[CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification

Mon Jun 8 12:22:46 EDT 2020

Thanks Ryan,

Maybe the feds is not the right place either.

I think really what we need is more support (from somewhere) for the programmes to even exist (or be developed) in so many places before we have a metric for their sustainability/certification.

Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC

Urban Forest Innovations Inc.

1331 Northaven Drive

Mississauga ON L5G 4E8

Tel:  (905) 274-1022

Cell: (647) 221-3046

Fax: (905) 274-2170

www.urbanforestinnovations.com <http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/> 

From: Ryan Senechal <ryansenechal at gmail.com> 
Sent: June 8, 2020 12:17 PM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet at list.web.net>
Cc: Philip van Wassenaer <pwassenaer1022 at rogers.com>
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification

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 <mailto:canufnet at list.web.net> > wrote:

Thanks Peter,

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…

I will look forward to the webinar, thanks for letting us know.

Philip

Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC <http://B.SC> ., MFC

Urban Forest Innovations Inc.

1331 Northaven Drive

Mississauga ON L5G 4E8

Tel:  (905) 274-1022

Cell: (647) 221-3046

Fax: (905) 274-2170

www.urbanforestinnovations.com <http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/> 

From: CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net <mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net> > On Behalf Of Peter Duinker via CANUFNET
Sent: June 8, 2020 9:06 AM
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Cc: Peter Duinker <Peter.Duinker at Dal.Ca <mailto:Peter.Duinker at Dal.Ca> >
Subject: [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification

Urban-Forest Colleagues:

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.

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.

Cheers, Peter Duinker

Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University

peter.duinker at dal.ca <mailto:peter.duinker at dal.ca> 

Peter N. Duinker, PhD, P.Ag.

Professor Emeritus, School for Resource and Environmental Studies

Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University

6100 University Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2

Email: peter.duinker at dal.ca <mailto:peter.duinker at dal.ca> 

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Email: pnduinker at gmail.com <mailto:pnduinker at gmail.com> 

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