European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) and Forest Certification Piotr Borkowski Executive Director

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1 European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) and Forest Certification Piotr Borkowski Executive Director Presentation at Forest Certification in the State Forests (SF) current situation meeting on 20 April 2017 in Nagórzyce, Poland

2 Forests in the EU» EU currently consists of 159 mill. of forests/ 180 mill with OWL» 40,3% of EU forests is publicly owned (mainly state and communal)» Public ownership dominates in most of the Eastern and South-Eastern Member States» Average size of public forest holding - more than 1000 ha (considerable differences among MS) based on data for 24 EU Member States» Round wood production in EU forests 435 mill. m3 (2013)» 20% of round wood produced was fuel wood

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4 State Forest Organisations» Total land area managed ~49,6 mill. ha (~30% of EU forests)» Total forest area managed ~42,4 mill. ha (including French overseas departments)» Protected and protective forests ~14,4 mill. ha, incl. 8 mill. ha of N2K» Annual increment ~200 mill. M3» Annual harvest ~120 mill. M3» Number of employees ~

5 EUSTAFOR at glance FINLAND» Established in years in Brussels IRELAND UNITED KINDOM FRANCE BELGIUM NORWAY GERMANY ITALY SWEDEN CZECH REPUBLIC AUSTRIA SLOVENIA CROATIA POLAND SLOVAKIA HUNGARY BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA ESTONIA LITHUANIA LATVIA ROMANIA» Non-profit international association based on Belgian law» 33 Members from 22 countries (2017)» organizations of various institutional and legal form BULGARIA» Membership open to all European countries

6 Certification in SFMO» Certified area - 44,9 mill. ha (mind double certification)» 23,9 mill. ha PEFC» 20,6 mill. ha FSC» 0,4 mill. ha other

7 Certification in SFMO (2) PEFC: OBf, LCR, RMK, Metsahallitus, ONF, FBW, BaySF, LFB, LMV, NSL, SAh, ThF, Sax, Coiltte, LVM, Statskog, LP, LSK, FC Eng, FC Sctl. FSC: HS, FC Eng, FC Sctl, Sveaskog, SiDG, LSK, Romsilva, LP, Statskog, LT, LVM, Coiltte, HU, LMV, LFB, FBW, RMK, HS. Other: Coiltte (ISO)

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12 EU context Ecolabels The EU Ecolabel was launched in 1992 by the European Commission in light of developing a Europe-wide voluntary environmental labelling scheme that consumers could trust ( products and services comprised by licenses): wooden floor coverings wooden furniture converted paper products copying and graphic paper Newsprint, printed & tissue paper EU Timber Regulation Certification is one of several means of proof of the legality of timber introduced by the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) RED recast (80) it is appropriate to strengthen the role of voluntary international and national certification schemes for verification of compliance with the sustainability criteria in a harmonised manner (82) Voluntary schemes play an increasingly important role in providing evidence of compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria

13 So far actions 1 st Experience sharing workshop (23/9/2014, Brussels) EUSTAFOR should form a group of people to monitor the changes in forest certification standards and to facilitate the elaboration of consolidated views and opinions to further use them in any public consultations or bilateral contacts with representatives of certification bodies 2 nd Workshop: Forest Certification as an optional tool for proving SFM (11/11/2015, Prague) Due to the requests of wood-processing industries, it is recommended for responsible forest owners to consider maintaining the current certification schemes or to implement at least one More info:

14 New EUSTAFOR Strategy Climate change policy post-2020, including LULUCF 2. Energy Union (renewables) 3. Bio- and circular economy 4. Rural development, economic performance and competition 5. EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 & Natura Ecosystem services

15 Vision and Mission EUSTAFOR - Strong Voice for Sustainability and Use of Forest Resources: SFMO contribute with valuable, professional and experience-based knowledge shares the pan-european definition and principles of SFM and guiding principles of the EU Forest Strategy a common platform for its members to share experiences and to learn from each other promotes active use of renewable raw materials and related ecosystem services for the bio-based economy

16 Next steps Cooperation and experience sharing among EUSTAFOR members Cooperation with major certification schemes? FSC proposal to setup a co-operation platform Co-operation with PEFC in various projects, e.g. Forest City Project in Brussels

17 Thank you

18 European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) contact information