Certification highlights of the Forest Products Annual Market Review 2014-2015 Strengthening the contribution of forests and forest certification to the Green Economy 28 October 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
o The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section introduction o Forests in the UNECE region o Sources of information o Status and trends o Conclusions
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o The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section introduction o Forests in the UNECE region o Sources of information o Status and trends o Conclusions
40 % of the world s forest area 60 % of the world s industrial roundwood production 88% of the world s certified forest area
o The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section introduction o Forests in the UNECE region o Sources of information o Status and trends o Conclusions
Annual market trends and developments Certification is a sub-chapter of chapter 2 (policies) Latest information 2Q 2015 Contribution to the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests. Progress of the forest sector in the ECE Region towards the achievement of the four Global Objectives on Forests, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. Information 2007-2014
o The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section introduction o Forests in the UNECE region o Sources of information o Status and trends o Conclusions
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Million ha Cumulative forest area certified by major certification schemes, 2001-2015 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015f FSC PEFC CSA SFI ATFS MTCS Notes: FSC data as of May 2015; PEFC data up to and including December 2014. Data for systems endorsed by the PEFC (the American Tree Farm System ATFS, the Canadian Standards Association CSA, the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme MTCS, and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI) are included in the PEFC data after the date of endorsement. The data shown do not take into account an estimated overlap of 7.5 million hectares (as of May 2015). f = forecast.sources: FAO, 2010; FSC, 2015a; PEFC, 2014; PEFC, 2015d; WWF, 2015.
Area of forest management certification, by region, 2014-2015 Oceania, 3% Asia, 3% Africa, 1% Latin America, 4% CIS, 14% North America, 50% Western Europe, 25% Notes: Data for systems endorsed by the PEFC (the American Tree Farm System ATFS, the Canadian Standards Association CSA, the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme MTCS, and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI) are included in the PEFC data after the date of endorsement. The data shown take into account an estimated overlap of 7.5 million hectares (as of May 2015). FSC data are as of May 2015; PEFC data are as of December 2014. Sources: FAO, 2010; FSC, 2015a; PEFC, 2014; PEFC, 2015d; WF, 2015.
Million ha Certified forest area by region and certification scheme, 2013-2015 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 North America Western Europe CIS World total PEFC 2013 PEFC 2014 PEFC 2015f FSC 2013 FSC 2014 FSC 2015f Notes: Data for systems endorsed by the PEFC (the American Tree Farm System ATFS, the Canadian Standards Association CSA, the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme MTCS, and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI) are included in the PEFC data after the date of endorsement. The data shown take into account an estimated overlap of 7.5 million hectares (as of May 2015). FSC data are as of May 2015; PEFC data are as of December 2014. f = forecast. Sources: FAO, 2010; FSC, 2015a; PEFC, 2014; PEFC, 2015d; WWF, 2015.
Average size of certificates by region: ECE West: CIS: ECE Central: almost 600,000 ha 330,000 ha 2,700 ha Average size of certificates by certification scheme: FSC: PEFC: 184,000 ha 5,600 ha Both schemes are open for certification of all sizes and types of forest holdings.
Number of certificates (thousand) Number of chain-of-custody certificates issued globally by the FSC and the PEFC, 2007-2015 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015f PEFC FSC Notes: Numbers denote CoC certificates irrespective of the size of the individual companies or of production or trade volume. FSC data are as of May 2015; PEFC data are as of December 2014. f = forecast. Sources: FAO, 2010; FSC, 2015a; PEFC 2014; PEFC 2015d; WWF 2015.
Potential global and regional supply of roundwood from certified resources, 2013-2015 Total forest area (million ha) Certified forest area (million ha) Certified forest area (%) Estimated industrial roundwood from certified forests (million m³) Estimated proportion of total roundwood production from certified forests (%) 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 North America 614.2 215.8 221.3 217.3 35.1 36.0 35.4 244.2 250.5 245.9 13.8 14.1 13.9 Western Europe 168.1 100.2 106.6 109.6 59.6 63.4 65.2 236.1 251.1 258.1 13.3 14.2 14.6 CIS 836.9 53.4 55.5 62.9 6.4 6.6 7.5 10.2 10.6 12.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 Oceania 191.4 11.9 12.6 12.5 6.2 6.6 6.5 3.4 3.6 3.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 Africa 674.4 7.5 6.4 6.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.2 1.9 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 Latin America 955.6 15.7 16.3 17.1 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 Asia 592.5 12.5 14.1 13.1 1.6 2.4 2.2 4.0 4.5 4.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 World total 4,033.1 417.0 432.8 439.0 10.3 10.7 10.9 501.3 523.4 527.1 28.3 29.6 29.8 Notes: Estimates of forest area (excluding other wooded land ) and industrial roundwood production from certified forests are based on data in FAO (2010). The annual roundwood production in forests available for wood supply in a given region or subregion is multiplied by the percentage of that region or subregion s certified forest area (i.e. it is assumed that the removals of industrial roundwood from each hectare of certified forest is the same as the average for all forest available for wood supply). Not all certified roundwood is sold with a label. 2015 covers May 2014 to May 2015, and 2013 and 2014 are also from May to May. World is not a simple total of the regions and subregions. Sources: Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition, 2015, and authors compilation. Information valid as of May 2015. FSC data are as of May 2015; PEFC data are as of December 2014.
o The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section introduction o Forests in the UNECE region o Sources of information o Status and trends o Conclusions
Good information available on certified forest area Information on certified stakeholders (CoC) What is the actual share of certified products incl. energy? Certification vs. forest regulation Two main schemes future ISO?
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