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MAKING

CERTIFICATION
SMART PEFC/01-00-01

PEFC Forest Certification Week


Helsinki F i n l a n d 1 3 -17 N o ve m b e r 2 0 17

PEFC Week 2017


Newsletter
Welcome to PEFC Week!
It is my pleasure to present you with the PEFC Week newsletter.
I hope that this gives you a glimpse of some of the key highlights
and achievements of PEFC and our members over the last year.

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

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Making
Certification Smart About PEFC
PEFC, the Programme for the Endorsement
ofForest Certification, is the worlds leading
During this years PEFC Forest Certification forest certification system. We were founded by
Week we will have the chance to explore the small- and family forest owners to demonstrate
theme: making certification smart. Innovation and excellence insustainable forest management.
technology is all around us, but how often do we
By working throughout the entire forest
stop and consider how we could better use it
supply chain we promote good practice in the
to support forest certification? Our Stakeholder
forest and ensure that timber and non-timber
Dialogue will do exactly that. Bringing together the
forest products are produced with respect
PEFC family, partners and technology providers, we
for the highest ecological, social and ethical
will have the perfect opportunity to see, discuss and
standards. Thanks to the PEFC label, customers
learn how technology can help us overcome barriers
and consumers are able to identify products
and reach new horizons.
from sustainably managed forests and make
Bring your big ideas and complex challenges apositive choice by choosing them.
and lets work together to re-imagine how forest
As an umbrella organization, PEFC endorses
certification might re-equip for the next decade.
national forest certification systems developed
through multi-stakeholder processes and
tailored to local priorities andconditions.

PEFC Forest Certification Week 2017 1


Thanks to PEFC
Germanys Forest
of Wishes campaign,
people from around

Making Certification Smart:


the country could share
their personal wishes for the
forests of the future. Action artist Gijs van Bon then
brought the most popular wishes to life! Drawn in

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.

A first for PEFC in Africa,


PAFC Gabon Week
took place in September,
funded by IDH. Auditors
PAFC-Congo became the PEFC national
received training, preparing
member for theRepublic of Congo.
for the first sustainable
forest management audits in With its careful balance of the
NEW Africa with one already carried out by the environmental, social and economic
members end of September. Several forest operators benefits forests provide to the local
in2017 also attended a two-day information session: forest owners and communities aswell as
some plan to have their own operations audited society at large, we are convinced that PEFC
by the end of the year, while others came out certification is the right choice for our country.
witha new perspective on certification. BriceSverin Pongui, Chairman, PAFCCongo

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Strolling through the PEFC-certified Hungary achieved PEFC As part of Helsinki Design Week, PEFC Finland
forests of Stenico, northern Italy, this endorsement of its national teamed up with architect and environmental artist
summer, you would have come across forest certification system. Marco Casagrande to showcase the future of
some fantastic works of art. Part It has been more than 15 living. In Helsinki city centre, PEFC Wood Works
of the annual BoscoArteStenico, years since the first initiative x Tikku constructed a micro-size apartment
supported by PEFC Italy, artists let to introduce PEFC forest house on one parking slot in just one night.
their imagination run wild, creating certification inHungary. Even better, all the wood used in the
sculptures and installations from Wearethrilled to have achieved installation came from sustainably
material found in this long-awaited endorsement. managed, PEFC-certified, forests!
the wood or The latest process was funded The Council for
out of linden and closely supported by the Sustainable Forest
tree trunks. PEFC Collaboration Fund, Management and
which was vital to facilitate the Certification inBulgaria
cooperation of stakeholders. became the PEFC national
EndreSchiberna, member for Bulgaria.
Hungarian Forest
The benefit of PEFC is
Certification Non-profit Ltd.
that we are responsible
for the development of
our own national forest
certification system. This
means we can ensure
that our specific needs
are taken into account,
which is particularly
important for our many
small- and family-forest
owners. AntonyStefanov,
the Council forSustainable
Forest Management and
Certification in Bulgaria

Korea Forest Certification


Council (KFCC), one of
our newest members, will
be visible throughout next
years Olympic Winter
Games in PyeongChang,
Republic of Korea, with
theKFCC label on many
ofthe printed materials.

Double A, a major pulp


andpaper producer in
Thailand, became a
PEFC International
Stakeholder member.
In PEFC, Double A has found the
right organization through which
we can promote our trees outside
forests based agroforestry, as well
as be part of a global system where
constant knowledge can be gained
through appropriate networking
anddeliberation. Thirawit Leetavorn,
Senior Executive Vice President,
DoubleA
South African Forestry
Assurance Scheme became
the PEFC national member
forSouthAfrica. The Indonesian Forestry
The complexity and cost of Certification Cooperation
the certification options that (IFCC) pioneered
currently exist prevents many sustainable community NewZealands
smaller operations from achieving forest management first forest
certification. There is an urgent in Indonesia with the owners achieved
need to develop a standard that development of certification PEFC certification.
is more relevant to our plantation requirements adapted Over 400,000 hectares
forestry, particularly for smaller specifically for community forests. of forest about 20% of
scale operations. This is where The new requirements, developed with the support New Zealands plantation
PEFC comes in. CraigNorris, Forest of the PEFC Collaboration Fund, have been forest estate are now
Technology Manager, NCTForestry submitted to PEFC forendorsement. PEFCcertified!

PEFC Forest Certification Week 2017 3


Collaboration, inspiration
andtransparency: revising
ourinternational standards
The development of international standards is at the centre of what
we do. These standards form the basis for nearly all of our activities,
from endorsing national systems to providing certification solutions.
Every one of our standards goes through a detailed and rigorous
development process and is revised on a regular basis. In each
case, the development and revision process isconsensus-driven,
open and transparent, and involves all the relevant stakeholders.

Why are we revising our standards?


Time does not stand still. Best practices and experiences evolve, scientific
and technological knowledge advances, and societys expectations change.
We need to ensure that our standards keep up with this changing world.
Thisis why we review and revise our standards every fiveyears.

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.

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Getinvolved!
Public consultations for many of
our new and revised standards will
be underway within the next few months.
Weneed your input! This is your
chance to make comments
and give direct feedback, Upcoming
no matter where in consultations:
the world you live.
Every comment Group Forest Management
made will be Certification planned for
considered. December2017
Procedures for Forest Management
Certification planned for December 2017
Chain of Custody of Forest Based Products
planned for March/April 2018
Sustainable Forest Management
plannedforMarch/April 2018
For more information, head to:
treee.es/standardsrevision2017

ISO High Level


Structure for
Chain of Custody management system
of Forest Based standards
Endorsement of National PEFC Logo Usage Products (ST2002) An important change to
Systems (GD1007) Rules (ST2001) With nearly 20,000 PEFC the Sustainable Forest
The endorsement procedures Getting the PEFC label Chain of Custody certified Management and Group
have been aligned with the on certified products while companies worldwide, this Forest Management
national cycle of five-year enhancing the protection of standard has a tremendous Certification standards
periodic reviews. Rather than an the PEFC trademark is the impact. There are several will be the adoption of the
endorsement expiring after five rationale for many of the improvements for multi- ISO High Level Structure
years, national systems must changes to this standard. The site organizations, such as for management system
achieve milestones in order to PEFC Label Generator, which reducing internal auditing standards. This expresses our
retain their endorsement. The makes it straightforward to efforts where possible and decision to better benefitfrom
first milestone is the timely start create print-ready versions increased flexibility through well-established management
of the periodic review at the of the PEFC label, is set to moving credits across sites. systems for sustainable forest
latest five years after national become mandatory, minimizing The percentage-based management certification.
approval of the standard. In terms the potential for the incorrect method will also be simplified. On the ground, this will mean
of assessment, there will be usage of our label. The Improvements will be made forest owners and group
specific processes for revised standard will also need a to the Due Diligence System managers can take full
and reaffirmed systems, with the name change, as it will apply (DDS) by strengthening the advantage of the benefits of
assessment of revised systems to the PEFC initials as well risk assessment indicators existing or to be established
focusing on changes, making it as the PEFC logo, helping and by broadening the management systems.
shorter and lowering costs. To to prevent the misuse of our scope of the controversial
encourage more stakeholders initials by certified entities. sourcesdefinition.
to provide feedback during the We have also kept retailers in
international public consultation, mind, developing procedures
we will organize a webinar to to make it easier for them
introduce the system and highlight to use the PEFC label on
the main aspects (and introduced certifiedproducts. Note: The majority of these standards are still in the revision
changes for revised systems). process, so it is possible that not all the changes mentioned
here will be in the finalized documents.

PEFC Forest Certification Week 2017 5


Pushing boundaries:
projects and partnerships
PEFC uses projects to support the growth of forest certification
around the world. Through designing and supporting projects and
partnerships adapted to local conditions, we have enabled stakeholders to
develop national forest certification systems, increased the area of sustainably
managed forests, grown market demand for responsibly produced products and
improved access to forest certification for forest owners, from the large to the small.
Projects also provide the opportunity for PEFC, our members and our partners to innovate.
Through trying new approaches, pushing boundaries into new places andbuilding creative
solutions, we learn. Here are a few of our project highlights.

Exploring the potential of forests in fashion


The world of sustainable forestry never stands still, and we are always looking to involve new sectors and
enable the certification of new products. In recent years, we have turned our attention to fashion.
Forests provide materials and fibres for many of the Our Collaboration Fund supported PEFC Italy as
common consumer products we use today: high they teamed up with the Institute for Italian Design
heels and handbags made from cork, wooden frames to bring the sustainable ethos of PEFC into the
for eyeglasses, and rayon and viscose items in our fashion world. PEFC Italy worked with teachers and
wardrobes. However, we need to ensure that the fashion students to create a collection of clothes and
forest based materials used to make our clothes accessories made entirely from wood and wood-based
originate from sustainably managed forests, and products, incorporating the use of production scrap and
furthermore, that they are made in a sustainable and practices that support the use of eco-materials.
ethical manner.
Through this collaboration, PEFC Italy and the Institute
In 2014, we were part of the UNECE/FAO Forestry for Italian Design promoted the clothing range,
and Timber Section Forest 4 Fashion event in culminating with a public fashion show in Perugia.
Geneva. Together with PEFC members and the Beautiful and innovative clothes and accessories, all
UNECE, we continue this work, bringing the trend to made out of materials from PEFC-certified forests, were
a wider audience, while ensuring that forest-based showcased in front of a packed out audience. The final
materials originate from sustainably managed forests. goal of this project is to place the PEFC label on the
clothes, creating the very first PEFC fashion brand!

PEFC and remote sensing


Remote sensing is an increasingly important tool within the forestry sector.
With high quality satellite imagery now freely available, land managers
and forest certification systems need to explore how tobestuse this
uptodate spatial information.
But how many of the criteria and remote sensing. Importantly, these
indicators for sustainable forest four are the most complicated for
management can be evaluated using reliable verification in the field, with
remote sensing? Answering this their evaluation usually based on sampling.
question was the focus of a project However, using remote sensing, auditors could evaluate
by Forgis Oy, supported by the PEFC the entire certified area something that would be
Collaboration Fund. prohibitively expensive to do through field audits. In
addition, it saves considerable time during the audit
An expert analysis of the forest management
process, increases the transparency of certification and
requirements of the Finnish Certification System found
ensures the tracking of all the most-sensitive forest
four (17%) of the criteria could be evaluated using
managementoperations.

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This analysis was only possible thanks to the We will be exploring this
development of an online platform that interprets innovation and many
satellite imagery and monitors forest change. others during the 2017
Overtime, the platform could support stakeholders PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue,
to analyze the change in forest management with the aim of increasing the
within Finland. In the long term, opportunities exist use of innovative approaches
to roll out the use of this platform or others, in within certificationprocesses.
additionalcountries.

Innovative, exciting and pioneering: the 2017 PEFC CollaborationFund


A growing urban population means our forests can seem very far away. However, the link between
forests and cities has never been more important. The relationship between the two is at the heart
ofseveral of this years winning Collaboration Fund projects.

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.

Charcoal is a major fuel In India, we are assisting our national member,


source in Cambodian the Network for Certification and Conservation
homes. As more of Forests (NCCF), to raise the profile of forest
people move to the certification and develop the market for certified
cities, consumption will products. This will help to ensure demand for certified
rise. Weare therefore forest products once the first forest owners achieve
assisting GERES PEFC certification.
(Group for the Environment,
Renewable Energy and Solidarity) as they develop Encouraging cooperation is a core aim of the
a traceability system to ensure that sustainably Collaboration Fund. Led by PEFC Denmark, we are
produced charcoal makes it onto the urbanmarket. supporting our PEFC members in the Nordic and Baltic
region as they seek to increase the effectiveness of
Globalization and the lure of cities continue to their joint operations. From coordinated marketing
draw young people away from rural areas, leaving activities to building capacity, this project will help to
forest communities without their next generation increase the reach of PEFC certification in thisregion.
of forest workers. We are supporting an exciting
project by the International Forestry Resources
and Institutions (IFRI), embedded
at the University of Michigan,
todevelop new approaches to Partnerwithus!
engage youth inforestry.
Do you have an idea for a new
approach or solution that could
support the growth of sustainable forest
management and its certification?
This is the origin of many
PEFC projects start the
conversation with us and
lets see how we can Contact us at
collaborate around it! development@pefc.org

PEFC Forest Certification Week 2017 7


Forests are complex
habitats and that is why
I like them; the fact that
every time you walk
through one, everything
is a little different and
there is always something
newtodiscover.

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

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Without forests, The forest is where I go to relax.
our Mother Earth could not exist. Just walking through them always
Not even people could exist. makes me feelbetter.
Fabio Becorpi Ale Krivec

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

The Joy of Living Water Bombing Autumn in the Forest! (Marco


the Natures Breath (PaoloSalvadori) (SaptoNugroho) Bertolini)
Maria Pia, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy Suligi Hill Forest, Riau, Sumatra, Beigua Geopark, Liguria, Italy
psalvadori@live.com Indonesia shunka84@yahoo.it
www.paolosalvadori.com www.shunkanature.it

Panorama Tangled Trunks (Anuradha Marwah) Sunrise in Summer (RobertSommer)


(pelaKurnik) Dhikala, Corbett National Park, Glaskogen Nature Reserve, Sweden
Tolsti vrh, Slovenia Uttarakhand,India robert@sommerblende.de
anu_marwah@hotmail.com www.sommerblende.de
www.anumarwah8.wixsite.com/anumarwah

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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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