[CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification

[Ryan Senechal]

Hi Philip,
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.

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.

Ryan Senechal

On Mon., Jun. 8, 2020, 08:36 Philip van Wassenaer via CANUFNET, <
canufnet at list.web.net> wrote:

> Thanks Peter,
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> 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…
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> I will look forward to the webinar, thanks for letting us know.
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> Philip
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> *Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC <http://B.SC>., MFC*
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> Urban Forest Innovations Inc.
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> 1331 Northaven Drive
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> Mississauga ON L5G 4E8
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> Tel:  (905) 274-1022
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> Cell: (647) 221-3046
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> Fax: (905) 274-2170
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> [image: UFI new logo very small]
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> www.urbanforestinnovations.com
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> *From:* CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net> *On Behalf Of *Peter
> Duinker via CANUFNET
> *Sent:* June 8, 2020 9:06 AM
> *To:* Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet at list.web.net>
> *Cc:* Peter Duinker <Peter.Duinker at Dal.Ca>
> *Subject:* [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification
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> Urban-Forest Colleagues:
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> 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.
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> 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 (
> https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/, and
> https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw). I
> encourage you to sign up and find out what’s going on.
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> Cheers, Peter Duinker
>
> Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University
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> peter.duinker at dal.ca
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> Peter N. Duinker, PhD, P.Ag.
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> Professor Emeritus, School for Resource and Environmental Studies
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> Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
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> 6100 University Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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> Email: peter.duinker at dal.ca
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>
> https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html
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>
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> President, Sylveritas Ltd.
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> Email: pnduinker at gmail.com
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> Phone: 902-229-5141
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>
> To learn about street trees in Halifax:
> https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog
>
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