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It has been fantastic to see the breadth of Through our project work and partnerships
innovative activities undertaken by our members. around the world, we are pushing the boundaries
Whether is it reaching out to the public with of sustainable forest management. From
exciting and interactive installations, or branching advancing forest certification to supporting
out into new areas of certification, I am truly the development of new technologies with our
impressed. Sustainable community forest members and partners, we continue to learn
management is being pioneered in Indonesia and evolve. In particular, I am excited to see
and there has been a big step towards PEFC- how the six projects supported by the 2017
certified forest area in Africa. If you visited PEFC Collaboration Fund will progress over the
a European forest this summer, you might next few years. Our project work has increased
have seen stunning sculptures made of forest significantly in recent years, far more than can
material, or even wishes written in sand winding be fitted into this short newsletter. If you want to
along a path. Turn the page to get a taste of discover more, then please head to our website,
what the PEFC alliance has been up to in 2017. and if you want to get involved, then let us know!
At our PEFC International office in Geneva Finally, I am delighted to share with you the
we continued to work tirelessly on the revision 12 winning photographs from our Experience
of our international standards. We review and Forests, Experience PEFC photo contest. These
revise our standards every five years to ensure amazing images were selected from the more
they continue to meet expectations, best than 11,000 photos entered into our global
practices and scientific advances. Of course, contest I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
we do not do this work alone. All standards
I invite you to turn the page and explore
are developed by multi-stakeholder working
theworldof PEFC!
groups, with all decisions made by consensus.
From strengthening social requirements in the
sustainable forest management standard to
updating our endorsement procedures, a lot is
set to change. Read on to see the main changes
expected and how you can get involved.
Ben Gunneberg
the PEFC alliance sand, hundreds of wishes wound their way through
the forest. At the end, a tree was planted for every
wish in Brilon, the German PEFC Forest Capital
2017. The campaign was supported by five partners:
Bauhaus, toom, WestRock, Ostheimer and Decker.
PEFC is a global organization with local reach. With their innovative WoodKit, PEFCBelgium
We are a worldwide alliance that strives, are using activities to encourage children from
through the commitment of national across the country to get out into their local
forests and streams. Fun and educational, the
forest certification systems, NGOs, WoodKit is helping to bring youngsters and
associations, companies and forest managers closertogether.
individuals, for a world in which
people manage forests sustainably.
At the heart of our work is the
endorsement of national forest
certification systems.
Ournational members are
responsible for developing The Sustainable Forestry
and running these systems in Initiative (SFI) became the new
home of Project Learning Tree,
their country. We work this way an award-winning environmental
because we believe that while education programme that uses
the concept of sustainable trees and forests to increase
forest management is global youth understanding of the PEFC-certified Iberian
environment and actions they can ham was on the menu as
innature, its implementation take to conserve it. Since 1976, PEFCSpain invited bloggers
must be local. Project Learning Tree has trained and media from the world
700,000 educators to help students of food to a certified estate
Through the national systems, learn how to think, not what to think, to discover the link between
wecan ensure that the aboutcomplex environmental issues. gastronomy, sustainable
sustainable forest management forest management
Work continued on the South American Promotions andPEFC.
requirements of each country Initiative as our members established a
are tailored to the specific framework to strengthen certification in the
forest ecosystem, the legal region, enhanced their technical skills and
and administrative framework, planned marketing and communication
activities. Chile, Argentina and Uruguay
the social-cultural context and held their third regional meeting and there
other relevantlocal factors. was a Chain of Custody training course in
Argentina with local certification bodies.
However, our members do
much more than just run Beekeepers in Uruguay may soon be producing PEFC-
their national system: from certified honey! PEFC Uruguay signed an agreement with
developing innovative ways for the Administrative Regulatory Commission (CAR) to carry
out a pilot plan to implement PEFC Chain of Custody for
engaging the public, young and
beekeeping production in PEFC-certified forest areas.
old, to venturing into new areas
of certification.
Progress so far
Sustainable
Forest Management Group Forest
(ST1003) Management Procedures
This standard is the basis Certification (ST1002) for Forest Management
for the requirements that Balancing the need for Certification Standard
forest owners must meet robust implementation of (ST1004,new) Setting (ST1001)
to achieve PEFC forest our requirements with the Independent certification This standard outlines the
certification at local level, need to be as resource bodies are responsible processes and steps that must
making it one of our most efficient as possible, is key to for checking whether a take place during the national
important standards. successful group certification. forest owner fulfils PEFC standard setting process.
Asignificant change is Group certification enables requirements before awarding One of the areas identified
the preparation for the smallholders to pool resources them with PEFC certification. for further improvement was
inclusion of certification and work together to achieve This new standard, which periodic reviews. Periodic
for Trees outside Forests certification. This means expands the scope of the reviews aim at ensuring
(ToF). This will make PEFC that not all forest owners previous PEFC document that national systems are
certification accessible to are audited, making internal Annex 6, will significantly consistently updated to meet
the millions of farmers and sampling an extremely strengthen this process. national and international
smallholders that do not important process and Competencies of auditors, expectations. A periodic review
own or manage forests, therefore the focus of the such as a requirement for includes a gap analysis, public
but trees on agricultural changes to this standard. The regular training, will be further consultation and consideration
or settlement land that revised standard will provide specified. There will also of feedback received while the
are currently outside the an innovative framework be requirements on audit standard is in force. Based on
scope of certification. for internal monitoring time and scope. This new such periodic reviews, national
Social requirements will and auditing in certified standard is based on ISO standards can be revised or
also be strengthened, with groups. This will include 17021, the accreditation reaffirmed, the latter meaning
greater inclusion of human minimum requirements norms for certification bodies that they can remain valid for
rights, the living wage and for internal auditing as operating management another five-year period.
genderequality. well as strengthening the systemcertification.
processitself.
We are supporting Pilot Projects Design Our Collaboration Fund has a long history of supporting
Collective as they link the largest and most the development of national forest certification
influential cities with socially and ecologically systems. This year we are helping the Croatian Forest
important forests. Partners will harness urban Research Institute (CFRI) develop their national
resources and consumer power to support system, with particular focus on ensuring forest
community and family-based sustainable certification is accessible to the countrys growing
forestmanagement. number of private forest owners.
Gareth
Goldthorpe
2017 PEFC
Photographer
ofthe Year
EXPERIENCE FORESTS,
Hard work in the forest
EXPERIENCEPEFC is often the only way
of making a livelihood
inrural areas.
For the first time ever, in 2017 our PEFC
Tony Pota
national members came together to run a
global photo contest. These contests received
more than 11,000 photographs, leaving our
members with the tricky task of choosing Forests arenatural
theirnational winners.
heritages that we
As well as winning a fantastic national mustprotect.
prize (like a weekend for two in a certified
forest!), the best photos from all the national Anuradha Marwah
contests entered the international contest, to
compete for the 2017 PEFC Photographer
oftheYearAward.
Morning Star (GarethGoldthorpe)
From the more than 80 photographs received
Bellecombe forest, near Yssingeaux,
from the national contests, we managed to Haute-Loire, France
choose our favourite 12: all of which you can
ggoldthorpe@gmail.com
seeon thisdouble-page spread. www.garethgoldthorpe.com
With his stunning photo Morning Star taken Hard Work (Tony Pota)
in Bellecombe forest in France, we chose Tatransk Kotlina, Slovakia
Gareth Goldthorpe as our 2017 PEFC
Photographer oftheYear! Woodsy Fancy
(MukhopadhyaySomenath)
Birbhum, West Bengal, India
sanam_mukho@yahoo.co.in
www.flickr.com/photos/24874715@N03
Wondering Babies of Boreal Owls Light in the Forest (FabioBecorpi) In the Fog (Ale Krivec)
(MiroslavSaniga) Montefoscoli, Pisa, Italy Under Krvavka peak, Karawanks mountain
Velk Fatra National Park, Slovakia www.fabiobecorpi.com range, Slovenia
www.saniga.sk www.dreamypixel.com
Photos: front cover (main & back cover) PEFC Germany, IFCC,
GarethGoldthorpe, PEFCInternational, PEFC Uruguay,
PEFCInternational, Dmitriy Razinkov, JelenaSafronova, Umberto
Shtanzman/NASA/3x Shutterstock (alsop.1, 7 & back cover),
ESA/ATG medialab (Sentinel 1 satellite, also p. 6). 1:Khalangot
SergeyL (main)/Shutterstock. 2: PEFCGermany, PEFC Belgium, SFI, PEFC
Spain, PEFC Uruguay, PEFC International, Maxim Apryatin/Shutterstock.
3:PEFC Italy, PEFC Finland, IFCC, GlenMackie. 4-5: PEFC International
(both photos). 6: PEFC Italy, Voran/NASA/Shutterstock (also p. 7).
7:kksteven, Cambodia/Shutterstock, Budimir Jevtic /Shutterstock.
8-9: see twelve photographers listed. Backcover: Paolo Salvadori,
Kostenko Maxim & Nazmanm/Shutterstock, PEFC Germany.
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