Pina Gervassi, FSC Regional Director Latin America

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1 FSC, traceability from the forest to the end consumer technological platforms to support responsible forest management Pina Gervassi, FSC Regional Director Latin America FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 0

2 Develop and implement new auditing, verification and product tracking methodologies FSC 2.0 Provide increased level of assurance Become more outcome-based assurance system verifying physically what is being reported digitally. Combining remote sensing and supply chain data Deliver better user experience Deliver higher quality FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 1 1

3 FSC utilizing cutting edge technologies to provide assurance from forest to finished products Transparent Forests - Remote sensing Online Claims Platform - Digital claims Fiber Testing (DNA, isotope and wood anatomy) - Quality assurance Digital marketing: To connect end consumers with the forest, Payments for ecosystem services FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 2 2

4 Forest certification Today Certification currently relies on Forest Organizations providing certification bodies with management practice information. NGOs and other stakeholders provide an independent source of information and input to the audit process by monitoring forest management activities. The Accreditation process provides a check in the quality of certification through regular inspections and assessments by Conformity Assessment Bodies or Certification Bodies (CB). 3

5 Forest certification Key challenges Forest certification has a number of challenges: 1. The reliance on field inspections and extrapolation of these limited observations to certification of often very large forest areas; 2. The potential risks of reliance on forest information for certification being provided by the FO being certified; 3. The remoteness of many of the key expansion areas in FSC strategy where weaker forest governance and law underpins forest management in these frontier areas. 4

6 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Global certified forest areas

7 Forest certification How to improve it? Increasing the intensity or frequency of certification audits would be a possible means of maintaining or improving certification quality, but the costs would be prohibitive and unacceptable to the forestry community. 6

8 What is TransparentForests? A customised GIS and satellite mapping platform developed in association with FSC to support certification The software belongs to: sarmap ( who have developed the mapping system Lutra Consulting Ltd ( who have developed the WebGIS interface and MobileGIS app The platform has been demonstrated across 8 FMUs and the expectation is that FSC will make it available to support forest certification in

9 TransparentForests Concept Designed for FSC and stakeholders; Using independently-sourced free of charge satellite data; Integrating satellite maps (global scale) into FSC certification; Integrated in a Web-, Desktop-, Mobile-GIS; GIS has functionality to allow stakeholders to interact Available to all stakeholders. 8

10 TransparentForests Objectives 1. Support to forestry management and audit; 2. Raise quality and reliability of forest audits; 3. Transparency and credibility of certification process; 4. Reduce costs across FSC certification. 9

11 TransparentForests Users Prime User Group Forest Managers Certification Bodies Accreditation Services International Other Users Indigenous Peoples and Communities NGOs Retail sector Other stakeholders

12 Service Overview

13 TransparentForests links Office to Field TFMobile take it to the field Update via simple synchronisation Web GIS on line in the office 12

14 Links the Office and Field Paper maps - TFMobile - digital maps, boundaries and stakeholder comments in the office and in the field Using TransparentFores ts in field 13

15 EO data providers Service Overview Map inputs Forest Owners Forest management information Satellite data TF EO maps Certified Forest Users Stakeholders Comments and observations

16 Forest management information Mandatory: Management Units Boundary Optional: Other boundaries Conservation Zones and Protection Areas; High Conservation Value; Areas subject to rights of Communities and Indigenous Peoples; Sites of special significance for Communities and Indigenous Peoples; Other areas designated, surveyed and/or mapped, such as firebreaks, recreation areas, Harvesting Blocks. 15

17 Earth Observation data Optical Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

18 Standard LCM How maps are generated March Landsat Sentinel-1 Sentinel-2 Multi-temporal multi-sensor approach March time All public and commercial spaceborne sensors are supported

19 Demonstration trials Jan July 2016 Country UK Wisconsin Mexico Russia RSA Sweden Canada Cambodia Partner Forestry Commission State Forests Noh Bec Mondi York Mondi SCA Tembec ASI 18

20 Annual Land Cover Maps and Changes 19

21 Clearfell areas and FMU and Internal Management boundaries Clearfell areas (June 2015 March 2016 Internal High Conservation Value Riparian Areas FMU Management Boundary 20

22 Previous LCM with changes Natural Forest Clearfell areas (June 2015 March 2016 Forest Roads Past clearfell areas with low /sparse vegetation Past clearfell areas with higher vegetation 21

23 modeled TV (tons/ha) based on ALOS-2 data PREMIUM MAPS South Africa Plantation Timber Volume y = x R² = modeled TV (tons/ha) based on in situ data December 2015 tons/ha

24 PREMIUM MAPS South Africa, Smallholders Colour composite Resolution 0.5m, 10 x 10km

25 PREMIUM MAPS Smallholders Ozwatini 3D colour composite

26 Tracking field activity and linking comments Audit Tracks and times and linked comments (red circles) 25

27 WebGIS Creating Comments and Observations

28 MobileGIS -> WebGIS: field record + associated photo as evidence Stakeholder comment re bridge decommissioning with geopositioned photo record

29 Benefits of maps Independent map for a selected date for audit and accreditation Land cover change maps showing location of changes, across two land cover maps Land Cover changes are shown in relation to Management data Maps and boundaries can be exported to audit reports Automated measurement of land cover change Free satellite data - cost minimisation Maps show changes outside MU boundary (1-5 km) Premium maps can be generated on demand for specific use (complaint resolution, smallholder certification) 28

30 Benefits EO maps quantifies land cover status and changes (including type and date of change) across one or several audit periods; Maps and tables can be directly exported to reports; CBs and FOs can more efficiently plan audits and reduce costs and risks; Stakeholders and FOs can identify, negotiate and communicate interests; Rapid reaction to complaints; Helps monitoring chain ASI to CB to FO; Harmonises and streamlines audit report generation. 29

31 Conclusions TF is simple to use and users require no specialised equipment and no technical training. TF maximises the use of free of charge and open source data and provides a spatial environment in which all stakeholders can create, collect, communicate, collaborate and compare information and data that is relevant for forest certification within the context of independently generated, accurate and temporally relevant land cover maps. TF increases accessibility and transparency by giving all stakeholders access to land cover maps and change maps with the associated forest management information to perform a certification that meets the standard. 30

32 Online Claims Platform (OCP) OCP can be used to streamline the audit process for FSC certified companies (volume reports, suppliers status/scope changes) OCP can simplify CoC experience while improve verification Potential to link additional data to platform ecosystem services, country or region of harvest, species makeup, etc.) FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 31 31

33 Audit Audit One Claim : One Record Certificate Holder 1 ( supplier ) From: CH 1 To: CH 2 Invoice FSC Mix Credit Send From: CH 1 To: CH 2 Invoice Certificate Holder 2 ( customer ) FSC Mix Credit Supplier reviews claims and rejects if incorrect Enter Claim in OCP Certification Body A REPORT Online Claims Platform (integrated with info.fsc.org) REPORT Certification Body B 32 Copyright 2014 FSC G.D. All rights reserved. FSC F000100

34 OCP - a tool to support CoC Some of the requirements for holding an FSC certificate will be met by using the OCP. For example, the requirement to: keeps records of suppliers and their certificate status transaction verification ability to report data on species and country(ies) volume summary tool provide required information for FSC output claims Current COC: 3.2 Supplier validation 5.2 Material Balance New COC: 1.6 Control of nonconforming products 1.7 Transaction Verification 2.1 Supplier validation 5.1 Up to date records of volumes and suppliers 5.2 Up to date material accounting records 5.3 FSC input and output summary report 33 Copyright 2014 FSC G.D. All rights reserved. FSC F000100

35 GENERATING SPECIES AND COUNTRY OF HARVEST Using the OCP to comply with market regulations

36 Fiber Testing FSC is using fiber testing as an added quality assurance measure to determine the genus/species of FSC certified products and sometimes origin. 3 types of fiber testing include: Traditional Wood Anatomy testing (species) Isotope Testing (location) DNA Testing (species and location) FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 35 35

37 HCV reward program FSC is creating incentives for the protection of High Conservation Values in responsibly managed forests FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 36 36

38 Social values: Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon 37

39 Social values: Forest workers and their families 38

40 Environmental values: Biodiversity 39

41 App to connect end consumers to the forest Allow consumers to travel in real time to the forest área in a FSC certified operation through a QR code in their mobiles Conect consumers to real impacts of FSC certification Consumers can choose which impact they will support through a Premium Price charged in the product Allow us to tell the story behind certification 40

42 Thank you 41 41

43 Forest Stewardship Council FSC International Global Development Charles-de-Gaulle-Str Bonn, Germany T +49 (0) F +49 (0) FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved ic.fsc.org FSC F FSC A.C. All rights reserved 42