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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Thanks Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>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…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>I will look forward to the webinar, thanks for letting us know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Urban Forest Innovations Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>1331 Northaven Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mississauga ON L5G 4E8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Tel: (905) 274-1022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Cell: (647) 221-3046<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Fax: (905) 274-2170<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img width=153 height=73 style='width:1.5937in;height:.7604in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D63D7F.A407BDC0" alt="UFI new logo very small"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.urbanforestinnovations.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></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 style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces@list.web.net> <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 <canufnet@list.web.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Peter Duinker <Peter.Duinker@Dal.Ca><br><b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></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/">https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/</a>, and <a href="https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw">https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw</a>). I encourage you to sign up and find out what’s going on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Peter N. Duinker, PhD, P.Ag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Professor Emeritus, School for Resource and Environmental Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>6100 University Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Email: <a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html">https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>President, Sylveritas Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Email: <a href="mailto:pnduinker@gmail.com">pnduinker@gmail.com</a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Phone: 902-229-5141<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>To learn about street trees in Halifax: <a href="https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog">https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>