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ForCES – Forest Certification for Ecosystem Services
A groundbreaking pilot project to expand FSC‘s scope and relevance
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Forest Stewardship Council • Global, independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization
dedicated to the promotion of responsible forest management
• Founded in 1993 after the 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, by business representatives, social groups, and environmental organizations
• Enables businesses, consumers and investors to make informed choices about the forest products they buy, and companies they engage with, to create positive change by engaging the market
• Setting standards for responsible forest management and valuing ecosystem services
• An accreditation/certification system to monitor adherence to FSC standards
• A product labeling system that rewards responsible forest managers
What does FSC provide?
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Worldwide 27,543 Chain of Custody Certificates Asia Pacific : 7,439 (27%) (as of 17 March 2014)
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Because the (hidden) socio-economic value of services exceeds that of goods many times over
Why is it so important to address ecosystem services?
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Values per hectare and year estimated for various tropical forests Source: TEEB (2010) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: A synthesis of the approach, conclusions and recommendations of TEEB.
Timber 560 $ Fuelwood 60 $ Non-timber 40-70 $
Climate regulation 800 – 2,200 $ Flood regulation 25 $ Water supply 1,000 $ Pollination 50 $
The untapped value of ecosystem services
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Ecosystem Services Certification provides business value for ‘Payment of Ecosystem Services’ (PES)
1. Value to the buyer: ES Certification verifies the provision of the service
2. Value to the buyer and to third parties: ES Certification confirms that application of safeguards of social and environmental values
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Principles & Criteria, Preamble: “The FSC Principles and Criteria cover the production of wood and non-timber forest products, conservation, protection, ecosystem services and other uses.
Principle 6: Environmental Values and Impacts The Organization shall maintain, conserve and/or restore ecosystem services and environmental values of the Management Unit, and shall avoid, repair or mitigate negative environmental impacts.
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FSC certification of well-managed forests is a strong foundation for ES certification
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Direct benefits
Indirect benefits ! set-aside areas
! dead wood
" logging damage
" fire prevention
" illegal activities
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Biodiversity benefits
! species protection
" pesticides
! natural regeneration
for example…
Biodiversity conservation = intrinsic component of responsible forestry
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Direct benefits
Indirect benefits
Carbon retention = intrinsic component of responsible forestry
" harvest levels
" logging damage
! conservation area
! dead wood
! forest inventories
! fire management
! impact assessment.
" illegal activities
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Carbon benefits
or…
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FSC does currently not provide…
BUT…
● ES specific management guidelines ● a methodology for quantifying ecosystem
services or evaluating impact of activities ● a market-based reward mechanism for ES
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Project Objective To pilot test expanded and enhanced global and national environmental standards applied to emerging markets for biodiversity conservation and eco-systems services as an initial step for upgrading of successful models of FSC certification This will be achieved through establishing FSC certification as a market tool for a wide range of ecosystem services which are currently not adequately covered for sustainable forest management. It thereby seeks to fill a gap in the market.
ForCES – An International Collaboration Funded by UNEP
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320,000 ha 3 pilot sites
Lead: FSC Chile • Astorga Consultants • Bosques Cautin • Fundación Pumalin • GFA • INFOR
Chile
• Standard development
• Market Analysis & Business models
• Scaling up
Lead: FSC IC • CIFOR • RECOFTC • UNEP
GLOBAL
57,000 ha 2 pilot sites
Lead: ANSAB • FECOFUN • National Trust for Nature Conservation
• Relief International
Nepal
45,000 ha 2 pilot sites
Lead: SNV • MARD • RECOFTC
Vietnam
290,000 ha 3 pilot sites
Lead: WWF Indonesia • LEI • Ministry of Forestry • CIFOR
Indonesia
Project locations
FSC ForCES
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Certification Model 1: Single Certification – FSC standards and systems are adapted to verify the provision of ecosystem services, the meeting of social and environmental safeguards and make associated promotional claims. • Biodiversity • Water • Soil • Eco-tourism Certification Model 2: Dual Certification – FSC standards are adapted to verify the meeting of social and environmental safeguards, but the provision of the ecosystem service is verified by an external scheme. • Forest carbon projects
FSC ES Certification Models
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# Standards / indicators developed for ES certification
# Additional verification requirements
# New promotional claims regarding ES certification
# Viable business model(s) defined for marketing ES
# System pilot tested at 10 areas in 4 target countries
# M+E methodology for assessing long term impact
# Market sensitization for ES certification through the global
FSC Network
ForCES Expected results
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Indonesia: • Harmonized certification body standards • LEI applying for FSC standards development group • Completed market analysis (CIFOR) • 3 pilot sites (Lombok, East and West Kalimantan) • PT Ratah pilot site has become FSC-certified Vietnam: • Standard Development Group established, chaired by the Ministry of Forests (VN Forests) • Controlled wood certificate is in its final stages for Houng Sung, one of the VN pilot sites
Highlights
FSC ForCES
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Nepal • Working Group established for development of FSC Indicators • Working with more than 50 communities to identify ecosystem services and develop benefit sharing mechanisms Chile • Identifying ES indicators and revising national standard • Developing business models with communities • Piloting Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) approaches with communities Asia Pacific • National standards development processes in 11 countries • Increase in supply and demand of FSC certified products • Support and capacity building (train the trainers, smallholder fund)
FSC ForCES
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Forest Stewardship Council®
FSC International Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 5 53113 Bonn, Germany T +49 (0) 228 367 66-0
FSC Asia Pacific Regional Office 15/F, Manhattan Centre, 8 Kwai Cheong Road,
Kwai Chung, Hong Kong T: +852 2161-9682
FSC Indonesia
Level 3A, World Trade Centre 5 (Wisma Metropolitan I) Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29, Jakarta 12920
T: +62 21 2598 5065
[email protected] www.fsc.org www.forces.fsc.org