually recognised Over 46,6 million hectares of certified forests, over 500 chain of custody certificates and more than 6000 PEFC Logo users Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org FLEGT/Illegal logging Meeting 13 December 2002, Brussels

  12. PEFC Council, asbl. Conclusion Forest certification is today’s reality. It brings SFM improvement and benefits to market players PEFC respects and adheres to the regional political processes on SFM PEFC operates a a bottom up process respecting principles of subsidiarity and independency PEFC uses normal certification and accreditation procedures PEFC is the largest forest certification umbrella Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: www.pefc.org Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood 24-27 March 2003, Romania

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