Plantations in the FSC System Andre Giacini de Freitas Director General a.freitas@fsc.org FSC, A.C. All rights reserved September 2009
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
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
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
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
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Growth of Forest Area (ha) 125,000,000 120,000,000 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 98,101,166 100,476,291 100,722,662 100,279,812 98,519,146 99,622,367 101,039,832 101,730,668 102,969,602 104,247,958 106,833,145 108,809,843 109,050,096 113,500,149 113,374,737 114,199,089 116,171,982 115,376,044 115,006,489 118,349,034 115,000,000 110,000,000 105,000,000 100,000,000 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
Certification by forest type FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 8
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
Growth of CoC Certificates 16000 5058 5060 5454 5538 5804 5943 6168 6500 6928 7145 7383 7646 7780 8104 8367 8671 9088 9428 9688 10114 10479 10773 11277 11567 11847 12222 12534 12918 13213 13557 13872 14306 14703 14968 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 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
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
Drivers Private procurement policies Retailers, publishers, banks Corporate image Stakeholder pressure Growing consumer awareness Public procurement FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 12
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
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
Plantations in FSC Global Trends Population growth FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 15
World population Population (billions) 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034 2038 2042 2046 2050 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, 2009 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 16 16
Plantations in FSC Global Trends Population growth Economic growth Increase in per capita consumption levels FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 17
World meat consumption per capita World per capita meat consumption 45 40 kg 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved FSC-SECR-0002 Presentation October 19, 2009 18 FSC, A.C. All rights reserved 18
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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