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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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