<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Peter. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I too have questions and concerns and would have been very happy to tune into the Webinar except your Webinar is at the very same time as a Tree Fund webinar <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Fighting Microbes with Microbes to Protect Our Native Trees</b></span>. Were you aware of this previously scheduled event that many Urban Foresters and Arborists may already be registered for?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards</div><div class="">Naomi <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 8, 2020, at 10:29 AM, Philip van Wassenaer via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" class="">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Thanks Peter,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">I will look forward to the webinar, thanks for letting us know.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Philip<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Urban Forest Innovations Inc.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">1331 Northaven Drive<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Mississauga ON L5G 4E8<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Tel: (905) 274-1022<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Cell: (647) 221-3046<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Fax: (905) 274-2170<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><img id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="UFI new logo very small" style="" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D63D7F.A407BDC0"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">www.urbanforestinnovations.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Peter Duinker via CANUFNET<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>June 8, 2020 9:06 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Canadian Urban Forest Network <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">canufnet@list.web.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Peter Duinker <<a href="mailto:Peter.Duinker@Dal.Ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Peter.Duinker@Dal.Ca</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Urban-Forest Colleagues:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">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/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/</a>, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw</a>). I encourage you to sign up and find out what’s going on.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Cheers, Peter Duinker<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Peter N. Duinker, PhD, P.Ag.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Professor Emeritus, School for Resource and Environmental Studies<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">6100 University Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">President, Sylveritas Ltd.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pnduinker@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">pnduinker@gmail.com</a></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Phone: 902-229-5141<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">To learn about street trees in Halifax:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog</a></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>