[CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification
Philip van Wassenaer
pwassenaer1022 at rogers.com
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>
https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html
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