Certification Information Session
Mark Richardson General Manager
About this project‌
Who we are…
• Community-based forestry organization • 19.8 years in existence • Not-for-profit & charitable 3
Who we are…
• Board of Directors • Committees • Special advisors • 5 core staff • Many volunteers
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Partnership based…. 280+ Partners • • • • •
First Nations Conservation organizations Industry Government at all levels Research and educational institutions • Forest entrepreneurs • Foundations • Others . . .
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About the EOMF….
• A settled landscape • Part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region
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Beyond the Boundaries‌
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Part of a larger group….
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CMFN
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Beyond the boundaries‌.
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What do we do‌. 1) Fostering, testing, & promoting new ideas 2) Building community & sector capacity 3) Developing & sharing practices 4) Feeding into science processes and policy debates SCIENCE & POLICY
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Opportunities to engage • Forest Certification • Ecological Goods and Services • Information Transfer • Energy from wood • New products from wood • New markets for wood • Research support www.eomf.on.ca
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What Challenges we are good at‌. The sustainability paradigm
70% Fibre Quality Wood
25% Sawlogs 5% Veneer
20% Value 60% Value
20% Value
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Challenges • Traditional wood markets changing
• New wood markets are coming, but when? www.eomf.on.ca
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Sector Based Solutions ‌.
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Sector Based Solutions …. • Forest certification is a SFM tool • Private, municipal and crown land • Comfort through verification www.eomf.on.ca
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Sector Based Solutions …. Program goals
• Opportunity • not too difficult but still credible
• Access • Affordable, local
• Market(s) www.eomf.on.ca •
Fibre driven
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Questions?
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