<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Philip, <div dir="auto">I would hesitate to support a government developed UF qualification for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, the exposure to changes in governance can expose the program to a vulnerability that comes from the priorities or ideologies of elected officials.  </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Second, I am dismayed by the lack of funding and attention paid to the necessary upkeep of government-funded qualifications I already hold.  Industry change is rapid, and for a qualification to facilitate and not throttle that change requires significant resources to stay relevant. </div><br>Ryan Senechal </div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon., Jun. 8, 2020, 08:36 Philip van Wassenaer via CANUFNET, <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_3842570843418898468WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks Peter,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>While this is interesting it seems to me that certification of the UF should be a federal initiative and not a third party initiative. Does this group have the knowledge base of the intricacies of the UF and its management? It is a completely different animal than a traditional natural or managed forest…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I will look forward to the webinar, thanks for letting us know.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Philip<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Philip van Wassenaer, <a href="http://B.SC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">B.SC</a>., MFC<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Urban Forest Innovations Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>1331 Northaven Drive<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mississauga ON L5G 4E8<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tel:  (905) 274-1022<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Cell: (647) 221-3046<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Fax: (905) 274-2170<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><img width="153" height="73" style="width:1.5937in;height:.7604in" id="m_3842570843418898468Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D63D7F.A407BDC0" alt="UFI new logo very small"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">www.urbanforestinnovations.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Duinker via CANUFNET<br><b>Sent:</b> June 8, 2020 9:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">canufnet@list.web.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Peter Duinker <Peter.Duinker@Dal.Ca><br><b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Urban-Forest Colleagues:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc., an organization specializing in third-party forest certification, is considering whether there is merit in developing a certification standard for urban forests. SFI has established a Task Group for this consideration. Kathryn Fernholz of Dovetail Partners and I are co-chairing the Task Group.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As part of SFI’s series of webinars associated with revisions to its main forest-management standard, there will be a webinar about certification for urban forests on 09 June at 13:00 Eastern Time Zone (<a href="https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/</a>, and <a href="https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw</a>). I encourage you to sign up and find out what’s going on.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cheers, Peter Duinker<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Peter N. Duinker, PhD, P.Ag.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Professor Emeritus, School for Resource and Environmental Studies<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">6100 University Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">President, Sylveritas Ltd.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:pnduinker@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pnduinker@gmail.com</a></span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone: 902-229-5141<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">To learn about street trees in Halifax: <a href="https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>