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52 Appendix B: Certification Greenpeace While many forest-certification schemes exist, only the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is rigorous enough to have the support of many environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The FSC differs in many fundamental ways from industry-led certification schemes such as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA): ✓ ✓ ✓ In the development of the National Boreal Standard, the Forest Stewardship Council Canada integrated a truly balanced collection of perspectives, including those of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, Greenpeace, the Forest Products Association of Canada (PFAC), the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) and faculty from the universities of New Brunswick and Lakehead; 1 by contrast, neither the SFI nor the CSA included major environmental groups or Aboriginal communities in the development of its standards. In fact, the Sierra Club of Canada and NAFA withdrew from the CSA development process, citing insufficient standards. 2 The FSC holds certified organizations to detailed nationally and regionally developed requirements that dictate on-the-ground, specific courses of action; SFI- and CSA-certified companies are instead given suggested or procedural recommendations to follow, and left to form their own specific objectives. With certified forest in over 80 countries, FSC is the only truly international standard of certification. Its logo allows international customers to identify products derived from well-managed forests. Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest: The chain of destruction from logging companies to consumers
Comparison of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the the Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Greenpeace Fully independent and not overly influenced by timber industry Strong forest and environment protection standards Strong community protection standards Product content monitoring (chain of custody) consistently required. Consistent link between product labels/claims and certified forests. Strong certification and accreditation process. Transparency and public participation consistently required Certifies some of the most environmentally destructive timber companies in North America. Respects the significance of Aboriginal or treaty rights within forest management Source: Adapted from www.dontbuysfi.com FSC SFI CSA Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest: The chain of destruction from logging companies to consumers 53
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