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SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY.

SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY. SFI Forest Management Certification. The SFI Standard. The SFI 2010-2014 Standard is a comprehensive system of values, objectives and performance measures

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SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY.

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  1. SUPPORTRESPONSIBLEFORESTRY. SFI Forest Management Certification

  2. The SFI Standard • The SFI 2010-2014 Standard is a comprehensive system of values, objectives and performance measures • It was developed by professional foresters, conservationists and scientists, and informed by a wide range of public and stakeholder views • Updated every 5 years through a public review process

  3. Principles for Sustainable Forestry The SFI 2010-2014 Standard promotes sustainable forest management in North America through 14 core principles that promote sustainable forest management Sustainable Forestry Avoidance of Controversial Sources, including Illegal Logging (Offshore) 1 8 Forest Productivity and Health Legal Compliance 2 9 Protection of Water Resources Research 3 10 4 11 Protection of Biological Diversity Training and Education 5 12 Aesthetics and Recreation Public Involvement Protection of Special Sites Transparency 6 13 Responsible Fiber Sourcing Practices (North America) Continual Improvement 7 14

  4. The SFI Standard The core principles are further refined by 20 objectives, including • Land management objectives for forest lands owned or managed by program participants (Objectives 1-7) • Certified sourcing objectives • within United States and Canada (Objectives 8-10) • outside United States and Canada (Objectives 11-13) • Land management and certified sourcing objectives related to research, training, legal compliance, public/landowner involvement, management review, continual improvement (Objectives 14-20)

  5. Forest Management ObjectivesSFI Standard Land Management Objectives 1-7 1 Forest Management Planning 2 Forest Productivity 3 Protection & Maintenance of Water Resources 4 Conservation of Biological Diversity including Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value 5 Management of Visual Quality & Recreational Benefits 6 Protection of Special Sites 7 Efficient Use of Forest Resources

  6. What is Certified Sourcing? • SFI program addresses the fact that 90% of world’s forests not certified through the unique Certified Sourcing requirements • Objectives associated with un-certified fiber from • North America • Off-shore • The associated on-product labels do not make claims about certified forest content • Shows raw materials from legal and responsible sources, whether forests are certified or not 10%

  7. North American Reality The certified sourcing label is valuable in the North American market because of the reality of ownership and supply In the USA, 10 million family forest owners account for 60% of the private forest land In Eastern Canada, 30% of fiber supply comes from small family forest owners For a variety of practical reasons, less than 10% of those are certified

  8. Certified Sourcing in North America When sourcing fiber within the United States and Canada, program participants must broaden the practice of sustainable forestry by: Landowner Outreach Providing landowners with information on reforestation, use of best management practices, protection of wildlife habitat and biodiversity (Objective 8) Qualified Resource and Logging Professionals Encouraging landowners to use qualified resource professionals (Objective 9) Best Management Practices Promoting and monitoring use of best management practices (Objective 10)

  9. Certified Sourcing Off-Shore Requirements • When sourcing from outside North America, program participants must conduct risk assessments to avoid fiber from: • Biodiversity hotspots and high-biodiversity wilderness area (Objective 11) • Controversial sources including illegal logging (Objective 12) • Areas without effective social laws (Objective 13) addressing: • workers’ health and safety • fair labor practices • indigenous peoples’ rights • antidiscrimination and anti-harassment measures • prevailing wages • workers’ right to organize

  10. A North American StandardObjectives 14-20 • All Program participants must comply with applicable federal, provincial, state and local laws in United States and Canada (Objective 14) • Support forest research, science and technology (Objective 15) • Improve practice of sustainable forestry through training and education (Objective 16) • Includes support for community-based SFI Implementation Committees • Encourage public and community involvement in sustainable forestry (Objective 17) • Promote and implement sustainable forest management on public lands (Objective 18) • Document progress and report publicly (Objective 19) • Continually improve practice of sustainable forest management (Objective 20)

  11. SUPPORTRESPONSIBLEFORESTRY. SFI Forest Management Certification

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