Forestry Certification In Indiana

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Forestry Certification In Indiana

• ISAF Winter Meeting
• February 27, 2008

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Forest CertificationIntroductionHistoryDefi
nitions
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In the news...
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Types of Certification

• Certification of Forest Management (FM)
• Certification of Wood Based Industries
• and trading (COC / Chain of Custody)

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FM Certification Process
Document Inspection
Stakeholder Consultation
NO
YES
Certification
Corrective Actions
Annual Audits
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Elements of Certification
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Certification Standards
If the forest operation gets certified, the
certificate is valid for 5 years. At least one
monitoring audit is carried out annually.
Author Tasso Azevedo / tasso_at_imaflora.org / Jan99
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COC Certification

• Independent Certification of wood-based
  industries
• It is guaranteed that the forest raw material
  contained in a product really comes from a
  certified forest

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COC Certification Process
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House Bill 1280

• Synopsis Energy efficient buildings. Requires a
  building or structure constructed, reconstructed,
  repaired, altered, or retrofitted under certain
  public works contracts entered into after
  December 31, 2008, to be certified to meet at
  least the silver rating under the United States
  Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and
  Environmental Design (LEED) rating system or an
  equivalent rating system. Provides that the
  certification requirement does not apply to a
  public works contract entered into by a school
  corporation. Provides that for state agency
  purchases, there is a 5 price preference for
  certain office equipment that is compliant with
  the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  Energy Star ratings. Allows the Indiana economic
  development corporation to adopt rules allowing
  the corporation to give priority to economic
  development projects that meet or surpass the
  standards of the leadership in energy and
  environmental design ratings systems developed by
  the U.S. Green Building Council or the Green
  Building Initiative.

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OVERVIEW RATIONALE USGBC LEED
CONCLUSION
Additional Construction Costs for LEED-certified
buildings
Average for offices and schools, based on 40
buildings
Conventional Building Cost (100)
Additional Cost
6.8
PLATINUM (2 buildings)
GOLD (9 buildings)
2.2
SILVER (21 buildings)
1.9
CERTIFIED (8 buildings)
.66
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• Certification systems are not new we all know
  and use them everyday

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Forest Certification Defined

• Process of determining if forest management on a
  given property meets predetermined environmental,
  economic and social standards of good management.

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Forest CertificationHow we got here from there.

• Modern forest certification originated in the
  1980s with a movement to conserve and protect
  tropical rain forests.

• The American Tree Farm System, dates back to 1941.

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The Market Connection

• Fueled by environmental activism, forest product
  markets, particularly in Europe, began to tighten.

• Pressure built to develop a process by which
  tropical forests could be certified, using
  independent, third-party auditors.

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Toward Sustainability

• Boycotts of tropical timber - primarily in Europe
  (late 1980s) - successful in decreasing tropical
  market share
• Unexpected consequences
• True impacts on Sustainability?

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Toward Sustainability

• Bruntland Commission (1987)
• Call for sustainable development
• UNCED (1992)
• Earth Summit
• Global Principles for all forests

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Toward Sustainability

• Helsinki Process (1993)
• General guidelines for European forests
• Montreal Process (1993)
• Guidelines for non-European temperate and boreal
  forests
• Forest Stewardship Council (1993)
• Guidelines for all forests
• Accrediting certifiers

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New Activist Strategies of Environmental
Organizations

• Shift from courtrooms to boardrooms (market
  mechanisms)
• Threatening brand image of wood using companies

Source Rainforest Action Network
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Protests at Home Depot Stores Nationwide
Source RAN
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The Home Depot Story

• 1990 - hired Environmental Marketing Mgr
• 1992 - First attention from RAN - tropical wood
• 1997 - RAN old-growth redwood campaign
• demonstrations at 35 stores
• 1998 - 75 stores
• 1999 - 150 stores
• 1999 - commitment to stop selling wood from
  endangered forests and begin buying certified

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 14, 2000
ANDERSEN CORPORATION COMMITS TO PROTECT
ENDANGERED FORESTS (BAYPORT, Minn.)
Andersen Corporation, maker of Andersen
windows and patio doors, announced today that
it... will not source wood from endangered
forests and it will give preference to Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) or equivalent certified
wood supplies in the manufacture of its products.
These commitments become a part of the
companys established practices of promoting
responsible forestry management in the
procurement of wood supplies.
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• New Target-
• Homebuilders
• Centex Homes
• Kaufman and Broad

Source RAN
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The Process

• Initial Certification Audit August and October,
  2006
• Tree Farm Group Certified October 2006
• SFI Certified January, 2007
• FSC Certified July, 2007
• First Surveillance Audit November, 2007
• Next audit scheduled November 10, 2008

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Dealing with the Public

• Communicate with indigenous peoples
• Reactivate the SFI Implementation Committee
• Public involvement in the next Strategic Plan

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What weve done. . .

• Letter to Native American tribes
• Reactivated the SFI Implementation Committee
• Public meetings, agency meetings, comment periods
  on the 2008-2013 Strategic Plan

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Inform the Public

• Provide easy access (DNR website)
• Clear description of the DoF protocols for public
  involvement
• How comments are considered, how disputes are
  resolved
• Make its planning, monitoring results, and other
  key documents readily available
• Include a public summary of the management plan
  and the results of monitoring

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Division Response

• Updated the State Forest website

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Indianas Certification Efforts
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Goal in 2008

• Chain-of-Custody for FSC, SFI and PEFC
• Group Certification of Classified Forests under
  FSC