Forest Management Certification and Policy

What are Forest Certifications?

Mechanisms where you can monitor and track timber and wood products where the quality of first management is being judged against an agreed set of standards.

Why are Forest Certifications important?

• Influence consumer decision making 

Chain of Custody

Path taken by raw materials from the forest to the consumer, including successive stages of processing, transformation,

Forest Reserve Act (1891)

Allowed presidents to set aide forest reserves.

How much of the world’s forests are certified? How much of our roundwood do these certified forests preserve?

Only 13% of the world's forested areas are certified, and provides 38% of the world’s industrial roundwood. 

What 2 primary certification schemes did we talk about?

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

Endangered Species Act (1973)

Protects listed species on all lands.

NFMA

Plans for each National forest every 10-15 years.