Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. PEFC Council International Perspectives Presentation by:Mr Jaroslav Tymrak PEFC Council Technical Expert Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info:

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Background Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: Certified forests in the world by scheme (Source: PEFC, FSC, SFI, ATFS, CSA as at February 2003)

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Background Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: Changes in Forest Cover per year (Annual reduction 9.10 Million hectares: ) Source: FAO June 2001

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Background Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info:

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Expectation from the Market Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: Consumers: Opportunity to support SFM through purchase of labelled products from certified forests Forest owners and industry: Recognition of environmental acceptability of their forest management and products Improving environmental image of the company Improving environmental image of the whole sector Society: Opportunity to find solutions to societal problems

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: PEFC – Framework for Development and Mutual Recognition of National Forest certification Schemes including Chain of Custody Defines requirements for development of national forest certification schemes Provides assessment and mutual recognition of independent national forest certification schemes Provides common PEFC Logo for labelling of products originating from certified forest mutually recognised by the PEFC Council PEFC Council Technical Document & Annexes (

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: PEFC Council members

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. PEFC Basic Principles Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: Regional Political Processes for SFM Subsidiarity and Independence of National Schemes Normal certification and accreditation procedures Multi- stakeholder process PEFC Council

Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: Chain of Custody certification (C-o-C): applies to all the changes in the custodianship of forest products from forest to end use. C-o-C certification verifies content of wood from certified forests used in the product production. C-o-C certification cannot be implemented for the whole chain but is applied separately in each single company (“link of the chain”) Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl.

Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: PEFC basic approaches for C-o-C certification a)Physical separation b)Inventory Control and Accounting of Wood Flow (percentage methods – INPUT/OUPUT, Minimum Average Percentage method) Company Certified forests Other forests Products from certified forest Other products Company Certified forests Other forests Batch of products including x % wood from certified forests % % Physical separationPercentage methods Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl.

Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: FLEGT/Illegal logging Meeting 13 December 2002, Brussels PEFC development in PEFC has become the world’s largest umbrella for forest certification PEFC Council members represents schemes from 25 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Norvay, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, UK) And increasing number of countries are interested in the PEFC Council membership 13 national forest certification schemes mutually recognised Over 46,6 million hectares of certified forests, over 500 chain of custody certificates and more than 6000 PEFC Logo users

Seminar on Strategies for the Sound Use of Wood March 2003, Romania PEFC Council, asbl. Conclusion Promoting Sustainable Forest Management More info: Forest certification is today’s reality. It brings SFM improvement and benefits to market players PEFC respects and adheres to the regional political processes on SFM PEFC operates a a bottom up process respecting principles ofsubsidiarityand independency PEFC uses normal certification and accreditation procedures PEFC is the largest forest certification umbrella