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SFI Forest Management Certification

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

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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

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11 Sustainable Forestry

22 Forest Productivity and Health

33 Protection of Water Resources

44 Protection of Biological Diversity

55 Aesthetics and Recreation

66 Protection of Special Sites

77 Responsible Fiber Sourcing Practices (North America)

88Avoidance of Controversial Sources, including Illegal Logging (Offshore)

99 Legal Compliance

1010 Research

1111 Training and Education

1212 Public Involvement

1313 Transparency

1414 Continual Improvement

The core principles are further refined by 20 objectives, including

The SFI Standard

− Land management objectives for forest lands owned or managed by program participants (Objectives 1-7)

− Certified sourcing objectiveso within United States and Canada (Objectives 8-10)o 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)

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Forest Management ObjectivesSFI Standard Land Management Objectives 1-7

Forest Management PlanningForest Management Planning11

Forest ProductivityForest Productivity22

Protection & Maintenance of Water ResourcesProtection & Maintenance of Water Resources33

Conservation of Biological Diversity including Forests with Exceptional Conservation ValueConservation of Biological Diversity including Forests with Exceptional Conservation Value44

Management of Visual Quality & Recreational BenefitsManagement of Visual Quality & Recreational Benefits55

Protection of Special SitesProtection of Special Sites66

Efficient Use of Forest ResourcesEfficient Use of Forest Resources77

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What is Certified Sourcing?

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• 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

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North American Reality

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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

Certified Sourcing in North America

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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 ProfessionalsEncouraging landowners to use qualified resource professionals (Objective 9)

Best Management Practices Promoting and monitoring use of best management practices (Objective 10)

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:

o workers’ health and safetyo fair labor practiceso indigenous peoples’ rightso antidiscrimination and anti-harassment measureso prevailing wageso workers’ right to organize

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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)

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• 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)

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SFI Forest Management Certification