Plantations in the FSC System

Transcription

1 Plantations in the FSC System Andre Giacini de Freitas Director General FSC, A.C. All rights reserved September 2009

2 FSC an independent, non-governmental not for profit multi-stakeholder organization FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, 2009 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 2

3 FSC was established to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, 2009 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 3

4 It does this through Setting standards that reflect agreed principles for responsible forest management An accreditation/certification system that monitors adherence to FSC standards A product labelling system that rewards responsible forest managers. FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 4

5 FSC certification Forest management S/Env/Ec certification Chain of Custody (CoC) traceability FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, 2009 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 5

6 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 6

7 Growth of Forest Area (ha) 125,000, ,000,000 82,237,218 82,606,784 84,899,710 86,120,647 88,093,930 88,776,490 88,967,706 92,695,839 93,559,137 92,442,689 97,207,132 96,729,654 95,919,886 96,675,950 98,101, ,476, ,722, ,279,812 98,519,146 99,622, ,039, ,730, ,969, ,247, ,833, ,809, ,050, ,500, ,374, ,199, ,171, ,376, ,006, ,349, ,000, ,000, ,000, ,000,000 Hectares 95,000,000 90,000,000 85,000,000 80,000,000 Jan-07 Mar-07 May-07 Jul-07 Sep-07 Nov-07 Jan-08 Mar-08 May-08 Jul-08 Sep-08 Nov-08 Jan-09 Mar-09 May-09 Jul-09 Sep-09 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 7

8 Certification by forest type FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 8

9 Top Countries FSC forests (ha) Canada 28,580,712 Russia 22,269,162 United States 11,620,452 Sweden 9,738,878 Poland 6,995,720 Brazil 5,475,406 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 9

10 Growth of CoC Certificates Jan-07 Mar-07 May-07 Jul-07 Sep-07 Nov-07 Jan-08 Mar-08 May-08 Jul-08 Sep-08 Nov-08 Jan-09 Mar-09 May-09 Jul-09 Sep-09 No. CoC certificates FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 10

11 Top Countries - CoC certificates United States 3,443 United Kingdom 1,863 Germany 1,046 Japan 951 Canada 866 China 843 The Netherlands 775 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 11

12 Drivers Private procurement policies Retailers, publishers, banks Corporate image Stakeholder pressure Growing consumer awareness Public procurement FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 12

13 Trends Tissue + Packaging Green building solid wood + panels Continuation of strong growth private procurement Legislation to combat illegal wood FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 13

14 Plantations in FSC Why does FSC certify plantations? Vision: Plantations can reduce pressure on natural forests at the same time provide an array of social and economic benefits. FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 14

15 Plantations in FSC Global Trends Population growth FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 15

16 World population Population (billions) FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, 2009 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 16 16

17 Plantations in FSC Global Trends Population growth Economic growth Increase in per capita consumption levels FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 17

18 World meat consumption per capita World per capita meat consumption kg FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 18

19 Plantations in FSC Global Trends Population growth Economic growth Increase in per capita consumption levels More intensive production systems, such as plantations, are and will only become more important in supplying the world s demand for renewable products. FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 19

20 Plantations in FSC Impacts Intensive production systems present a higher risk of negative social and environmental impacts Plantations need to be well managed to ensure that these impacts are properly taken into account. FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 20

21 Plantations in FSC What is a plantation for FSC? Not possible or even worth to define precisely Continuum between natural forests and intensive short rotation tree growing As a general rule, the higher the intensity the stronger should be the effort in preventing, mitigating and compensating negative impacts. FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 21

22 Plantations in FSC Key themes Landscape planning How to manage plantations in a way to provide the most biodiversity benefits at the landscape level? FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 22

23 Plantations in FSC Key themes Landscape planning Water How to manage plantations in order to protect water resources and ultimately produce it? FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 23

24 Plantations in FSC Key themes Landscape planning Water Local development What is the contribution of plantations, especially large scale operations, in promoting local development? FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 24

25 Plantations in FSC Key themes Landscape planning Water Local development Small landowners How to best address the needs of small landowners, while taking into account social and environmental issues? FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 25

26 Plantations in FSC Key themes Landscape planning Water Local development Small landowners Carbon How to incorporate carbon considerations into the certification of plantations? FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 26

27 What does this mean to NZ? Fairly good position Dynamic plantation + natural forests High standards Lumber oriented: medium/long term rotation Knowledge Active engagement FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 27

28 Conclusions FSC will continue to certify plantations Certification of plantations is evolving diversity of impacts, scale and complexity FSC provides a platform for forest owners to engage with othe interest groups and participate in the development of certification FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 28

29 Conclusions Well managed plantations can deliver a series of economic, social and environmental benefits to society. FSC certification enables products from these plantations to be differentiated and better compete in the market. FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 29

30 Thank you FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 30