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I. harvest legally II. regenerate promptly III. are committed to waste
reduction and recycling
IV. are making efforts to
reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
V. are open in their
operations for public scrutiny
Canada is a global leader in sustainable forest management. Customers and consumers alike can be assured that the forest products coming from Canada meet to their fullest the five key principles of being a responsible source.
Canadian Forest Products: The Wise Choice Harvest legally • 2004 independent international study shows that Canada has no issues with illegal logging [3]. • 94% Canada’s forest land is publicly owned [4]. Thus, Canada’s multifaceted governance structure for sustainable forest management includes well-developed public policies, legislation and regulations, enforcement, regular monitoring and public reporting [1]. • Canada has the most 3rd party independently certified forests in the world. all three certification schemes -- Canadian Standards Association (CSA)[5], Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)[6], Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)[7] -- require legal compliance.
Regenerate promptly • All harvested areas, by law, must be regenerated. • Canada retains nearly 90% of its original forest cover [10],[11].
• “Canada ranks 2nd out of 17 peer
countries for the intensity of use of forest resources (actual harvest as a per cent of annual growth) indicator and receives an “A” grade for performance. In recent years, Canada’s actual harvest has been 44 per cent of annual growth, while the OECD average has been 56 per cent [12].” • Canada’s rate of deforestation is less than 0.02% and is mostly due to agriculture, urban development, transportation, recreation and hydroelectricity [13]. • “More than half (55%) of Canada’s
forest area consists of large intact landscapes [14]. ”
Reduce waste and support recovery and recycling • The percentage of harvested fibre that is converted into products increased from 61% in 1970 to almost 90% in 2006 [17],[18]. The remaining 10% (bark and wood-waste residue from solid wood processing and pulping processes) is to a large extent being used as biomass fuel 2.
• Using process residuals for energy has decreased the material being sent to landfill by 40% [15]3.
V
Reduce greenhouse gases and help fight climate change • Deforestation worldwide results in up
V
Welcome independent scrutiny of how they manage forests
• Canada has the most 3rd party independently certified forests -- Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Forest
to 17,4% of global human-caused GHG
Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable
emissions [19]. Canada’s rate of defores-
Forestry Initiative (SFI) -- in the world at
tation is less than 0.02% and is not due
145.7 million hectares [20].
to logging [13]. • Only10% of the world’s forests are • Waste-based biomass constitutes
certified [21].
almost 60% of the total energy used by the forest industry [15].
• Canada is home to over 40% of the world’s certified forests; and its area of
• FPAC Member Companies’ pulp and
certified boreal forest is 3 times larger
paper mills have shown leadership with
than any other country’s area of certi-
their tremendous reductions in GHG
fied total forest [22].
emissions. As of 2006, absolute emissions were 57% below 1990 levels - exceeding by ten times Canada’s national target under the Kyoto Protocol [15]. • “In the long term, sustainable forest
management strategy, aimed at maintaining or increasing carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of timber, will generate the largest mitigation benefit [19].”