EXEMPLES DE SUBVENTIONS COMMUNAUTAIRES

SFI collabore avec des femmes qui changent l’image des propriétaires forestiers

Les services de vulgarisation coopératifs de l’Université Clemson collaborent avec d’autres organismes et des entreprises de gestion des ressources naturelles appartenant à des femmes pour organiser des ateliers d’information à l’intention des femmes propriétaires forestières de Caroline du Sud.

Les forêts aident à surmonter les crises de santé publique dans les environs de Chicago

Saviez-vous qu’aux États-Unis et au Canada, les enfants passent plus de temps à l’intérieur que toutes les générations précédentes? On étudie encore les effets à long terme du « trouble du déficit de nature » des enfants nord-américains, mais l’on sait d’ores et déjà que le temps passé dehors favorise le développement physique et mental.

Des élèves du niveau secondaire tracent l’avenir des forêts à l’Université d’État du Michigan

L’aménagement forestier durable est un outil important pour assurer la santé de la planète et la prospérité mondiale qui est notre objectif commun. Or, malgré le besoin énorme de futurs chefs de file de la foresterie durable, bien des jeunes souhaitant poursuivre des études dans le domaine rencontrent des obstacles difficiles à surmonter. Le Programme multiculturel d’apprentissage de l’Université d’État du Michigan cherche à changer cela.

La foresterie durable peut aider à perpétuer l’héritage des propriétaires terriens afro-américain

Alors que nous nous apprêtons à célébrer le Mois de l’histoire afro-américaine, il importe de souligner une partie moins connue de cette histoire – l’héritage de la propriété de forêts parmi la communauté noire, et les chefs de file qui travaillent à le préserver.

L’Université Cornell rejoint les enfants avec des ateliers de construction de cabanes à oiseaux

Le Laboratoire d’ornithologie de l’Université Cornell est un chef de file mondial de l’étude, de l’appréciation et de la conservation des oiseaux. Mais les vastes possibilités éducatives qu’il offre ne sont pas réservées qu’aux seuls élèves des écoles réputées. Elles comprennent des programmes destinés aux jeunes, aux familles et aux collectivités locales et leur permettant de participer à des activités d’apprentissage pratique qui bénéficient aux oiseaux et à l’environnement.

Des arbres et des dindons : un partenariat fructueux

À l’Action de grâce, SFI et la Fédération nationale pour le dindon sauvage (en anglais : National Wild Turkey Federation, ou NWTF) des États-Unis ont rendu grâce pour une autre année de collaboration fructueuse dans la poursuite de buts communs : des forêts bien aménagées, la conservation de la faune, la protection des habitats et des possibilités de loisirs sur les terres publiques.

SUBVENTIONS PAR CATÉGORIES

Aux États-Unis

Subventions communautaires de SFI

Centre d’exploration forestière

CENTRE D’EXPLORATION FORESTIÈRE
Introduction immersive aux emplois verts le long d’un sentier forestier accessible
Découvrir les carrières en foresterie et en conservation… en forêt!
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Un tiers de la main-d’œuvre du secteur forestier partira à la retraite au cours de la prochaine décennie. Or, il est essentiel de motiver les jeunes à poursuivre un parcours de carrière verte, car notre santé et notre bien-être dépendent en définitive de la diversité des professions qui assurent le maintien d’un monde naturel en santé, productif et durable pour nous tous. Le secteur de la forêt et de la conservation a aussi échoué à attirer et à retenir des professionnels noirs américains. Une récente enquête du Bureau du recensement des États-Unis a révélé que moins de 3 % des forestiers et des spécialistes de la conservation s’identifiaient comme Afro-Américains.
Le Centre d’exploration forestière est situé au cœur du plus grand district scolaire de l’État du Wisconsin et est au service de quelque 75 000 élèves répartis dans plus de 150 écoles. Nombre de ces écoles et de ces élèves n’ont pas accès à des espaces verts ni de moyens financiers suffisants pour fournir le transport nécessaire à des excursions. Le Centre est une ressource importante qui permet aux élèves de Milwaukee (dont 54 % sont Afro-Américains) d’avoir des liens avec les forêts locales, de créer des expériences en plein air enrichissantes, d’apprendre sur l’aménagement forestier et de découvrir de futurs cheminements de carrière verte.
Comment le projet relie les écoles aux forêts durables, fait de l’éducation forestière et inspire des emplois verts
Le projet de parcours d’exposition sur les emplois verts immerge les élèves et les enseignants de Milwaukee dans la nature, inspire la bonne gestion et montre que les carrières en foresterie sont un choix valable, enrichissant et viable pour les élèves vivant dans le centre urbain du Wisconsin.
Le projet s’appuiera sur l’activité « Qui travaille dans cette forêt » décrite dans le document Emplois verts – Exploration de carrières forestières d’Apprendre par les arbres et d’autres activités d’éducation forestière, en créant des stations d’exposition pratiques et intéressantes le long d’un sentier forestier accessible qui met en évidence la foresterie durable ainsi que les cheminements de carrière et professions vertes dans le secteur forestier. Il comprendra un volet autoguidé permettant de rencontrer virtuellement des personnes qui travaillent en forêt ou pour la forêt par le biais d’une expérience multimédia à laquelle les visiteurs pourront accéder en scannant des codes QR avec leur téléphone cellulaire.
Le sentier en boucle d’un kilomètre et demi offre un loisir intéressant pour tous et soutient l’auto-exploration et la découverte par les élèves sous l’ombrage du couvert forestier. Il a été conçu et construit selon les exigences de la loi des États-Unis sur les personnes handicapées concernant la circulation en fauteuil roulant, avec une poussette et à pied. Le long du sentier seront installées des stations d’exposition didactiques de conception professionnelle visant à approfondir la compréhension de la forêt, dont une série unique de douze stations d’exposition autoguidée et d’activités portant sur les carrières et huit autres, pratiques et intéressantes, sur la façon de gérer et de surveiller la santé de la forêt.
Contribution de la SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient le projet en tirant parti du réseau local de professionnels en foresterie et d’organisations forestières du Comité SFI de l’État et en créant un réseau régional d’expertise et de possibilités de réseautage liées aux carrières vertes. Le réseau d’APLA Wisconsin relie le projet aux ressources et programmes régionaux d’éducation environnementale d’APLA.
Partenaires
Le projet regroupe la section d’APLA de l’État et des partenaires du Comité SFI ainsi que des universitaires et des professionnels de l’État dans le domaine des ressources naturelles.

Responsable du projet : Programme d’éducation forestière de la maternelle à la 12^e année de LEAF Wisconsin
SFI
APLA Wisconsin
Comité SFI Wisconsin
Division des forêts du Département des ressources naturelles du Wisconsin

À propos du Centre d’exploration forestière
Le Centre est un organisme à but non lucratif qui se consacre à la foresterie durable, à l’éducation et aux loisirs accessibles. En créant des occasions intéressantes d’approfondir la compréhension de l’écologie forestière et de l’aménagement forestier durable, le Centre mobilise la collectivité et encourage la bonne gestion des forêts locales.
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École d'architecture de l'Université de Miami

ÉCOLE D’ARCHITECTURE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE MIAMI
La forêt : une question de carbone
Aider les étudiants en architecture à voir et comprendre les avantages climatiques de choisir des matériaux de construction provenant de forêts aménagées de manière écologiquement soutenable
Pourquoi ce projet est important
De nombreux étudiants en architecture ont une compréhension limitée des avantages environnementaux de l’utilisation de matériaux de construction issus de la forêt. Cela peut les conduire à choisir des produits de construction à plus forte intensité de carbone pour leurs projets de conception après l’obtention de leur diplôme. Ce projet a pour but d’informer les étudiants en architecture des avantages climatiques du choix de matériaux de construction provenant de forêts aménagées de manière écologiquement soutenable. L’accent sera également mis sur la sensibilisation des étudiants à aux nombreux aspects de la production et de la séquestration du carbone.
Comment ce projet invite les étudiants en architecture à saisir et comprendre les avantages de la construction avec des produits forestiers durables
La méthodologie de base de ce projet est d’une grande simplicité : les étudiants quitteront pour quelques heures leur salle de classe pour une série d’activités de terrain. Ils visiteront une forêt aménagée de manière écologiquement soutenable. Ils participeront à la récolte du bois. Ils visiteront également des scieries et des usines de fabrication de bois lamellé-croisé (CLT) afin d’apprendre de première main l’intérêt de choisir des produits forestiers dans leurs travaux de conception. En outre, les étudiants rencontreront des professionnels de l’aménagement du territoire et de la gestion des ressources hydriques à travers le sud-est des États-Unis afin d’apprendre l’importance de la foresterie durable pour la conservation des habitats et d’autres valeurs écologiques clés comme la protection des réserves d’eau potable. Les étudiants verront également de leurs propres yeux le fonctionnement d’une chaîne d’approvisionnement de produits forestiers durables et l’influence grandissante des nouveaux produits forestiers, tels que le bois massif, sur la conception des bâtiments.
Après avoir participé à une charrette de design immersive en forêt, les étudiants seront en mesure d’établir et d’estimer la séquestration du carbone dans une forêt en exploitation. L’accent sera mis sur la reconnaissance et la définition de termes d’usage courant dans le domaine, y compris « puits de carbone », « production de carbone », « stockage de carbone » et « séquestration de carbone ». Les résultats mesurables seront déterminés par une série d’exercices au cours desquels les étudiants planifieront une série de scénarios de forêts en exploitation afin de comprendre l’influence de diverses activités sur la relation entre le carbone et les forêts aménagées durablement.
Contribution de SFI
Le programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient ce projet. Les étudiants travailleront également dans des forêts certifiées SFI sous la direction de représentants d’entreprises certifiées SFI. Les produits certifiés SFI et le processus de certification seront également étudiés pour amener les étudiants à mieux comprendre la durabilité dans la construction et l’importance de spécifier des matériaux de construction en bois certifié dans leurs projets futurs. SmartLam North America, une entreprise certifiée SFI, accompagnera les étudiants dans la conception et la production d’un prototype en bois de masse utilisant du « CLT ».
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
Le rapprochement des étudiants en architecture, des professionnels de la conception, des forestiers et des fabricants de bois a pour but de sensibiliser les futurs concepteurs, décideurs et constructeurs aux nombreux avantages du bois certifié SFI. Ces relations serviront également à renforcer les liens entre les entreprises certifiées SFI et la communauté des architectes de Floride. Le Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI de Floride servira également d’intermédiaire entre l’école d’architecture de Miami et le réseau SFI élargi.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat réunit du personnel enseignant, des architectes, des professionnels des ressources naturelles et des organisations certifiées SFI.

Chef de projet : University of Miami School of Architecture
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI de la Floride
Florida Forestry Association
Atelier May

Informations connexes
Michigan State University’s Forest Carbon and Climate Program—E-Learning Unit on Carbon and Climate Benefits in Well-Managed Forests
University of Idaho—Demonstrating Benefits of SFI-Certified Wood in a Mass Timber Arena
Mississippi Forest Foundation—Mississippi State University Architecture Students Gain Valuable Mass Timber Knowledge 
SFI and green buildings
À propos de l’École d’architecture de l’Université de Miami
La philosophie de l’école d’architecture de l’université de Miami est de construire un monde meilleur. Elle s’exprime par un programme de conception à la fois idéal et pragmatique, académique et pratique, théorique et réel. L’école forme des praticiens visionnaires qui considèrent l’architecture comme une combinaison d’art civique et de science du bâtiment. L’école compte actuellement plus de 504 étudiants, dont 374 étudiants de premier cycle et 130 étudiants diplômés. Environ 60 professeurs à temps plein et à temps partiel, ainsi qu’un personnel professionnel de 20 personnes, participent activement à la formation et au soutien des étudiants. Plus de 50 % des étudiants de l’école participent à des programmes d’études à l’étranger basés en Europe, en Asie, dans les Antilles et en Amérique latine. Pour en savoir plus.
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Institut d’éducation du Pacifique

INSTITUT D’ÉDUCATION DU PACIFIQUE
Expériences et formation en foresterie à l’intention des enseignants et des responsables communautaires
Des expériences de terrain où l’éducation forestière prend vie
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Les forêts couvrent plus de 31 % des terres émergées de la planète, mais elles ne sont pas réparties également, et les collectivités n’en jouissent pas toutes. Quoi qu’il en soit, les forêts constituent l’un de nos plus puissants outils pour atténuer les changements climatiques et offrent des solutions à nombre des plus importants défis de développement durable du monde. Des changements climatiques à la qualité de l’eau en passant par la biodiversité, les forêts bien aménagées offrent des solutions viables pour obtenir des résultats sur les plans social et environnemental. Il est important que différents groupes de personnes comprennent les valeurs et les bienfaits des forêts. L’éducation forestière permet aux gens de continuer à bénéficier des forêts et d’acquérir les outils et les connaissances dont ils ont besoin pour faire en sorte qu’elles soient durables à long terme.
Avec l’appui de partenaires, dont la SFI et Apprendre par les arbres (APLA), PEI concevra et offrira une expérience d’apprentissage professionnel de deux jours en foresterie pour les enseignants de la maternelle à la 12^e année et les collaborateurs des collectivités forestières. La première journée comprendra une visite en forêt animée par l’Association des fermes forestières de l’État de Washington et le Programme d’éducation permanente en foresterie de l’Université de l’État de Washington, qui portera plus particulièrement sur l’aménagement forestier et les emplois verts. Les expériences sur le terrain auront lieu sur de petites parcelles de forêts privées et de fermes forestières, dans une scierie locale de la société Weyerhaeuser et sur un terrain forestier aménagé par l’État. La seconde journée de l’expérience comprendra un atelier de découverte des ressources du PEI et d’APLA. Les participants auront la possibilité d’échanger avec des partenaires communautaires et apprendront de nouvelles méthodes pour intégrer l’éducation forestière localement pertinente dans leur pratique d’enseignement.
Comment le projet relie les écoles aux forêts durables, répand l’éducation forestière et inspire les emplois verts
Le projet encouragera la collaboration entre les collectivités locales et le réseau de la SFI pour accroître la compréhension mutuelle des valeurs et des bienfaits que procurent les forêts aménagées durablement. Le fait de visiter des forêts avec de petits propriétaires forestiers et d’être exposé à une éducation forestière et une formation professionnelles destinées aux enseignants offre un solide cadre d’expérience personnelle. En motivant les enseignants à s’engager et à s’informer au sujet de l’aménagement durable des forêts de leur région, le projet encourage l’éducation forestière et aide indirectement à soutenir la prochaine génération de consommateurs verts et de futurs chefs de file de la durabilité.

Le projet relie des districts scolaires dont la clientèle est issue de collectivités rurales et éloignées qui sont historiquement défavorisées et sous-représentées. Il présente aux jeunes les nombreuses carrières dans le secteur de la forêt et de la conservation qui s’offrent à eux dans leur collectivité locale. En montrant aux enseignants à intégrer dans leurs leçons des liens avec des carrières équitables, en plein air et localement pertinentes, différents groupes d’élèves apprendront les défis environnementaux qui se posent dans leur collectivité et comprendront les solutions potentielles et les cheminements de carrière verte à privilégier.
Contribution de la SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient le projet en tirant parti des réseaux du Comité SFI Washington et en reliant le projet à l’expertise du secteur forestier régional par le biais de partenariats avec des associations, des fondations, des universités et des fermes forestières. Les membres du Comité SFI
Washington seront sur les lieux pour les parties sur le terrain et en atelier afin de présenter les ressources de la SFI concernant la productivité des terres, l’aménagement forestier, la construction de chemins, la récolte du bois, la planification de legs et le rétablissement du saumon.
Partenaires
Le projet regroupe la section d’APLA et le Comité SFI de l’État ainsi que des associations et fondations partenaires, des organismes de l’État et des universitaires.

Responsable du projet : Institut d’éducation du Pacifique (commanditaire d’APLA Washington)
SFI
Comité SFI Washington
Association des fermes forestières de l’État de Washington
Programme d’éducation permanente en foresterie de l’Université de l’État de Washington
Ferme forestière Custer Creek
Fondation pour les forêts familiales
Commissaires du comté Pacific
District scolaire de South Bend
Weyerhaeuser (organisation certifiée SFI)

Information connexe

Formation des enseignants de la Nation Yakama sur les leçons d’Apprendre par les arbres (en anglais)
Perfectionnement professionnel STIM axé sur la foresterie pour les enseignants de l’État de Washington (en anglais)
Enseignement STIM des pratiques forestières durables (en anglais)

À propos de l’Institut d’éducation du Pacifique
L’Institut d’éducation du Pacifique (PEI) vise à promouvoir l’éducation civique et scientifique en donnant aux gens les moyens de prendre des décisions éclairées et équilibrées en vue de collectivités justes et durables. Le PEI favorise les activités scientifiques à l’extérieur, intégrées, liées aux carrières, localement pertinentes et concrètes dans les ressources d’enseignement et la formation professionnelle. En savoir plus.
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Musée d’art américain Crystal Bridges

MUSÉE D’ART AMÉRICAIN CRYSTAL BRIDGES
Démonstration de l’architecture écologique avec des matériaux provenant de forêts de l’Arkansas aménagées durablement
L’exposition Art With the House of Trees relie les collectivités aux forêts
Pourquoi ce projet est important
La construction traditionnelle contribue largement aux émissions de dioxyde de carbone (CO₂), et le cadre bâti est responsable de près de 50 % des émissions mondiales annuelles. Les matériaux locaux provenant de forêts aménagées durablement et certifiées SFI constituent une solution de remplacement plus écologique aux matériaux de construction traditionnels comme le béton et l’acier, tout en stockant le carbone et en offrant de magnifiques espacespour vivre, apprendre et travailler. Le projet de pavillon de la firme LEVENBETTS est une exposition interactive Architecture at Home qui offre un cadre pour la contemplation, la sensibilisation communautaire et l’apprentissage par l’expérience. L’exposition vise à faire prendre conscience de la provenance des matériaux de construction et de l’avenir du design innovateur écologiquement soutenable. Les visiteurs pourront se rendre compte du grave impact environnemental et économique des bâtiments et de l’importance de rendre plus accessible l’habitation écologique. Le pavillon et l’espace d’exposition offriront un cadre innovateur et invitant pour des événements communautaires, comme des programmes de Project Learning Tree, qui font de l’éducation forestière et qui font prendre conscience des nombreux bienfaits des forêts dans les collectivités urbaines et rurales.
Comment le projet relie les collectivités aux forêts locales et met en évidence les bâtiments écologiques
Gratuit et ouvert à tous, le Musée permettra aux visiteurs de voir et de toucher des designs innovateurs fabriqués à partir d’arbres locaux et d’apprendre au sujet des pratiques forestières et des produits forestiers durables. En mettant en valeur des produits en bois provenant des forêts régionales, le projet fait des liens directs avec la forêt par le biais d’objets concrets et de l’expérience et souligne que les maisons écologiques commencent par des forêts en santé. Le pavillon lui-même illustre de quelle façon l’architecture, le génie et la construction sont profondément liés au continuum de bienfaits que procurent les forêts régionales. Le pavillon deviendra une représentation matérielle des chaînes d’approvisionnement en produits forestiers durables et de leurs innombrables bienfaits pour les collectivités locales. Crystal Bridges espère poursuivre ces échanges avec un futur colloque à l’intention des professionnels de la foresterie et de l’architecture, afin de mettre en évidence les applications réelles et concrètes dans la construction et les designs durables à base de bois.
Contribution de la SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient le projet grâce à la sensibilisation que font les comités SFI auprès du milieu de l’architecture, du génie et de la construction au sujet du projet et des avantages d’employer des matériaux de construction certifiés SFI. En faisant le lien entre le projet et l’éducation environnementale et les programmes d’APLA, les visiteurs du pavillon et de l’exposition prendront connaissance des ressources en matière d’éducation forestière et d’emplois verts qui amélioreront la capacité du Musée d’atteindre les populations rurales et insuffisamment desservies.
Partenaires
Le partenariat regroupe le Musée d’art américain Crystal Bridges, la firme d’architectes LEVENBETTS, l’organisation certifiée SFI Resource Management Service et la Fondation pour l’éducation de l’Association forestière de l’Arkansas, commanditaire de PLT Arkansas.



Responsable du projet : Musée d’art américain Crystal Bridges
SFI
LEVENBETTS
Fondation pour l’éducation de l’Association forestière de l’Arkansas
Resource Management Service (organisation certifiée SFI)

Information connexe
Le Comité SFI Arkansas s’associe à la Fondation pour l’éducation de l’Association forestière de l’Arkansas pour offrir des ateliers de PLT (en anglais)


À propos de Crystal Bridges
Le Musée d’art américain Crystal Bridges a pour mission de célébrer l’esprit américain dans un cadre qui unit le pouvoir de l’art et la beauté de la nature. Fondé par la philanthrope et mécène Alice Walton, Crystal Bridges est un organisme public de bienfaisance à but non lucratif qui reçoit plus de 675 000 visiteurs par année. Inauguré en 2011, le Musée accueille gratuitement les visiteurs sur les huit kilomètres (cinq milles) de sentiers de sculpture et de promenade qui relient son parc de 49 hectares (120 acres) au centre-ville de Bentonville, en Arkansas. En savoir plus.
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Université Clemson – Mise à l’essai de la Norme SFI de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires

UNIVERSITÉ CLEMSON
Mise à l’essai de la Norme SFI de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires
Collecte de données et documentation de la première forêt urbaine certifiée SFI
Pourquoi ce projet est important
En Amérique du Nord, où plus de 80 % des populations américaine et canadienne vivent dans des villes, se trouvent certains des paysages les plus urbains de la planète. Les forêts, qui constituent un élément important de ces environnements urbains, procurent nombre de bienfaits sociaux et environnementaux, dont une meilleure santé et un plus grand bien-être, un accès à des environnements d’apprentissage en plein air, des solutions aux changements climatiques, une pollution atmosphérique réduite, des températures plus fraîches et un design urbain amélioré. Malgré ces bienfaits, le couvert arboré et l’entretien des arbres varient selon les collectivités, et les citadins ne jouissent pas tous également des énormes bienfaits qu’apportent les arbres.
Comment le projet aide à recueillir et à partager une documentation importante liée à la certification
La foresterie urbaine et communautaire suppose la planification et la gestion des forêts urbaines, parce que la santé de ces forêts exige que le bon arbre soit planté au bon endroit et de la bonne façon. Maintenant sa certification SFI depuis 2013, l’Université Clemson a fait certifier la première forêt universitaire selon la Norme d’aménagement forestier SFI et a été une pionnière en aménagement durable des arbres de son campus, y compris la forêt expérimentale Clemson de plus de 6 880 hectares (17 000 acres). Elle travaille maintenant à obtenir une certification selon la nouvelle Norme SFI de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires pour les 566 hectares (1 400 acres) de forêt urbaine sur son campus et documente ses efforts d’amélioration continue. Dans le cadre du projet, l’Université créera un site Web public pour faire connaître de quelle façon elle se documente et se prépare pour une vérification par une tierce partie.
Contribution de la SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient l’Université Clemson en fournissant les ressources nécessaires à la collecte de données et la documentation en vue de la certification, essentielles aux futures décisions de gestion et au soutien financier de l’Université.
Partenaires
Le partenariat comprend des professeurs et des étudiants des cycles supérieurs de l’Université Clemson, des professionnels de la foresterie et une organisation certifiée SFI.

Responsable du projet : Université Clemson
SFI
Comité SFI Caroline du Sud
Commission forestière de la Caroline du Sud (organisation certifiée SFI)

Information connexe

Subvention – Université Clemson et réseau de Women Owning Woodlands en Caroline du Sud (en anglais)
Le Comité SFI Caroline du Sud s’associe à l’organisme WOW pour préparer les femmes à un rôle actif dans la gestion des boisés (en anglais)

La collaboration de la SFI avec les femmes change le visage des propriétaires de boisés (en anglais)
Le secteur des produits forestiers de la Caroline du Sud – Relier les enseignants aux forestiers (en anglais)
L’organisme Women Owning Woodlands (en anglais)
La SFI aide à inspirer de futurs chefs de file de la forêt en Caroline du Sud (en anglais)

À propos de Collège d’éducation permanente coopérative en Agriculture, Foresterie et Sciences de la vie de l’Université Clemson
L’Université Clemson a été créée pour concrétiser la vision de son fondateur, à savoir « haut lieu d’apprentissage » voué à la mise en valeur des « ressources matérielles de l’État » au profit des habitants de la Caroline du Sud. Nourrie par un engagement constant envers l’aménagement responsable du territoire, Clemson est devenue une université de recherche avec une vision globale. Reconnue comme étant une des universités de recherche publiques les plus productives du pays, l’Université Clemson attire et réunit des étudiants et des professeurs dont le plus grand désir est de faire une différence dans la vie des autres. L’Université Clemson s’étend sur un domaine de près de 600 hectares dans la région nord de la Caroline du Sud, avec une partie du campus reposant sur les eaux du lac Hartwell et l’autre au cœur de la forêt expérimentale de Clemson. À mi-chemin entre Atlanta, en Géorgie, et Charlotte, en Caroline du Nord, l’Université Clemson offre aux étudiants la commodité d’une petite ville avec un accès facile aux attraits des grandes villes. En savoir plus.
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Au Canada

Subventions Communautaires de SFI

Comité SFI Québec

Comité SFI Québec
Formation des producteurs de bois sur l’adaptation au changement climatique
Production d’un module interactif sur le changement climatique et le rôle que jouent les forêts certifiées pour l’atténuer, à l’intention des producteurs de bois
Intérêt du projet
Le changement climatique est l’un de nos défis mondiaux les plus pressants, et les forêts aménagées de façon soutenable comptent parmi nos plus importants moyens d’y répondre. Plus de 152 millions d’hectares (375 millions d’acres) de terres forestières sont certifiés selon la norme d’aménagement forestier. Seulement au Québec, ce sont plus de 31 millions d’hectares (77,5 millions d’acres) de terres forestières certifiées SFI. Les forêts aménagées de façon soutenable à une telle échelle absorbent le carbone à des taux impressionnants, ce qui les rend essentielles dans l’atténuation des effets du changement climatique. Le projet formera les producteurs de bois québécois afin d’accroître le potentiel d’atténuation du changement climatique des forêts qu’ils aménagent.
Contribution du projet à l’implication des producteurs de bois dans l’atténuation du changement climatique
Le projet produira un module de formation interactif et convivial sur l’atténuation du changement climatique, à l’intention des producteurs de bois. L’apprentissage vidéo et en ligne sera un outil essentiel à l’implication. Le module intégrera la meilleure information disponible sur l’aménagement forestier soutenable et le changement climatique et indiquera de quelles façons les activités des travailleurs forestiers peuvent jouer un rôle dans la réduction de ses effets. Le projet comprend aussi une revue de la formation actuellement offerte par le biais du Comité SFI Québec concernant les chemins forestiers, les opérations forestières et l’aménagement forestier soutenable. Les modules de formation actuels seront revus et mis à jour conformément aux exigences des Normes et règles SFI 2022.
Contribution de SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de SFI soutient le projet. SFI assure aussi la direction en ce qui a trait à la foresterie climato‑intelligente, qui guidera le projet. Les nouvelles exigences de foresterie climato-intelligente constituent l’un des faits saillants des Normes et règles SFI 2022. Les forêts jouent un rôle central dans le cycle du carbone et peuvent, lorsqu’aménagées de façon appropriée, être l’une des solutions fondées sur la nature les plus efficaces face à la crise climatique. Les organisations certifiées SFI seront dorénavant tenues de faire en sorte que leurs activités d’aménagement forestier s’accompagnent de mesures d’adaptation au changement climatique et d’atténuation de ses effets. Le projet aidera les producteurs de bois du Québec à comprendre ce qu’ils doivent faire pour soutenir cette nouvelle approche de foresterie climato-intelligente.
Les activités de formation et de sensibilisation aideront à impliquer le milieu des producteurs de bois québécois. Le projet comprendra de plus un volet d’évaluation afin de connaître l’impact de la formation. Le Comité SFI Québec fera aussi appel au réseau SFI et à un ensemble de partenaires et de collaborateurs pour impliquer les producteurs de bois. La collaboration avec les associations forestières et la Fédération des producteurs de bois du Québec permettra de diffuser cette formation aux producteurs de bois de l’ensemble de la province. Des universités, des ministères des gouvernements provincial et fédéral ainsi que des organisations non gouvernementales du milieu de l’environnement comptent aussi parmi les porteurs du projet.
Partenaires
Le partenariat regroupe des chercheurs, des producteurs de bois, des membres d’associations forestières, des représentants gouvernementaux et des organisations certifiées SFI.

Responsable du projet : Comité SFI Québec
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue—L’Université du Québec à Montréal Chaire de recherche du Canada en écologie et en aménagement forestier durable
L’ensemble du réseau des associations forestières du Québec
Centre de recherche en foresterie, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Information connexe
SFI annonce de nouvelles normes visant à résoudre certains des plus grands défis du développement écologiquement soutenable du monde

Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec (FPFQ) — Mise à jour du Guide terrain – Saines pratiques d’intervention en forêt privée
À propos du Comité SFI Québec
SFI répond aux besoins locaux par l’intermédiaire des comités SFI aux niveaux des provinces canadiennes ou des États américains et des régions. Ces comités travaillent avec les associations forestières et professionnelles, les universités, les organismes gouvernementaux, les groupes de propriétaires forestiers, les groupes de conservation et bien d’autres à promouvoir les normes SFI comme un moyen de répandre la pratique de la foresterie responsable et d’obtenir des résultats concrets. Depuis 1995, les organisations certifiées SFI ont versé près de 75 millions de dollars en soutien à des programmes par l’entremise des comités SFI. Il s’agit, par exemple, de programmes de formation des bûcherons et des forestiers à l’intention des milliers d’entrepreneurs indépendants qui sont la clé d’une exploitation forestière de qualité. Le Comité SFI Québec a été fondé en 2002. Pour en savoir plus.
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Éco Héros — Mission Certifié vert

ÉCO HÉROS
Décodage des différences entre les certifications et les labels de développement durable
Des activités familiales gratuites pour découvrir la durabilité
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Les consommateurs sont de plus en plus conscients de l’impact de leurs décisions d’achat et recherchent de meilleures solutions pour la population et la planète. Nombre d’entre eux sont prêts à payer davantage pour soutenir les produits locaux et écologiquement soutenables. Alors que les familles et les entreprises se tournent vers des solutions de rechange plus écologiques, les certifications et labels de tierces parties prennent la valeur de garanties fiables. Éco Héros élabore sa plus récente mission consacrée à tout faire connaître au sujet des certifications de durabilité et des labels écologiques et à encourager ainsi les enfants à devenir des leaders environnementaux, en commençant à la maison.
Comment le projet aide à faire des liens entre la durabilité et nos actions en tant que consommateurs
Le projet comprendra la création de la plus récente mission d’Éco Héros : Certifié vert. Les enfants de 6 à 12 ans (et leur famille) pourront accéder à la mission grâce à l’application d’Éco Héros pour se renseigner sur les pratiques d’aménagement forestier durable et sur la façon dont a été élaborée la nouvelle Norme SFI de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires. La mission sera gratuite et accessible en ligne en français et en anglais. Elle décrira en détail les différents types de certifications écologiques offertes et aidera à faire prendre conscience des nombreux bienfaits des forêts et de l’importance de nos actions en tant que consommateurs. Un guide imprimable que les enfants peuvent apporter avec eux lorsqu’ils font des achats est aussi inclus et inculquera des connaissances et des valeurs que les enfants qui les suivront à l’âge adulte.
Contribution de la SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient Éco Héros en soulignant les liens entre les normes de durabilité et l’éducation environnementale, en faisant mieux connaître aux jeunes les labels et allégations de durabilité sur les produits et en leur apprenant ce qu’ils signifient réellement.
Partenaires
Le partenariat regroupe Éco Héros, d’autres organismes internationaux de certification à but non lucratif et le Comité SFI Canada Central.

Responsable du projet : Université Clemson
SFI
Comité SFI Canada central
Marine Stewardship Council

Information connexe

La formation d’une génération de défenseurs de l’environnement (en anglais)
Éco Héros — Élaboration d’un programme de présentations scolaires (en anglais)

À propos d’Éco Héros
Éco Héros est l’organisation des enfants pour la conservation dédiée à éduquer les enfants sur la biodiversité et la conservation et à leur donner les moyens de protéger les animaux et leurs habitats. Ses programmes sont éducatifs et stimulants, mais surtout, ils montrent aux enfants que ce que nous faisons aujourd’hui aura de l’importance demain. En savoir plus.
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Projets terminés

Alabama Forestry Foundation

ALABAMA FORESTRY FOUNDATION
Wonder of Woodlands
Project Overview

The Alabama Forestry Foundation will develop learning materials and indoor/outdoor training sessions to educate stakeholders about some of the unique communities within Alabama’s landscape.
A $10,000 grant from SFI Inc. will help this project broaden the knowledge and expertise of foresters and loggers, and help tell the story of why it is critical to conserve Alabama’s diverse communities of animal and plant species. It will also help link how responsible forest management contributes to conserving this special ecosystem. Information on how to recognize, appreciate, and conserve these areas during active forest management will also be included.
Project Partners
In addition to the Alabama Forestry Foundation, partners include the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Forestry Commission, Alabama SFI Implementation Committee, Alabama Tree Farm, Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.
About the Alabama Forestry Foundation
The Alabama Forestry Foundation was founded in 1978 to advance knowledge of managing and using Alabama’s forests; promoting the stewardship and sustainable management of Alabama’s forest resources; and protecting the property rights of Alabama’s forest owners.
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American Bird Conservancy - Workshops

AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY
Working with Forest Landowners to Reverse Population Declines of

Forest Breeding Birds
American Bird Conservancy Managed Forests for Birds Workshop
Why This Project Matters
This project will deliver a workshop that explains how sustainable forestry can play a critical role in reversing the alarming decline in bird populations. An estimated three billion birds have been lost in the U.S. and Canada since 1970. This is the equivalent of more than a quarter of all birdlife. These findings were reported in the world’s leading scientific journal, Science, by researchers at seven institutions, including the American Bird Conservancy.
How This Project Will Help to Reverse Population Declines of Forest Breeding Birds
This workshop brings together SFI-certified forest management companies, forest harvesting professionals, and family forest landowners for discussions regarding forest management, bird habitat, and the critical role of managed forests in reversing population declines of forest breeding birds. This project will train and educate people who are engaged in actions affecting the future of our forests. It will also offer Continuing Forestry Education credits.
The workshop combines classroom-style presentations and forest-site discussions. This approach has proven to be valuable in several other states in training people in best practices at each stage of forest management to provide positive habitat conditions for birds. The birds range from species that readily respond to certain management practices such as harvest and replanting, thinning and burning, to bird species that require special considerations and advanced planning such as retention of snags, retention of large trees for nesting, or enhanced streamside management zones.
SFI’s Contribution
The SFI Community Grant Program is supporting this project. Bringing together partners from across the SFI network including forest industry, forest managers, wildlife biologists, state government representatives, and the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee will ensure that many perspectives and interests required for effective forest sustainability will be shared. Participants will include influential representatives of forest ownership and management. The diverse project partners will also ensure that they leverage resources and make the right connections for a productive workshop that can be replicated for additional impact.
How this Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
This project will elevate and enrich the link between people and forests by engaging both natural resource professionals who live and work in local communities as well as family forest owners. By bringing forest, wildlife, and harvesting professionals together with local landowners, the project will build a sense of community and appreciation of the different perspectives on forest management. With the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) involved in planning and execution, the project will directly engage the key wildlife conservation organization in Georgia.
The participation of Georgia DNR wildlife biologists and ornithologists as instructors will lend credibility and create opportunities for additional workshops in Georgia. The project leaders will also use their connections to Migratory Bird Habitat Joint Ventures to further network and engage bird conservation organizations and federal wildlife agencies with a mutual interest in well managed forests.
Partners
This partnership includes conservationists, researchers, SFI certified organizations, and family forest owners.

Project lead: American Bird Conservancy
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Georgia SFI Implementation Committee
The Westervelt Company (SFI-certified organization)
Timberland Investment Resources, LLC (SFI-certified organization)
Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Related Information
American Bird Conservancy: Bird Friendly Forests – Opportunities for Private Forest Owners in the Southeastern United States
American Bird Conservancy: Bringing Back the Forest Birds, Phase II
ABC Wins SFI President’s Award for Putting SFI’s Scale to Work for Birds
Bird Conservation Reaches Continental Scale through New Partnership with the Boreal Avian Modelling Project
Collaborating for Conservation of Managed Forested Landscapes
SFI supported a Canada warbler workshop for conservationists and resource managers convened by Nature Canada
About American Bird Conservancy
The American Bird Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to conserve native birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. ABC acts across the full spectrum of threats to birds to safeguard the rarest bird species, restore habitats, and reduce threats, unifying and strengthening the bird conservation movement. Learn more.
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American Forest Foundation: Project Learning Tree

AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION
From Nature’s Perspective
Project Overview
Fostering an appreciation and understanding of the natural world is critical to healthy development in kids; yet in North America studies consistently find that kids are spending more time indoors and losing this essential environmental connection. To address this issue the American Forest Foundation’s Project Learning Tree (PLT) program received $5,000 to partner with Michigan Project Learning Tree and the Grand Traverse Conservation District to sponsor a conference for PLT Coordinators and educators in order to provide meaningful arts and environmental education to Michigan students while creating a model that can be implemented nationwide by other PLT state program networks.
The grant offers an ideal opportunity for AFF, PLT, the Conservation District and local schools to partner in providing a lasting impact. The Conference attendees gained professional development experience allowing them to widely implement Project Learning Tree. Additionally, students from local schools were given the opportunity to share their Project Learning Tree journals and artwork with the larger conference audience.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The project supported SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, including Performance Measure 17.2 requiring program participants support and promote public outreach, education and involvement related to sustainable forest management.
PROJECT RESOURCES
Project Overview PDF
About Project Learning Tree
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. PLT is a program of the American Forest Foundation.
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Arkansas SFI Implementation Committee

ARKANSAS SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
Partners with Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation for PLT Workshops
Teacher Conservation Tour Workshop Series
Why this Project Matters
This extensive educator workshop, led by the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation, focuses on the environmental, ecological, and economic benefits of Arkansas’s forestlands and timber industries. These benefits are often not fully appreciated by people outside the forest sector. Engaging teachers, who in turn will educate students, is an effective way to build understanding of and support for Arkansas’s sustainably managed forestlands.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Community Engagement Grant Program is supporting this project.This project’s strong youth education component supports a core SFI priority. SFI offers teacher training and engages students in environmental education through Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities. PLT is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. PLT activities will be incorporated in the project.
These workshops provide extensive background information and knowledge to help educators incorporate PLT lessons into their course material and better teach on topics of forestry and natural resources management. Educators who have attended these workshops in the past have used the information with their students in career preparedness classes and job skill enhancement.
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
The workshops offer opportunities for the Arkansas SFI Implementation Committee to collaborate with Arkansas PLT and the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation to offer quality hands‑on education promoting sustainable forestry practices and wise use of wood resources. The Teacher Conservation Tour is one of the premier professional development workshops in Arkansas.
This extensive educator workshop focuses on the environmental, ecological, and economic benefits of Arkansas’s forestlands and timber industries. The sessions and onsite tours provide educators with a lot of time in the woods, learning about the interaction between forests, the environment, and the economy. Participants tour forest product manufacturing facilities, view forest ecosystems, and harvesting and replanting operations all while learning valuable information about our forest communities. Participants also meet and learn from natural resource professionals and members of the forest products industry who are in the field conducting this work on a regular basis.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, government, and SFI Program Participants.

Project lead: Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas Game and Fish
Farm Credit Services
University of Arkansas Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Services
Green Bay Packaging (SFI Program Participant)
Weyerhaeuser (SFI Program Participant)

Related Information

Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.

About the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation
The Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation sponsors a landowner education and assistance program for landowners seeking forest management information. As part of this program, the foundation holds a number of landowner education workshops throughout the state and publishes a variety of educational guides to provide landowners the information they need to make sound forest management decisions. It also serves as an information and education source to Arkansas’s teachers and students. The foundation offers teacher training as part of the Project Learning Tree curriculum as well as summer teacher training workshops and other activities. The Arkansas Forestry Association is the only private, nonprofit organization that speaks for the entire forestry community in Arkansas.
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Association Forestière Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean

ASSOCIATION FORESTIÉRE SAGUENAY-LAC-ST-JEAN
Helping Youth Rediscover Quebec’s Forestry Culture
Forests and Forest Products, a Culture to be Rediscovered
Why this project matters
The Forests and Forest Products, A Culture to be Rediscovered Program, from the Association forestière Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, has a track record of delivering tangible and measurable results when it comes to connecting youth to forests through education. Making these connections is good for youth because it can inspire a lifelong interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and open up rewarding career paths. Forests benefit too as youth enhance their understanding of the central role forests play when it comes to environmental, recreational and economic values.
The association tours elementary schools from September until June offering a half-day program that takes place in classrooms and in woodlots near schools for fourth-, fifth- and sixth‑grade students. The program reaches about 12,000 students every year. School-based forest education aims to educate youth about the social, economic, ecological and cultural importance of the forest environment and sustainable forest management. The association also wants to promote forestry and wood as an element of sustainable development and to interest young people in careers in forestry.
Why is SFI involved?
Connecting youth to forests is a key focus at SFI. Fostering an appreciation and understanding of the natural world is critical to healthy mental and physical development in youth. But today’s American and Canadian kids spend more time indoors than previous generations. That’s why a key component of SFI’s community engagement is educating youth and getting them outdoors, to ensure they can be effective future leaders and have a strong understanding of the value of responsibly managed forests.
Forests and Forest Products, A Culture to be Rediscovered gets kids outdoors and potentially opens up STEM-based career options. Workshops organized with college- and university‑level STEM and architecture technology students are designed to generate interest in forestry and forest products and related technical careers and professions.
The Quebec SFI Implementation Committee (SIC) will work to help ensure connections to forest products certified to SFI and Project Learning Tree materials. Project Learning Tree, an SFI program, is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. Forests and Forest Products, A Culture to be Rediscovered offers an opportunity to expand PLT Canada, an initiative of SFI, in Quebec.
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
This is a great program to engage a variety of youth, from primary grades to technical schools that also include architectural students. The primary partner is the Quebec’s Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks but multiple schools, regional municipalities and Employment Quebec are also included. The support of the Quebec SIC will also build connections between SFI Program Participants, youth, educators, and government officials at the municipal and provincial levels.
Partners
This partnership includes SFI Program Participants, youth, educators, and government officials.

Project lead: Association forestière Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Quebec SFI Implementation Committee
Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks
Employment Quebec
Five regional municipalities
Four CEGEPs
Four school districts (Rives du Saguenay, Lac St. Jean, Pays de Bluets, de la Jonquiere)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) PromoScience Program

Related information

Project Learning Tree, an SFI program, is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
The Marten Monitoring and Youth Knowledge Transfer Program, led by the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi in Quebec, is evaluating the impact of wildlife management guidelines on marten populations and transferring knowledge to Cree youth.
Funding from SFI helps the Earth Rangers School Assembly Program offer a curriculum-linked assembly presentation, for grades 1 to 6, that uses science-based information to educate students about the importance of conserving biodiversity across Canada.

About the Association forestière Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Founded in 1942, the Association forestière Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (French only) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, informing and educating the regional population about the importance of forests, the environment and sustainable development. The association uses interactive educational workshops in schools and forests, and its annual conference, for training and knowledge transfer. The Forest Products, A Culture to be Rediscovered Program works to help the residents of the Lac Saint-Jean area understand the challenges facing forests as well as their economic, social, environmental and cultural importance from a sustainable development perspective.
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Association forestière de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

ASSOCIATION FORESTIÈRE DE L’ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE
L’éducation sur les forêts et les normes de certification forestière: Une étude de cas avec SFI
Les collectivités et les écoles sont invitées à en apprendre davantage au sujet des normes de certification forestière et des avantages de l’aménagement forestier soutenable
Intérêt du projet
Les forêts et produits certifiés SFI sont de puissants moyens pour atteindre des objectifs communs comme l’atténuation du changement climatique, la réduction des déchets, la conservation de la biodiversité, l’éducation des générations futures et le développement écologiquement soutenable. Or, trop souvent, les gens du public comprennent assez peu les avantages offerts par les exigences d’aménagement forestier soutenable qu’imposent les normes SFI et les autres normes de certification forestière. Une meilleure éducation forestière et une meilleure compréhension de la certification forestière aideront à diffuser des solutions pratiques et adaptables parmi les marchés et les collectivités qui s’attachent à poursuivre leur engagement croissant envers une planète durable.
Contribution du projet à l’éducation forestière et à la compréhension des normes de certification forestière
Le projet organise et anime des causeries faisant mieux connaître l’aménagement forestier soutenable et en quoi la certification forestière offre la garantie de bonnes pratiques. Cinq ateliers sont prévus, et un volet sur les forêts certifiées, comprenant des activités interactives, sera à la disposition des programmes des écoles secondaires.
Contribution de SFI
Le Programme de subventions communautaires de SFI soutient le projet. SFI fournira aussi une assistance technique pour s’assurer que les normes de certification sont interprétées et présentées correctement.
Contribution du projet à l’implication communautaire de SFI
Le projet impliquera directement les écoles secondaires et les groupes communautaires. Il atteindra aussi le public par l’intermédiaire du réseau régional de plus de 90 bibliothèques.
Partenaires
Le partenariat regroupe des écologistes, des représentants gouvernementaux et des organisations certifiées SFI.

Responsable du projet : Association forestière de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Comité SFI Québec
Norbord La Sarre (entreprise certifiée SFI)
Produits forestiers Résolu (entreprise certifiée SFI)
Eacom Val-d’Or (entreprise certifiée SFI)
Emploi Québec

Information connexe
Table Forêt Laurentides — Développer l’éducation forestière au Québec en créant un réseau d’ambassadeurs de la forêt
Association forestière Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean — Aider les jeunes à redécouvrir la culture forestière du Québec
Maine Tree Foundation — Sensibiliser les conseillers en orientation du Maine aux forêts et aux choix de carrières vertes
À propos de l’Association forestière de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
L’Association forestière de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (AFAT) est un organisme à but non lucratif qui regroupe quelque 600 membres, soit 200 entreprises et organismes, de même que 400 particuliers. Elle est représentative des multiples facettes du milieu forestier. L’AFAT est régie par un conseil d’administration de 15 personnes. Elle compte une équipe de cinq permanents. Chaque année, elle embauche de six à huit animateurs scolaires pour réaliser son programme éducatif scolaire et accueillir le grand public au Parc-Aventure Joannès. Pour en savoir plus (en français).
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Auburn University's Rural Studio

AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Lion’s Park Boy Scout Hut Build
Project Description
Through the SFI Community Partnerships grant program, Auburn University’s Rural Studio completed a student design-build project. The Lion’s Park Boy Scout Hut provides the Boy Scouts of Greensboro, AL a much needed headquarters.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The project will support SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 7: Efficient Use of Forest Resources and Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, including Performance Measure 17.2 requiring that program participants support and promote public outreach, education and involvement related to sustainable forestry management.
Project Partners
In addition to the Auburn University’s Rural Studio, partners include Boy Scouts of Greensboro, Al; Probate Judge of Hale County and the Greensboro, AL Lions Club.
About Auburn University’s Rural Studio
Rural Studio is an off-campus design-build program of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at Auburn University. It gives architecture students a more hands-on educational experience. The students work within the community to define solutions, fundraise, design and, ultimately, build remarkable projects.
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Black Family Land Trust

Grant – Black Family Land Trust
BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST
SFI Is Helping Keep Forestlands in the Hands of African American Families
Black Family Land Trust — A Tree, Is A Tree, Is A Tree 101
Why this project matters
Although African Americans had amassed 15 million acres/6 million hectares of land in the U.S. South between 1865 and 1919, today 97% of those lands have been lost, according to the Land Trust Alliance. The Black Family Land Trust is using forestry as a key tool to keep land in the hands of African American families.
Forestry offers many older farmers, landowners not living on their land, and multiple generations of heirs who want to keep their land together, an opportunity to protect their land assets while generating income from their land. Managed forestry can help landowners prosper in retirement and through multiple generations. It can also be a powerful tool to help resolve heirs’ property issues and ownership questions, and offers a means to help preserve the important social and cultural heritage of African American land ownership.
A Tree, Is A Tree, Is A Tree 101, supported in part by funding from SFI Inc., is the Black Family Land Trust’s three-part training on forest management, intended to introduce Southside Virginia landowners to managed forestry as an asset-protection strategy.

Session I is an overview of forestry as a conservation and family economic development tool that highlights successful landowners with forest management plans who share their success stories.
Session II introduces the concepts and terms of forest management and forest management planning.
Session III is a basic overview of the economies of trees and forestry, and how to turn family forests into performing assets for today, tomorrow and for generations to come.

Why is SFI involved?
SFI is committed to identifying ways to support engaging African American forest owners in the U.S. South, including land retention. SFI, as an organization that stands for future forests, believes we can collaborate to help keep forests as forests and ensure that they are responsibly managed to provide conservation values as well as financial benefits to the African Americans who own these forestlands.
The Black Family Land Trust’s program aligns tightly with SFI’s support of underserved communities through forestry. Southside Virginia has one of the highest concentrations of forested and farm land held by African Americans in the state. We know from the Black Family Land Trust’s own work that the Southside region is ground zero for focusing on the potential loss of significant acres of forested land held in fragmented family ownership.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This grant supports SFI’s community engagement efforts in two primary ways. It supports heritage values and it supports underserved communities through forestry programs. Through partnership and support of others operating effectively on these issues, and by using the natural connections of SFI Implementation Committees and our network of Program Participants, SFI can become a vital piece of the solution to the important issue of African-American land retention and sustainable management.
SFI’s community engagement efforts include the work of SFI Implementation Committees, SFI Community Grants Partners and SFI Inc. initiatives. These efforts have helped elevate and enrich the connections between people and forests. Our support for community-building organizations like the Black Family Land Trust enhances the vital links that exist between healthy forests, responsible purchasing and sustainable communities.
Partners
This partnership includes community leaders, government and the not-for-profit sector:

Project lead: Black Family Land Trust
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Virginia Department of Forestry
U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities

Related information

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities received a 2014 SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to support African American forestland owners.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities supports related work in multiple landscapes, including Southside Virginia.
Black Family Land Trust

About Black Family Land Trust
The Black Family Land Trust, Inc. (BFLT), based in North Carolina, is one of the nation’s only conservation land trust dedicated to the preservation and protection of African-American and other historically underserved landowners assets. The BFLT utilizes the core principles of land conservation and land-based community economic development to achieve our goals. We measurably improve the quality of life for landowners, by providing families with the tools necessary to make informed, proactive decisions regarding their land and its use. The BFLT works primarily in the Southeastern United States, our programs are intergenerational in their design. We honor the legacy of those stewards of the land that came before us and have faith in those stewards of the land that will come after us.
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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods

BRUSHWOOD CENTER AT RYERSON WOODS
Chicago Area Youth Learn How to Care for Urban Forests
Forest of Health / Bosque de Salud
Why This Project Matters
The project is important because 50% of those involved will be Latino and come from communities with a 60% greater rate of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, poor mental health outcomes and reduced quality of life. Research shows that visiting a forest has real, quantifiable physical and mental health benefits. Some studies show that even five minutes around trees may improve health by boosting the immune system, lowering blood pressure, reducing stress, improving mood, and increasing the ability to focus — even in children with ADHD.
The Forest of Health/Bosque de Salud program, led by Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods engages and educates youth to encourage understanding, appreciation, and hands-on interaction with the natural world. By reaching youth, their parents, and their community of care, this program is a creative approach to exposing urban youth to trees and woodlands and encouraging their future care.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting this project. SFI is focused on fostering an appreciation and understanding of the natural world in today’s youth because it’s critical to their healthy mental and physical development. But today’s American and Canadian kids spend more time indoors than previous generations.
That’s why a key component of SFI’s community engagement is educating youth, through projects like Forest of Health / Bosque de Salud, to ensure they can be effective future leaders and have a strong understanding of the value of responsibly managed forests. The project will also use Project Learning Tree (PLT)materials to empower community partners to help teach youth about the value of forests. PLT is an award-winning educational initiative of SFI.
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
The program supports underserved communities who live near urban forests. Its primary goal is to equip each community with the knowledge, skills, and tools to appreciate and care for trees in their own neighborhoods. This will be achieved by empowering the community partners through PLT training, engaging parents in the learning program, and by conducting follow-up activities with each community.
Each of the communities Brushwood Center will work with will learn how to assess the health benefits of trees and how they, in return, can help trees. This program includes a field trip to the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. The Brushwood Center has a strong history of partnership with Latino and Hispanic communities and the center is committed to culturally competent programs that respect the authentic wisdom of each community.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, conservationists and industry.

Project lead: Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Round Lake Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee
Openlands
Nuestro Center
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
Nature Start Alliance
Foss Park District
Roberti Community House
Cool Learning Experience

Related Information

The Nature Conservancy – Engaging Youth in Forest Restoration
Youth Mentoring Program Helps Restore Longleaf Pine Forests
Nevada Teachers Participate in Project Learning Tree Boot Camp
Forest Field Days to Bridge the Gap Between the Classroom and the World Outside

About the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
Located among pristine woodlands in the Ryerson historic home in Riverwoods, Il., Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woodspromotes the importance of nature for nurturing personal and community wellbeing, cultivating creativity, and inspiring learning. The center celebrates the legacy of those who came before us on this land and champions a region where people will care about and for nature.
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Canadian Institute of Forestry — Institut forestier du Canada

CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY

INSTITUT FORESTIER DU CANADA (CIF-IFC)
Forestry Professionals Across Canada Receive World‑Class Professional Development
National Knowledge Exchange Program
Why this Project Matters
This project provides an effective way to support ongoing training of forest professionals who in many cases work in remote areas with limited access to professional development. Forest practitioners who are involved in on-the-ground resource decision making or who do not have direct access to professional development opportunities, will greatly benefit from the Canadian Institute of Forestry’s (CIF) National Knowledge Exchange Program. The program also has a strong focus on engaging and educating youth, because many of the targeted forestry professionals are in the early stages of their careers.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting this project.It will meet the SFI priority area of training and educating current and future forestry professionals who are engaged in actions affecting the future of our forests. Additionally, an effort will be made to host field tours and workshops in rural forest-dependent communities, where professional development and continuing education opportunities are limited.
Another critical focus of the project will be to increase the awareness of forest practitioners relating to protecting Indigenous values within actively managed forests. This will continue to enhance sustainable forestry practices across Canada, while also encouraging the involvement of Indigenous communities in forest management planning. This goal will be achieved through e-lectures in addition to being a theme or component of field courses.
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
CIF will use its robust grassroots connections through its 19 regional sections located across Canada and internationally. CIF acts as a conduit for over 2,000 forestry professionals and forestry or natural resources focused organizations to collaborate, network and promote sustainable forestry practices across Canada and internationally. CIF Sections are well-positioned to understand and identify the needs of working forestry professionals within their areas. This knowledge will be crucial to determine specific themes or topics for field-based workshops. Additionally, CIF Sections will identify topics within their areas that have been underserved with regards to professional development opportunities.
CIF will consult with SFI, partner organizations and sustaining corporate members, including SFI Program Participants, to promote the outcomes and overall goals of the project. They will use this network to identify specific topics or themes to be addressed through virtual learning and field tours and identify potential subject matter experts within the focal areas. CIF’s network includes both federal and provincial government agencies, academic institutions, professional forestry associations, research and development organizations, Indigenous groups, and the forest industry.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, foresters and conservationists.

Project lead: Canadian Institute of Forestry – Institut forestier du Canada (CIF-IFC)
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
CIF-IFC Cariboo Section, Northern British Columbia
CIF-IFC Newfoundland and Labrador
CIF-IFC Rocky Mountain Section
CIF- IFC Vancouver Island Section
Strategic Natural Resource Consultants
FPInnovations

Related Information

The Forestry Connects Program

About the Canadian Institute of Forestry — Institut forestier du Canada (CIF-IFC)
Established in 1908, the CIF-IFC is the oldest forest society in Canada. It’s a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about our forests and who make a real impact locally and abroad. The Institute serves as the voice of forest practitioners representing foresters, forest technologists and technicians, ecologists, biologists, educators and many others with a professional interest in forestry. The Institute provides national leadership in forestry, promoting competency among forestry professionals, and fostering public awareness of forestry issues. It includes 2,200 members from government, industry, and academia united as the voice of forest practitioners across 19 national sections, and one international section providing local and regional presence.
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Canards Illimités Canada

CANARDS ILLIMITÉS CANADA
Formation communautaire pour améliorer la conservation des zones humides par l’aménagement forestier écologiquement soutenable – Trousses de formation pour les communautés
Améliorer la conservation des zones humides et favoriser la participation communautaire en proposant des formations sur l’aménagement forestier écologiquement soutenable.
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Les zones humides sont l’un des écosystèmes les plus importants de la planète, mais jusqu’à 70 % des zones humides ont été perdues dans les régions habitées du Canada. D’autres disparaissent chaque jour. Dans le cadre d’efforts plus vastes visant à inciter les collectivités à contrer cette perte de milieux humides, Canards Illimités Canada (CIC) a publié et mis en vente des guides d’aménagement forestier durable. Les ressources de formation publiées par CIC sont des outils importants qui permettent aux gens de terrain d’acquérir les compétences nécessaires pour améliorer la conservation des milieux humides grâce à l’aménagement forestier écologiquement soutenable. Toutefois, le coût constitue un obstacle pour certains groupes d’utilisateurs, ce qui limite la portée et l’impact de ces importantes ressources. Plus de 5 000 personnes se sont inscrites au cours lorsqu’il a été proposé gratuitement d’avril à juin 2020. Cette offre gratuite a permis d’améliorer la connaissance et la compréhension de l’importance des terres humides au Canada.
Comment le projet améliore la conservation des zones humides et la participation des communautés en fournissant des trousses de formation sur l’aménagement forestier durable
Ce projet permettra de fournir des trousses de formation comprenant jusqu’à cinq guides thématiques distincts à 400 étudiants en foresterie et à des communautés autochtones de l’Alberta. Des trousses de formation gratuites seront offertes aux groupes d’utilisateurs qui ne connaissent peut-être pas ces ressources et qui ne les imprimeraient pas ou ne les achèteraient pas en raison de leur coût. Les groupes d’utilisateurs qui seront contactés en premier seront les étudiants en foresterie et les communautés des Premières nations et Métis de l’Alberta.
Ce projet vise également à sensibiliser les collectivités qui ont reçu des trousses de formation aux possibilités d’emplois verts dans le secteur des forêts et de la conservation. Les trousses de formation amélioreront l’accessibilité des possibilités de formation et d’éducation pour les communautés des Premières nations et Métis de l’Alberta. Afin d’accroître la sensibilisation aux possibilités d’emplois verts, CIC inclura le Guide des emplois verts au Canada – Voix de professionnels autochtones, publié par Apprendre par les arbres Canada, une initiative de SFI. La trousse de formation comprendra également des renseignements sur le module d’aménagement forestier à petite échelle de SFI pour les peuples, les familles et les communautés autochtones. Ceux qui recevront les trousses de formation auront aussi l’occasion de faire un suivi auprès des partenaires du projet s’ils ont des questions sur les guides.
Contribution de SFI
Le programme de subventions communautaires du SFI soutient ce projet. Le SFI fournit également des exemplaires gratuits du Guide des emplois verts au Canada – Voix de professionnels autochtones ainsi que des informations sur le Module d’aménagement forestier à petite échelle de SFI pour les peuples, les familles et les communautés autochtones. Le Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI de l’Ouest Canadien donnera également à l’équipe du projet un accès privilégié à l’expertise du réseau SFI. Les relations existantes de SFI avec les communautés autochtones seront également mises à profit.
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
Le choix des groupes et des individus qui recevront les trousses de formation sera un exercice d’engagement communautaire. La sensibilisation des enseignants et des étudiants, ainsi que des groupes communautaires autochtones et autres, est un élément clé de ce projet. Après la livraison des trousses de formation, les bénéficiaires seront interrogés par téléphone et en ligne. Ces discussions viseront à solliciter des commentaires, à répondre aux questions et à évaluer l’intérêt pour un engagement et des discussions supplémentaires. Ce projet permettra également d’améliorer la concordance de la formation, de l’éducation et des opportunités d’emplois verts par rapport aux efforts de CIC pour la préservation les zones humides. Le projet offre également l’occasion d’informer les étudiants en foresterie et les jeunes autochtones quant aux possibilités de carrières vertes liées à l’aménagement écologiquement responsable des zones humides.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat réunit des spécialistes de la conservation, des éducateurs, des étudiants en foresterie et des organisations autochtones et certifiées SFI.

Chef de projet : Canards Illimités Canada
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI de l’Ouest du Canada
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. (entreprise certifiée SFI)
Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. (entreprise certifiée SFI)
West Fraser (entreprise certifiée SFI)

Informations connexes
Guide des emplois verts au Canada – Voix des professionnels autochtones 
Module de gestion forestière à petite échelle SFI pour les peuples, les familles et les communautés autochtones
Canards Illimités Canada – Élaboration de meilleures pratiques pour la conception et la construction de chemins forestiers autour des zones humides.
La Stratégie emploi et compétences jeunesse du gouvernement du Canada emploie des jeunes dans la conservation de la nature et des forêts
Les zones humides et le carbone – combler le déficit de connaissances
À propos de Canards illimités Canada
Canards Illimités Canada (CIC) a pour mission de conserver, restaurer et aménager les milieux humides et les habitats connexes pour la sauvagine d’Amérique du Nord. Ces habitats profitent également à d’autres espèces sauvages et aux humains. CIC travaille en étroite collaboration avec les autorités gouvernementales, les intervenants du secteur privé, les organismes sans but lucratif et les propriétaires fonciers concernés pour accomplir son travail afin que CIC puisse rapprocher les gens de la nature et créer un monde plus sain pour les générations à venir. Depuis plus de 80 ans, CIC s’efforce de sauver les milieux humides du Canada. Ces marécages, étangs, marais et tourbières jouent un rôle essentiel dans le maintien de la santé de notre environnement, de notre économie et de nos modes de vie. Les terres humides sont l’un des écosystèmes les plus importants de la planète, mais jusqu’à 70 % des terres humides ont été perdues dans les régions habitées du Canada. D’autres disparaissent chaque jour. Mais CIC fait une différence. En 2020 seulement, la communauté de CIC a contribué à la conservation de près de 40 000 hectares (99 000 acres) de terres qui soutiennent les habitats de plus de 600 espèces sauvages. En savoir plus.
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Central Rockies SFI Committee

CENTRAL ROCKIES SFI COMMITTEE
Supports At-Risk Youth with Valuable Environmental Education Opportunity
The Next Seven Generations: Supporting Indigenous Values and Improving Well-Being Through Forest Education
Why this project matters
This program promotes environmental literacy, well-being and traditional Lakota values to engage underserved youth from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is based on an Indigenous approach to land management that says decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future.
This program will foster a love of learning, leadership and coping skills, provide a place to grow, and support Lakota heritage, to inspire the future stewards of their lands. This part of Southwest Dakota includes counties with some of the lowest median household incomes in the U.S. This program adds to the quality of life in underserved communities because it gives youth a voice, fosters leadership skills, self-confidence, and self-actualization — inspiring them to know that they can make a difference in their lives, and their communities.
Led by South Dakota Project Learning Tree, and supported by the Central Rockies SFI Implementation Committee, the program will give over 150 children and youth, aged five to 17, a chance to attend seasonal camps, with learning activities correlating to that specific season. Activities include hands-on environmental science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, and outdoor recreation activities based on Traditional Lakota Values. Environmental science activities from Project Learning Tree are used to facilitate hands-on learning about our natural world. Tribal elders and Indigenous resource professionals volunteer their time to assist in these programs to give youth a solid background in their traditional Lakota values and way of life — an area under threat of being lost because of economic disadvantages.
Why is SFI involved?
The SFI Community Engagement Grant Program is supporting this project. Educating youth is a key priority at SFI. SFI offers teacher training and engages students in environmental education through Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities. PLT is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. PLT activities will be incorporated into the program by South Dakota Project Learning Tree.
SFI actively outreaches and builds partnerships with Indigenous communities. SFI also promotes Indigenous rights, respect and engagement through its standards and partnerships with Indigenous communities. The SFI Forest Management Standard is aligned with Indigenous values, including rights, knowledge, and environmental considerations. Indigenous communities began certifying to SFI in 2010. Today, 39 Indigenous groups across the U.S. and Canada work on over 10-million acres/4-million hectares of land certified to SFI.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This program is supported by nine partners, including Tribal leaders, educators, conservationists, and an SFI Program Participant. Together, they will engage Tribal elders and resource professionals and expose youth to the Lakota way of life. Tribal elders will volunteer their time to lead and support camp activities. They will also attend community gatherings, set up throughout the year, to get youth interested in signing up for the camps.
Partners
This partnership includes Tribal leaders, educators, conservationists, and SFI Program Participants.

Project lead: South Dakota Project Learning Tree
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Central Rockies SFI Implementation Committee
Tatanka Mani Camp
Hochoka Healing Center
Journey On!
Oglala Sioux Tribe
South Dakota Family Forests Association
Canyon Calm Cultural Learning and Event Center
Neiman Enterprises (SFI Program Participant)

Related information

SFI Is Supporting Forest Field Days to Bridge the Gap Between the Classroom and the World Outside
Cree First Nation of Waswanipi Partners for Sustainable Management of American Marten
SFI Is Supporting the Transfer of Scientific and Traditional Knowledge to Cree Youth in Waswanipi

About South Dakota Project Learning Tree
PLT is an award-winning non-profit, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students from preschool through grade 12. PLT is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad and continues to set the standard for environmental education excellence. South Dakota Project Learning Tree promotes balanced natural resource education in all areas of the state. South Dakota PLT’s programs are implemented by a part-time state coordinator and a team of professionally trained PLT volunteer facilitators. It distributes premier environmental curriculum and training through workshops and training sessions, enriching the classroom learning opportunities throughout the state. South Dakota PLT partners with other environmental programs and agencies that have a similar vision.
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Central Westcoast Forest Society

CENTRAL WESTCOAST FOREST SOCIETY
Indigenous Youth on Vancouver Island Gain Forestry Skills Experience
Ucluelet and Tofino Field School — Education, Restoration and Monitoring Program
Why this project matters
This project, led by the Central Westcoast Forest Society, is focused on educating and engaging children and youth within the Tofino-Ucluelet region on Vancouver Island through a field school. It is reaching the surrounding First Nation communities of Toquaht, Hitacu, Esowista, Ty-histanis, Ahousaht, and Hesquiaht. These small communities, with 50 to 1,700 members, are located on the far west coast of Vancouver Island. This project is helping to encourage stewardship and a sense of belonging in these underserved communities. Local school children are learning about forest and stream ecology while gaining hands-on field skills and experiences.
Why is SFI involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting this project. A key component of SFI’s community engagement is educating youth, to ensure they can be effective future leaders and have a strong understanding of the value of responsibly managed forests. SFI also promotes Indigenous rights, respect and engagement through its standards and partnerships with Indigenous communities. The SFI Forest Management Standard is aligned with Indigenous values, including respect for rights, knowledge, and environmental considerations. Today, 39 Indigenous groups across Canada and the U.S. work on over 4-million hectares/10-million acres of land certified to SFI.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
The field component of this program is helping to train and educate future forest practitioners on the importance of sustainable and ethical forestry practices. Children and youth take part in guided forest walks where they learn about forests as well as riparian forest structures and the important role riparian areas play in ecosystem health. This program is being hosted on Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation territory and will support and promote Indigenous heritage and land values by inviting a Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation member that can speak to the roles forests play in their historical and current way of life.
The Raincoast Education Society, a project partner, offers other field components to their Ucluelet and Tofino Field Schools, many of which include First Nation language and cultural educational opportunities. This project is part of a larger goal to bring a better understanding of the local ecosystems and First Nation values to the children of these communities. BC Timber Sales, an SFI Program Participant and project partner, is providing access to their tender lands.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, conservationists, and an SFI Program Participant.

Project lead: Central Westcoast Forest Society
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Raincoast Education Society
BC Timber Sales (SFI Program Participant)

Related information

Addressing Indigenous Interests and Building Partnerships (fact sheet)
SFI’s Kathy Abusow speaks on CBC Radio about the SFI Small-Scale Forest Management Module for Indigenous Peoples, Families, and Communities pilot (listen)
SFI Small-Scale Forest Management Module for Indigenous Peoples, Families and Communities

About the Cental Westcoast Forest Society
The Central Westcoast Forest Societywas founded in 1995 by loggers, First Nations, biologists and forestry professionals who recognized the need to address the loss of habitat in order to preserve wild fish stocks. The Society works closely with the five Nuu-chah-nulth Nations in the region. These partnerships ensure members from each First Nation are provided opportunities to work within their own territory to help rebuild wild salmon habitat.
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Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg

CENTRE FOR FOREST INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG

SFI Is Helping Foster Innovation in Forestry

The Forest-Community Innovation Network

Why this project matters

Canada’s forest industry and the communities that depend on it must address economic transition, social pressures and environmental change to remain viable. In response, different forest groups are engaging in public debate, grassroots organizing, technological and product innovation, and policy reform processes. These efforts are focused on rethinking relationships among communities, governments, Indigenous peoples, industries and Canada’s forests. Although implementing creative and new collaborative approaches is proving to be a complex task, new arrangements involving Indigenous and community groups, companies and governments already offer a growing body of experience to draw upon.

Led by the Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Winnipeg, the Forest-Community Innovation Network is an active collaborative knowledge forum to support ongoing networking and practical research work critical to engaging diverse forest groups in processes of innovation. The Innovation Network is dedicated to implementing a vision for an integrated knowledge network dedicated to community resilience, cross-cultural collaboration, adaptation to environmental change, and innovation.

Why is SFI involved?

One of SFI’s priorities is to bring diverse partners together to advance responsible forestry through training and education. SFI and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business have had a long-standing partnership focused on enhancing collaborative business relationships and progressive aboriginal relations.

The Forest-Community Innovation Network will help SFI further engage with existing partners, such as the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, and build new partnerships, and will assist SFI in leveraging its cross-Canada scale at the community level. In addition, the Forest-Community Innovation Network recognizes that conventional forestry training is evolving and the network of partners needed to address complex forest issues is expanding and becoming more diverse.

More importantly perhaps, is the co-learning now taking place as a result of the collaborative engagements involving Indigenous groups, communities, companies and government, for example. Ultimately, the Forest-Community Innovation Network will create further opportunities to collaboratively investigate and develop training and education modules specifically targeted to sustainable forest management issues. Training resource professionals is a key focus for SFI. In 2015, more than 10,000 resource and harvesting professionals participated in training run by SFI Implementation Committees.

How the project builds SFI community engagement

The Forest-Community Innovation Network will give SFI Program Participants an avenue to support and promote Indigenous values through close partnerships with Indigenous organizations and representatives. The partnership will benefit from the guidance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners who are committed to working together and who have experience in cross-cultural collaborative forestry settings. This initiative will also enable Indigenous partners and other communities to enhance community and forest sustainability.

The Forest-Community Innovation Network is also designed to serve underserved communities by linking forest users of many stripes to knowledge and resources for improving sustainable management of forests. Target users are typically Indigenous and non-Indigenous community groups that do not have ready access to forest management extension services and expertise. The network will include opportunities to promote awareness of the SFI Program and forest management certification.

Partners

This partnership includes representatives from Indigenous groups and academia. These partners include:

Project lead: Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Related information

In 2013, SFI signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) to assist in growing our relationship, engagement and outreach with the indigenous community by encouraging SFI Program Participants to seek certification under their Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program and support a dual-logo process.
Read the SFI fact sheet: Addressing Indigenous Interests and Building Partnerships.
SFI supports training for certified harvesting professionals and the use of trained loggers.
Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg

About Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg

The Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR) at The University of Winnipeg is dedicated to interdisciplinary research, education, and training in forest science, policy and management. Established in 1998, C-FIR focuses on understanding the ecological, economic, and socio-cultural conditions that shape forests and the natural resources provided by forest systems in Manitoba and around the world. C-FIR researchers carry out leading edge natural and social science research to advance understanding of past, present and future changes and impacts, as well as the links between forest ecosystems and society, in order to promote more sustainable use of forest environments.

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Center for Native Peoples and the Environment

CENTER FOR NATIVE PEOPLES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Exploring Forest Sustainability with Indigenous Youth
Project Overview
Centre for Native Peoples and the Environment: State University of New York – College of Environmental Science and Forestry will develop and implement an educational program that focuses on the sustainability of ecologically and culturally significant tree species that we will incorporate into the Native Earth Environmental Youth Camp (NEEYC). NEEYC is a camp devoted to sustainable science and traditional ecological knowledge that they run in partnership with the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force.
Project Partners
Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
About Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
Our region is the home of two great intellectual traditions regarding stewardship of the earth: traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous people and scientific ecological knowledge. The mission of the SUNY-ESF Center for Native Peoples and the Environment is to create programs that draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge in support of our shared goals of environmental sustainability.
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Clemson University Habitat for Humanity

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Homecoming Build 2016
Project Overview
Every year, more than 500 Clemson University students come together to build a Habitat house for a local family on the campus’ Bowman Field, during the 10 days leading up to the homecoming football game. Clemson University’s Habitat chapter will receive a $10,000 grant to build the 24th Annual Homecoming House.
After the 10-day build, the walls and roof are up, the drywall and siding have been hung, and the windows, doors, and basic electricity and plumbing have been installed. The house is opened for public viewing on Saturday, and then moved to a local neighborhood. Wood products certified to the SFI Standard will be used in the build.
Project Partners
In addition to the Clemson University Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, partners include the South Carolina SFI Implementation Committee and the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Clemson.
About Clemson University Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity
The Clemson University Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity was established in 1994 following its participation in the building of a home on Bowman Field during the 1993 homecoming celebration. Since then, the chapter has organized several outstanding projects, including the 2001 “Blitz Build” during which five houses were completed. In 2003, Clemson Habitat spurred the building of the first ever Youth United home in partnership with D.W. Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina.
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Cornell University

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Building STEM Engagement Focused on Homes for Nesting Birds
Project Overview
Cornell University will engage local youth in the construction of nest box trails for the benefit of native birds and the environment. Wood products certified to the SFI Standard will be used to build the nest boxes. The university will also develop a free online curriculum, to expand the project’s reach, and deliver 18 workshops with their partners to test curriculum and engage students.
Through this series of workshops focused on youth, family and community, the curriculum will include lessons in science (biology, ecology, habitat) and technology (mapping, data exploration) surrounding the NestWatch citizen-science project for afterschool and 4-H audiences. Cornell University will receive $8,733 in 2016, 2017 and 2018 to complete this project.
Project Partners
In addition to the Cornell University, partners include the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell Co-Op Extension Jefferson County and Columbia/Greene Counties, and New York State 4-H.
About the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. Its hallmarks are scientific excellence and technological innovation to advance the understanding of nature and to engage people of all ages in learning about birds and protecting the planet.
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Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI du New Hampshire

COMITÉ DE MISE EN ŒUVRE DES NORMES SFI DU NEW HAMPSHIRE
Visites guidées pour enseignants dans les forêts du New Hampshire
Utilisation des ressources de Project Learning Tree pour aider les enseignants à se familiariser avec la foresterie durable et à encourager les élèves à s’orienter vers des carrières vertes dans le secteur forestier
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Ces dernières années, les spécialistes de l’éducation environnementale se sont inquiétés du fait que les jeunes s’éloignent de plus en plus du monde naturel, une tendance qui les rend moins aptes à apprécier et à préserver notre environnement. Cet éloignement est également une question d’égalité des chances, certaines communautés n’ayant pas accès aux espaces extérieurs et aux nombreuses carrières vertes associées à la durabilité des ressources naturelles.
Les Visites guidées des forêts pour les enseignants du New Hampshire (Forests of New Hampshire Teacher Tours) donneront aux enseignants des moyens d’aider les élèves à mieux comprendre le rôle important que jouent les forêts, et ceux qui les gèrent, dans la préservation de l’environnement, notamment en ce qui a trait à la faune et la flore, la conservation de l’eau potable, le soutien de l’activités économique durable et les possibilités de loisirs. Les visites, qui font partie du programme Project Learning Tree (PLT), une initiative de la SFI, y parviennent de plusieurs manières, notamment en utilisant les forêts locales comme salles de classe en plein air. Ce projet encouragera également les élèves à envisager des carrières vertes dans le secteur forestier.
Comment le projet amène les enseignants et les jeunes à apprécier les avantages de l’aménagement forestier durable et à connaître les possibilités d’emplois verts dans le secteur forestier.
Les enseignants recevront 30 heures de crédits de formation continue pour leur participation à un atelier de quatre jours. Au cours de l’atelier, ils découvriront le programme PLT et apprendront comment l’intégrer à leur propre programme pédagogique. Des représentants d’entreprises qui font partie du Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI du New Hampshire travailleront avec les enseignants pour favoriser une meilleure compréhension de l’aménagement forestier écologiquement soutenable  et de l’importance de la fabrication de produits forestiers durables. Les enseignants seront également exposés aux différentes disciplines et aux parcours professionnels qui mènent à des carrières vertes comme la gestion de la faune et d’autres emplois associés à la gestion des ressources naturelles dans le secteur forestier. L’atelier fournira aux enseignants l’information dont ils ont besoin pour permettre aux élèves d’acquérir des compétences et une expérience de base qui seront reconnues par les programmes postsecondaires.
Contribution de SFI
Ce projet est appuyé par le programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI. De plus, le Groupe PLT du New Hampshire fournira des ressources et de l’expertise à l’appui du projet. Le réseau SFI, par le biais du Comité SFI New Hampshire, aidera créer des liens significatifs entre les principaux intervenants du secteur forestier du New Hampshire et le milieu de l’enseignement.
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
Le projet aidera les enseignants à développer un réseau de soutien composé de professionnels de la foresterie auxquels ils pourront s’adresser pour fournir des informations pertinentes aux étudiants intéressés par une carrière dans le secteur forestier du New Hampshire. Les enseignants recevront une liste des participants aux ateliers, qui comprendra également une liste des entreprises certifiées SFI participantes, des professionnels de la foresterie et les coordonnées du personnel de la New Hampshire Timberland Owners’ Association. Les enseignants pourront utiliser ces informations pour répondre à des questions spécifiques concernant l’orientation des élèves intéressés par les carrières vertes.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat comprend des éducateurs, des professionnels des ressources naturelles et des organisations certifiées SFI.

Chef de projet : Comité SFI New Hampshire
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Florida SFI Implementation Committee
New Hampshire Project Learning Tree
USDA Forest Service
Madison Lumber
RJ Chipping and Nine Dragons Paper Company (entreprise certifiée SFI)

Informations connexes
New PLT Curriculum Introduces Youth to Green Careers
American Forest Foundation—From Nature’s Perspective
Environmental Education Association of Illinois—Immersive Education Event Helps Teacher Teams Integrate Environmental Science Education
Northern California Society of American Foresters—Teachers Across California Gain Valuable Forest Science Knowledge
Pacific Education Institute—Forestry-Based Stem Professional Development for Teachers In Washington State
À propos du Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI du New Hampshire
Le SFI répond aux besoins locaux par le biais des comités de mise en œuvre des normes SFI au niveau des états, des provinces et des régions. Ces comités travaillent avec des associations locales, forestières et professionnelles, des universités, des agences gouvernementales, des groupes de propriétaires fonciers, des groupes de conservation et bien d’autres pour promouvoir les normes SFI comme moyen d’élargir la pratique de la foresterie écologiquement responsable et de réaliser des progrès sur le terrain. Depuis 1995, les organisations certifiées SFI ont versé près de 75 millions de dollars à l’appui des programmes locaux par le biais des comités de mise en œuvre des normes SFI. Cela inclut la formation des bûcherons et des forestiers, ce qui représente un moyen très efficace d’atteindre les milliers d’entrepreneurs indépendants qui sont la clé de l’amélioration de la qualité des opérations d’exploitation forestière. Le Comité SFI New Hampshire verse chaque année plus de 22 000 $ à des organismes locaux sans but lucratif pour soutenir l’éducation environnementale et la formation des bûcherons et des forestiers. En plus de son soutien éducatif, le comité SFI soutient également la recherche forestière par le biais de subventions à la Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. Pour en savoir plus.
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Cree First Nation of Waswanipi

CREE FIRST NATION OF WASWANIPI
SFI Is Supporting the Transfer of Scientific and Traditional Knowledge to Cree Youth in Waswanipi
Marten Monitoring and Youth Knowledge Transfer
Why this project matters
Indigenous youth are Canada’s fastest-growing demographic group. At the same time, many of these Indigenous youth feel unsure of the opportunities they will be able to enjoy as adults. The Marten Monitoring and Youth Knowledge Transfer project will help youth see how the Cree way of life still connects very strongly to the land. It will pass on the values that teach the Cree to take only what they need from the land and ensure the continued existence of forests, rivers and wildlife. The program will also introduce Cree youth to scientific concepts and encourage them to consider careers as wildlife and resource professionals.
The monitoring program, based in the Cree community of Waswanipi, 700 kilometres/435 miles north of Montreal, will evaluate the impact of wildlife management guidelines on marten populations. The monitoring program combines western science and traditional knowledge aimed to transfer knowledge to Cree youth in the community. The monitoring program will also support the implementation of Cree standards and wildlife management for Cree wildlife sites of interest on Waswanipi lands.
The project will bring Cree youth to the trap line to monitor wildlife in an educational way, using scientific and traditional knowledge. They will participate in all the steps of the monitoring, from the elaboration of measuring instruments to the analysis of data, and will learn from the proven tracking methods of their forefathers. Learning will take place with peers in a natural setting as much as possible. The monitoring program will also include formal training with wildlife-monitoring techniques, which could potentially lead to career opportunities in resource and wildlife management.
Why is SFI involved?
SFI values this project because it will help transfer knowledge to youth and combine traditional and scientific approaches. The project’s potential to lead to career opportunities in resource and wildlife management is another key reason for SFI’s support.
One of SFI’s priorities is to connect youth to forests through education. We look for ways to instill a lifelong appreciation for the value forests represent for biodiversity, the broader environment, sustainable communities, responsibly sourced forest products and for our shared quality of life. The educational focus of this project also supports SFI’s focus on encouraging the next generation of future forest leaders.
Our work with Girl Guides of Canada, Scouts Canada, Boy Scouts of America, and other youth organizations and school programs like Earth Rangers and Project Learning Tree helps build healthy kids. It also engages youth in conservation activities and outdoor education.
Our kids’ contact with nature keeps shrinking. Today’s emphasis on screen time and indoor play is also linked to psychological and physical effects like obesity, loneliness, depression and attention problems. Getting kids into forests and helping them learn about sustainability is good for forests and good for kids.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This project stands out from standard scientific monitoring programs because it advocates the integration of traditional knowledge from trappers and elders of the community in the development of protocols and the establishment of the monitoring.
The project also gives Resolute Canada and other SFI Program Participants in the Quebec SFI Implementation Committee an opportunity to engage directly with the community of Waswanipi. It will ultimately lead to a new rigorous resource management tool developed by and for the community, which could include prescribed guidelines for companies who work in the territory and who are likely to have an impact on the natural environment or on the practice of Cree traditional activities.
Partners
This partnership includes representatives from non-profit groups and SFI Program Participants. These partners include:

Project lead: Cree First Nation of Waswanipi
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
The Gull Family
Willie J. Happyjack Memorial School
Waska Resources
Cree Trappers Association
Resolute Canada (SFI Program Participant)
Quebec SFI Implementation Committee (consisting of SFI Program Participants)

Related information

Read the SFI fact sheet: Addressing Indigenous Interests and Building Partnerships.
Heiltsuk First Nation: Heiltsuk Culturally Modified Tree Database and Management System
Montreal Lake Cree Nation Certified to SFI Standard to Enhance Forestry Operations and Community Sustainability
SFI helped support the Native Earth Environmental Youth Camp, which is devoted to sustainable science and traditional ecological knowledge and run by the State University of New York in partnership with the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force.
Cree First Nation of Waswanipi

About Cree First Nation of Waswanipi
The modern community of Waswanipi is located on Highway 113 along Waswanipi River and is accessible by road. Waswanipi means “Light on the Water”, it describes our past when we used the torch light fuelled by pine tar, to spear and catch sturgeon that had gathered to spawn at the mouth of Waswanipi River.
While the development of the region has had an impact on our lands and community, we are committed to the sustainable management of our resources. Our hard work and dedication with the model forest networks is an example to what can be achieved through proper consultation and research on development with our respective traditional territory. We have locally owned businesses to provide you with meals, groceries, supplies and equipment. We have hiking and cross-country ski trails, rustic camping spots, and a number of beautiful lakes and several challenging rivers for canoeing and kayaking.
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Cree First Nation - Marten Trapping

CREE FIRST NATION OF WASWANIPI
Partners for Sustainable Management of American Marten
Sustainable management of American marten trapping activities: training, development, monitoring, and enhancement of economic benefits
Why This Project Matters
Indigenous youth are Canada’s fastest-growing demographic group. At the same time, many of these Indigenous youth feel unsure of the opportunities they will be able to enjoy as adults. This project will help youth see how the Cree way of life still connects very strongly to the land. It will pass on the values that teach the Cree to take only what they need from the land and ensure the continued existence of forests, rivers, and wildlife. The program will also introduce Cree youth to scientific concepts and encourage them to consider careers as wildlife and resource professionals.
This project aims to find alternative solutions to help preserve American marten populations and to support traditional activities practiced by Cree tallymen, in the context of harmonization of traditional activities with forestry operations. A Cree tallyman is a Cree person recognized by a Cree community as being responsible for supervising harvesting activities on a Cree trapline.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting this project. This project supports education and outreach around American marten populations, and it will propose solutions to harmonize traditional activities with sustainable forest management. SFI also values this project because it will help transfer knowledge to youth and combine traditional and scientific approaches. The project’s potential to lead to career opportunities in resource and wildlife management is another key reason for SFI’s support.
One of SFI’s priorities is to connect youth to forests through education. We look for ways to instill a lifelong appreciation for the value forests represent for biodiversity, the broader environment, sustainable communities, responsibly sourced forest products and for our shared quality of life. The educational focus of this project also supports SFI’s focus on encouraging the next generation of future forest leaders. This project builds on the success of a related 2017 project: Marten Monitoring and Youth Knowledge Transfer.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
Young people and Cree tallymen will work together at each stage of this project. This approach, combined with communication and promotional tools, will generate interest across the entire Waswanipi community and other Indigenous communities. Public information sessions with visual support materials such as field equipment, a leaflet in three languages and multimedia presentations are planned. In addition, a trapping logbook and newsletters will be produced and distributed to the community and to Cree Trappers’ Association offices. Free marten nesting boxes will also be distributed in the community.
This project also stands out from standard scientific monitoring programs because it advocates the integration of traditional knowledge from trappers and elders of the community in the development of protocols and the establishment of the monitoring. The project also gives SFI Program Participants in the Quebec SFI Implementation Committee an opportunity to engage directly and learn from the community of Waswanipi.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, conservationists, government, and industry.

Project lead: Cree Trappers Association and Cree First Nation of Waswanipi
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
WashWa Nu
Societé du Plan Nord
Quebec SFI Implementation Committee

Related information

Addressing Indigenous Interests and Building Partnerships (fact sheet)
SFI’s Kathy Abusow speaks on CBC Radio about the SFI Small-Scale Forest Management Module for Indigenous Peoples, Families, and Communities pilot (listen)
SFI Small-Scale Forest Management Module for Indigenous Peoples, Families and Communities

About the Cree Trappers Association and the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi
The Cree Trappers Associationis dedicated to preserving Cree culture by practicing traditional activities. Association members believe by maintaining Cree principles and values they can pass on Cree culture to the younger generation. Waswanipi means “Light on the Water,” it describes the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi’s past when they used torch light fuelled by pine tar, to spear and catch sturgeon that had gathered to spawn at the mouth of Waswanipi River. The modern community of Waswanipi, Quebec is about 600 km/375 miles directly north of Ottawa. While the development of the region has had an impact on Cree lands and communities, they are committed to the sustainable management of their resources. The Cree First Nation of Waswanipi’s support for the model forest networks is an example of what can be achieved through proper consultation and research on development within traditional Cree territory.
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Earth Rangers – PLT

EARTH RANGERS
Brings Project Learning Tree School Site Investigations to Canada
Earth Rangers School Clubs Program and Clubs Missions
Why This Project Matters
Eco Clubs are popular in schools across Canada. However, they sometimes lack a clear mandate or direction and they often tend to focus on sustainable behaviours within the school rather than conservation beyond the school grounds. Teachers are also usually left with the full burden of creating and planning all club activities, which can be overwhelming and lead to a less active club. This project will leverage Earth Rangers’ extensive reach into schools through a new school clubs program that teachers and students can engage with year-round.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting this project. Project materials will focus on sustainable forestry and the role Indigenous Peoples play in conservation, both of which are key areas of work for SFI.
The project will also spread the word about Project Learning Tree (PLT) Canadato teachers across Canada. PLT Canada is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. There is also a natural fit with PLT GreenSchoolsand Earth Rangers through GreenSchools Investigations — a set of five investigations to engage K-12 students in greening their school around energy, water, waste and recycling, school site, and environmental quality. This project will repurpose the school site investigation, with the intent of establishing a turnkey way of integrating Earth Rangers programming and promoting the existence of PLT to teachers in Canada.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
Earth Rangers will reach out to SFI Implementation Committees in order to leverage the members’ local connections to schools, increasing the reach of the clubs program in those communities. To encourage increased education and engagement in the natural world among students in schools, Earth Rangers will provide teachers with an easy-to-use and customizable platform. It will encourage learning and action on a variety of environmental and conservation issues, including those related to sustainable forest management and Indigenous values.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, conservationists, and industry.

Project lead: Earth Rangers
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Forest Products Association of Canada
The Schad Foundation

Related Information

Earth Rangers School Assembly Program Delivery
Nature Conservancy of Canada, Earth Rangers and SFI Want to Make Life Less Scary for Amphibians at Halloween and All Year Round
Teaching our children to conserve wild spaces

About Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers is the kids’ conservation organization dedicated to educating children about biodiversity and conservation and empowering them to protect animals and their habitats. The Earth Rangers’ School Assembly Program is offered completely free of charge to elementary schools across Canada. It introduces students to four of the Earth Rangers Animal Ambassadors, including animals like Kateri the Peregrine Falcon, Gizmo the Eurasian Eagle Owl, and Quillow the Prehensile-tailed Porcupine. The 45‑minute assembly takes place in the school’s gym and features:

An immersive HD multimedia experience
Live Animal Ambassadors demonstrating their amazing natural behaviours
A fun and interactive game that gets students and teachers involved
Educational, curriculum-linked information appropriate for grades 1-6

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Earth Rangers - School Assembly

EARTH RANGERS
School Assembly Program Development
Project Overview
The Earth Rangers School Assembly Program offers a dynamic, fun and interactive presentation for grades 1-6. The program consists of a high quality, curriculum-linked assembly presentation that uses positive, science-based information to educate students about the importance of protecting biodiversity while highlighting conservation initiatives across Canada. Earth Rangers will receive $10,000 in 2016 and 2017 to help fund this program.
The funding will help complete development of a section of Earth Rangers’ 2016-17 School Assembly Program dedicated to educating students about forest ecosystems and sustainable forestry in Canada. Through the power of live animal demonstrations and exciting audience interaction, the School Assembly Program inspires students and motivates them to become actively involved in protecting the environment.
About Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers is the kids’ conservation organization, dedicated to educating children about biodiversity and conservation and empowering them to protect animals and their habitats.
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Earth Rangers - Forest Birds

EARTH RANGERS
Canadian Kids Get a Close Up Look at Forest Birds and Learn Why Forests Are a Way of Life
Earth Rangers School Assembly Program Delivery
Why this project matters
Earth Rangers’ School Assembly Program is an extremely successful program, reaching nearly 250,000 students in grades 1-6, in a single school year. The program delivers a dynamic, fun and interactive presentation, consisting of a high-quality, curriculum-linked assembly using positive, science-based information to educate children about the importance of protecting biodiversity while highlighting diverse conservation initiatives across Canada.
The Earth Rangers School Assembly is not a one-off experience, but an inspirational introduction to a program that encourages lasting engagement. The biggest differentiator between it and other environmental education programs is the follow-up component of becoming a member, completely free of charge. The Earth Rangers Membership Program provides students with an engaging online experience and tangible activities that make an impact on real-life conservation projects and environmental initiatives. To participate in the membership program, students visit EarthRangers.com and register to become an Earth Ranger. Teachers can also continue to engage their classes in environmental education by accessing our classroom activities and curriculum resources.
Why is SFI involved?
Through youth education, Earth Rangers is effectively reaching kids across Canada with important messages about forest protection. The SFI segment in our 2017-18 assembly teaches students about the vital work SFI-supported scientists are undertaking in the boreal forest.
The segment also gives students the proper context for why balanced forest management is necessary, explaining how forests are both important wildlife habitat but are also necessary for building things like homes and schools and for making products like paper and pencils. Presenters then provide interesting details about the SFI-supported Boreal Avian Modeling Project, giving insight into the varied and unexpected habitat types that different bird species prefer.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
SFI will ensure Canadian SFI Implementation Committees are aware of Earth Rangers’ work and build connections for future collaboration opportunities. As with any environmental education program, SFI will also work closely with Earth Rangers to determine opportunities for future Project Learning Tree collaboration in Canada. SFI will also work with Earth Rangers to develop online materials related to the grant project, SFI, well-managed forests, and biodiversity.
Partners
This partnership includes educators and forestry professionals.

Project lead: Earth Rangers
Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Related information

Earth Rangers Canada’s work, including their Bring Back the Wild program, was featured in The Hamilton Spectator.
Project Learning Tree, an SFI program, is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
SFI connects youth to forests through education (project highlights).
Nature Conservancy of Canada, Earth Rangers and SFI Want to Make Life Less Scary for Amphibians at Halloween and All Year Round (media release).
The Boreal Avian Modelling Project

About Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers is the kids’ conservation organization, dedicated to educating children about biodiversity and conservation and empowering them to protect animals and their habitats. The Earth Rangers’ School Assembly Program is offered completely free of charge to elementary schools across Canada. It introduces students to four of the Earth Rangers Animal Ambassadors, including animals like Kateri the Peregrine Falcon, Gizmo the Eurasian Eagle Owl, and Quillow the Prehensile-tailed Porcupine. The 45‑minute assembly takes place in the school’s gym and features:
An immersive HD multimedia experience
Live Animal Ambassadors demonstrating their amazing natural behaviours
A fun and interactive game that gets students and teachers involved
Educational, curriculum-linked information appropriate for grades 1-6
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Earth Rangers – PLT

EARTH RANGERS
Brings Project Learning Tree School Site Investigations to Canada
Earth Rangers School Clubs Program and Clubs Missions
Why This Project Matters
Eco Clubs are popular in schools across Canada. However, they sometimes lack a clear mandate or direction and they often tend to focus on sustainable behaviours within the school rather than conservation beyond the school grounds. Teachers are also usually left with the full burden of creating and planning all club activities, which can be overwhelming and lead to a less active club. This project will leverage Earth Rangers’ extensive reach into schools through a new school clubs program that teachers and students can engage with year-round.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting this project. Project materials will focus on sustainable forestry and the role Indigenous Peoples play in conservation, both of which are key areas of work for SFI.
The project will also spread the word about Project Learning Tree (PLT) Canadato teachers across Canada. PLT Canada is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. There is also a natural fit with PLT GreenSchoolsand Earth Rangers through GreenSchools Investigations — a set of five investigations to engage K-12 students in greening their school around energy, water, waste and recycling, school site, and environmental quality. This project will repurpose the school site investigation, with the intent of establishing a turnkey way of integrating Earth Rangers programming and promoting the existence of PLT to teachers in Canada.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
Earth Rangers will reach out to SFI Implementation Committees in order to leverage the members’ local connections to schools, increasing the reach of the clubs program in those communities. To encourage increased education and engagement in the natural world among students in schools, Earth Rangers will provide teachers with an easy-to-use and customizable platform. It will encourage learning and action on a variety of environmental and conservation issues, including those related to sustainable forest management and Indigenous values.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, conservationists, and industry.

Project lead: Earth Rangers
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Forest Products Association of Canada
The Schad Foundation

Related Information

Earth Rangers School Assembly Program Delivery
Nature Conservancy of Canada, Earth Rangers and SFI Want to Make Life Less Scary for Amphibians at Halloween and All Year Round
Teaching our children to conserve wild spaces

About Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers is the kids’ conservation organization dedicated to educating children about biodiversity and conservation and empowering them to protect animals and their habitats. The Earth Rangers’ School Assembly Program is offered completely free of charge to elementary schools across Canada. It introduces students to four of the Earth Rangers Animal Ambassadors, including animals like Kateri the Peregrine Falcon, Gizmo the Eurasian Eagle Owl, and Quillow the Prehensile-tailed Porcupine. The 45‑minute assembly takes place in the school’s gym and features:

An immersive HD multimedia experience
Live Animal Ambassadors demonstrating their amazing natural behaviours
A fun and interactive game that gets students and teachers involved
Educational, curriculum-linked information appropriate for grades 1-6

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École de foresterie de l’Université Michigan State

ÉCOLE DE FORESTERIE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MICHIGAN STATE
Soutien des programmes didactiques liés aux forêts urbaines, au stockage du carbone et au changement climatique
Améliorer la compréhension des grandes questions d’actualité en foresterie urbaine liées notamment au carbone, au changement climatique, aux politiques municipales et à la justice environnementale
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Le climat, tant écologique que politique, est en train de changer. De plus en plus, les responsables municipaux et les professionnels de l’urbanisme sont confrontés à la nécessité de maîtriser les sujets liés à la gestion du carbone forestier au niveau urbain et municipal. Cette maîtrise comprend la nécessité de comprendre les défis de l’adaptation et de l’atténuation, la capacité d’intégrer la justice environnementale dans les stratégies de gestion, et les compétences pour développer des réponses aux nouveaux objectifs climatiques et à la législation connexe. Ce projet élargira le contenu précédemment développé sur les principes fondamentaux du carbone forestier afin de créer du matériel basé sur des études de cas pour les forestiers, les planificateurs, les constructeurs et les décideurs dans les villes et les municipalités.
Comment ce projet vise à sensibiliser les autorités municipales et les urbanistes aux fondements de la gestion du carbone des forêts urbaines 
L’école de foresterie de l’Université Michigan State (MSU) s’est fixée pour objet d’élargir le contenu des cours existants sur les principes fondamentaux de la gestion du carbone forestier en développant du matériel d’apprentissage en ligne pratique, accessible et basé sur des études de cas en matière d’aménagement forestier et de climat pour les villes et les municipalités à l’échelle mondiale. L’idée d’aborder le sujet plus vaste du carbone forestier et du climat sous l’angle de la foresterie urbaine fournira aux apprenants des informations pratiques, concrètes et applicables qui tiennent compte d’une myriade d’obstacles, de limites et de possibilités d’accroître l’équité sociale grâce à la foresterie urbaine et aux projets d’infrastructure verte.
Le projet comprendra des travaux de recherche primaire et une synthèse de la recherche existante en matière de foresterie urbaine et de climat pour développer le matériel didactique. En plus des pratiques d’aménagement forestier typiques, le cours proposé examinera les avantages climatiques liés aux produits forestiers durables et à la construction durable, y compris les techniques de construction écoresponsables et l’utilisation du bois de masse, les initiatives d’actualité en matière de politiques publiques et les approches de pointe mises de l’avant dans le secteur privé, en utilisant des exemples d’études de cas, dans le but ultime d’encourager davantage la construction écologiquement soutenable.
Contribution de SFI
Ce projet est soutenu par le programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI. Les travaux s’appuieront sur deux projets précédemment parrainés par la SFI, tous deux conçus pour renforcer l’éducation forestière auprès divers groupes de parties prenantes, y compris les professionnels forestiers et non forestiers qui doivent approfondir leurs connaissances en matière de foresterie climato-intelligente. Les projets précédents sont les suivants : Michigan SFI Implementation Committee and Michigan State University Use Urban Forestry to Attract New Students et E-Learning Unit on Carbon and Climate Benefits in Well-Managed Forests. En élaborant un matériel didactique fondé sur la littérature scientifique, des exemples d’études de cas et des contributions d’experts en foresterie urbaine, ce projet produira du contenu de pointe qui pourra servir entre autres au processus d’élaboration de la nouvelle norme de foresterie urbaine et communautaire de la SFI.
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
L’école de foresterie de l’Université Michigan State s’est donnée pour priorité de concentrer ses activités de sensibilisation sur la communauté forestière élargie et les secteurs connexes. Ce cours et le matériel didactique s’y rattachant permettront de communiquer à un auditoire cible plus large l’importance de l’aménagement écologiquement soutenable des forêts urbain. Le projet s’adressera également aux réseaux de forestiers municipaux et urbains, y compris les membres en règle de l’Arbor Day Foundation et d’American Forests, deux OSBL membres de la SFI, dans le but de s’assurer de transmettre cette information de pointe directement à la communauté des intervenants en foresterie urbaine. En outre, le modèle d’apprentissage en ligne est à la fois rentable et accessible, notamment ceux pour qui il est impossible d’assister à des activités d’apprentissage en personne.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat comprend des universitaires, des spécialistes de la conservation, des éducateurs, des groupes autochtones et des organisations partenaires de SFI.

Chef de projet : École de foresterie de l’Université Michigan State
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Urban and Community Forestry Program (SFI-certified organization)
American Forests (SFI partner)
École d’agriculture et des ressources naturelles de l’Université Michigan State
International Society of Arboriculture Michigan (partenaire de SFI)

Informations connexes
SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard
Leading Standards and Urban Forestry Partners Collaborate to Develop a New SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard
Michigan SFI Implementation Committee and Michigan State University Use Urban Forestry to Attract New Students 
Michigan State University’s Forest Carbon and Climate Program—E-Learning Unit on Carbon and Climate Benefits in Well-Managed Forests
pÀ propos de l’école de foresterie de l’Université Michigan State
L’école de foresterie de l’Université Michigan State a pour mission de générer et de traduire le savoir sur les arbres, les forêts et les systèmes naturels et humains connexes afin de proposer des solutions durables pour la population et les écosystèmes. L’école de foresterie s’affaire à façonner l’avenir de la foresterie durable par le biais de l’innovation en matière de recherche, d’apprentissage et de sensibilisation. Les étudiants en foresterie de la MSU prennent progressivement conscience de leur rôle dans le maintien des forêts et des services écosystémiques qu’elles fournissent, notamment la conservation de la biodiversité, la fabrication de produits forestiers durables, la protection de la qualité de l’eau propre et l’atténuation du changement climatique. Les étudiants apprennent à devenir des leaders grâce à des cours multidisciplinaires, des études sur le terrain, des technologies de pointe et le mentorat de professeurs respectés dans l’un des programmes forestiers les plus anciens des États-Unis. Pour en savoir plus.
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Environmental Education Association of Illinois

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS
Immersive Education Event Helps Teacher Teams Integrate Environmental Science Education
EdVentures for Educators
Why This Project Matters
Supporting teachers to help them develop understanding and expertise in environmental science education can pay enormous dividends. Teachers are in an excellent position to encourage students to become environmental stewards. However, integrating environmental science education into school curriculums can be a complex and time-consuming task.
To tackle this challenge, EdVentures for Educators is planning an immersive two-day professional development education event for October 2019, hosted by Environmental Education Association of Illinois (EEAI). Thirty-five teachers will work in teams to integrate environmental science education into curriculums. The training will be three-pronged and include academic instruction, field experience, and leadership development.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program is supporting the EdVentures for Educators project led by the Environmental Education Association of Illinois.The association along with the U.S. Forest Service and Southern Illinois University will train teachers to engage students in environmental education through Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities. PLT is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it.
EdVentures for Educators will also include field experiences in Shawnee National Forest and an immersive education experience at Southern Illinois University’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center. Participants will complete the training with an implementation plan for environmental education activities aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Educators will participate in ongoing learning and community activities to strengthen the quality and implementation of environmental education, outdoor learning, and community resource connections.
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
EEAI is the state affiliate organization for the North American Association for Environmental Education, which provides an online network of thousands of educators who will be exposed to EdVentures for Educators. EEAI also serves as the state sponsor for the PLT program in Illinois. The project plan and outcomes will be shared with other educators and states that might be interested in replicating this project. The project will also include follow-up webinars, collaborative teaching calls, online discussion forums, surveys to determine program effectiveness, and best practices for implementing new curriculum. Teaching teams who work with diverse audiences of underserved student populations will be given priority.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, researchers, conservationists, and government.

Project lead: Environmental Education Association of Illinois
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Champaign County Forest Preserve District
U.S. Forest Service — Shawnee National Forest
Southern Illinois University — Touch of Nature Environmental Center
Madison County Regional Office of Education

Related Information

Nevada Teachers Participate in Project Learning Tree Boot Camp
STEM Education of Sustainable Forest Practices
SFI Is Helping Teachers in the U.S. Great Lakes Region Connect Students to the Natural World

About the Environmental Education Association of Illinois
The Environmental Education Association of Illinois is a group of concerned citizens who are interested in educating people of all ages about the importance of understanding and protecting the environment.

Since its inception in 1972, the association has provided leadership at the local, state and national level within the environmental education community by providing and supporting professional development services to the formal and non-formal educator. As host to national, state-based and independent professional development events and curriculums such as Project Learning Tree, Growing Up WILD, and the Midwest Environmental Education Consortium, the association has set a professional standard that educators have learned to depend on.
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Evans Lake Forest Education Society

EVANS LAKE FOREST EDUCATION SOCIETY
2011 Forest Education Symposium
Project Overview
In 2011, the Evans Lake Forest Education Society received $4,000 to host its Forest Education Symposium for educators at its center north of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Symposium, which occurred on October 21, 2011, brought together educators who want to teach balanced lessons about the economic, social and environmental benefits of sustainable forest management; and knowledgeable professionals, including Evans Lake Forest Education Centre staff and SFI representatives.
The symposium gave teachers and administrators tools to enrich forest education programs at their schools. They received a program package of up-to-date educational resources including suggested activities and locations, a chart linking activities to Prescribed Learning Outcomes, and other related resources. Each package included an electronic version so teachers can easily tailor the information to meet specific class needs. In addition to workshops and demonstration activities, participants were given and introduction to SFI certification hosted by the Western Canada SFI Implementation Committee.
Supporting the SFI Standard
This activity supports the SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, including Performance Measure 17.2 requiring that program participants support and promote public outreach, education and involvement related to sustainable forestry management.
Project Partners
The Evans Lake Forest Education Society worked in partnership with the Western Canada SFI Implementation Committee.
News
SFI Funds Community-based Education and Green Building Projects

Press Release – June 20, 2011
Project Resources
Project Overview PDF
About Evans Lake Forest Education Society
The Evans Lake Forest Education Society is a non-profit, charitable organization with a mandate to offer forest education programs at Evans Lake Forest Education Centre in Squamish, British Columbia. Surrounded by forest, it offers a feeling of wilderness seclusion but features all basic amenities. Each year, the Evans Lake Forest Education Centre offers a full summer camp program with sessions for campers aged 8-12 years, 13-16 years as well as Leadership Training Camps and wilderness based Outdoor Adventure Kamps (OAK).
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Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec (FPFQ)

FÉDÉRATION DES PRODUCTEURS FORESTIERS DU QUÉBEC (FPFQ)
Update of the “Sound Forestry Practices for Private Woodlots” Field Guide
Project Overview
The “Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec” (FPFQ) has released the fourth edition of the “Sound Forestry Practices for Private Woodlots Field Guide,” which is used by small woodlot owners and forest managers to promote responsible forest management. The updated guide was supported in part by a $10,000 SFI Community Partnerships Grant.

Download a copy of the guide (French only).
This newest edition includes enhanced content covering key themes such as identifying watercourse crossing features and wetlands, conservation of wildlife habitat, timber measurement and stacking for transport, sugarbush development and tree-felling safety regulations. The online version of the guide also features videos.
Within the province of Quebec, the guide is becoming an essential tool for implementing the requirements of the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard, which requires manufacturers to reach out to landowners and to also ensure training of timber producers. The FPFQ Guide is commonly used by SFI Program Participants to help them address the standard’s requirements. On an annual basis, SFI Program Participants provide training to more than 300 woodlot owners and close to 550 forestry contractors and producers in Quebec.
Objective 2 of the 2015-2019 SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard seeks to broaden the practice of sustainable forestry through the use of best management practices to protect water quality. The FPFQ guide’s information on crossing streams and other water courses is an example of how it supports SFI’s approach to protecting water quality.
Objective 7 of the Standard aims to promote sustainable forestry through public outreach, education, and involvement and to support the efforts of SFI Implementation Committees. The guide embodies this educational approach.
Project Partners
In addition to the Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec, partners include 13 forest-related marketing boards in Quebec, the Quebec SFI Implementation Committee, Canadian forest service and the Fondation de la Faune du Québec (FFQ).
Completed Projects Short Videos
How to Become a Forest Producer
White Tail Deer Habitat Management
About Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec
The FPFQ is the provincial advocacy organization responsible for promoting the best interests of 130,000 woodlot owners. Its actions are focused on the protection and development of private woodlots.
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Florida SIC on behalf of Florida Project Learning Tree

FLORIDA SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
Teaching Sustainable Forestry to University Students through Project Learning Tree (PLT)
Project Description
The Florida SFI Implementation Committee received $5,000 funding PLT educator workshops for university students utilizing the theme of “sustainable forestry” using selected PLT lessons from current manuals. The project will fund workshops for the 2013-2014 school year.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The project will support SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, including Performance Measure 17.2 requiring that program participants support and promote public outreach, education and involvement related to sustainable forestry management.
Project Partners
In addition to the Florida SFI Implementation Committee and Florida Project Learning Tree, partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Packaging Corporation of America, St. Petersburg College, Florida Forest Service, Leon County Extension and University of Florida.
About Florida SIC
The SFI program responds to local needs and issues across North America through 35 SFI Implementation Committees at the state, provincial or regional level. This unique grassroots network involves private landowners, independent loggers, forestry professionals, local governments agencies, academics, scientists, and conservationists.
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Fondation forestière du Mississippi

FONDATION FORESTIÈRE DU MISSISSIPPI
Faire progresser la main-d’œuvre du secteur des forêts et de la conservation du Mississippi grâce aux partenariats et à la formation stratégique
Remédier au manque d’opportunités en faisant progresser la main-d’œuvre du secteur forestier et de la conservation du Mississippi par le biais de partenariats et d’initiatives stratégiques en matière de formation.
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Le manque d’opportunités concernant les bourses d’études, les possibilités de formation continue et le développement de carrière est flagrant dans de nombreuses communautés du Mississippi. Ce projet vise à apporter l’égalité des chances dans le secteur des forêts et de la conservation du Mississippi en s’adressant aux nouveaux travailleurs, aux vétérans des forces armées et aux travailleurs déplacés. Le secteur forestier est également confronté à une vague de départs à la retraite qui nécessitera un afflux de jeunes travailleurs pour maintenir la main-d’œuvre du secteur forestier de l’État. L’objectif ultime du projet est d’accroître les possibilités et la capacité de tous les citoyens du Mississippi à obtenir un emploi vert dans le secteur forestier.
Comment le projet contribue concrètement à intéresser les nouveaux travailleurs, les vétérans des forces armées et les travailleurs déplacés à faire carrière dans le secteur des forêts et de la conservation du Mississippi
Ce projet adopte une approche à trois volets pour atteindre ses objectifs. Tout d’abord, la Fondation forestière du Mississippi (Mississippi Forestry Foundation – MFF) a désigné un employé qui participe aux salons de l’emploi des écoles secondaires et des collèges communautaires et celles ouvertes au public. La participation aux salons de l’emploi est l’occasion d’informer les participants sur les programmes d’études, les emplois verts et les formations techniques liés à l’exploitation forestière, la fabrication de produits forestiers et la conservation. Deuxièmement, le MFF collabore avec ses membres, les agents de rayonnement des comtés, les associations forestières des comtés, le ministère des anciens combattants du Mississippi, les centres locaux pour l’emploi, les chambres de commerce, les centres de formation professionnelle, les universités, les collèges communautaires et un certain nombre d’autres groupes pour rassembler et partager des informations sur les possibilités d’études et de formation. Troisièmement, le MFF utilisera le matériel et les articles promotionnels de l’Institut de formation de la main-d’œuvre forestière (Forest Workforce Training Institute) pour stimuler l’intérêt et accroître les connaissances concernant le secteur des forêt set de la conservation, tout en adaptant le matériel aux besoins spécifiques au Mississippi.
Contribution de SFI
Le programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient ce projet. Le Comité SFI Mississippi permettra également aux participants du projet d’accéder à l’expertise du réseau SFI. Le projet misera également sur les partenariats avec les organisations certifiées SFI.
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
Le manque d’opportunités dans de nombreuses communautés du Mississippi a pour effet d’isoler les gens. La création d’un plus grand nombre de possibilités de participation au marché de l’emploi et d’avancement professionnel contribuera à rapprocher les gens. Les participants au projet serviront également d’exemples positifs pour les autres membres de la communauté qui ont pu se déconnecter du monde du travail et de toutes les relations communautaires qui vont de pair avec un emploi.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat comprend du personnel enseignant, des conseillers en matière d’emploi, des professionnels de la foresterie, des responsables gouvernementaux, des représentants du monde des affaires et des entreprises certifiées SFI.

Chef de projet : Mississippi Forestry Foundation
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Comité SFI Mississippi
Mississippi Loggers Association
Mississippi Forestry Association

Informations connexes
Mississippi Forest Foundation – Des étudiants de l’école d’architecture de l’Université Mississippi State acquièrent des connaissances essentielles sur le bois de masse
Comités de mise en œuvre des normes SFI
À propos de la Mississippi Forestry Foundation
La Mississippi Forestry Foundation est une société sans but lucratif et sans actions créée par la Mississippi Forestry Association en 1964 pour promouvoir et réaliser des programmes éducatifs, littéraires, scientifiques et caritatifs visant à mieux conserver, développer et protéger les forêts du Mississippi et les ressources naturelles connexes dans l’intérêt des générations actuelles et futures. Le FFM soutient l’organisme Project Learning Tree (une initiative de la SFI), les ateliers de formation en conservation destinés aux enseignants et d’autres programmes de foresterie pour les jeunes. Le FFM attribue également chaque année une bourse d’études à un étudiant de l’école des Ressources forestières de l’Université Mississippi State. En outre, le FFM encourage la protection des forêts contre les incendies à l’échelle de l’État. Pour en savoir plus.
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The Forest Foundation

THE FOREST FOUNDATION
Expansion of Map It, Manage It, Sustain It Forest Education Program
Project Overview
The Forest Foundation received $4,000 in 2011 to expand its Map It, Manage It, Sustain It Education Program, bringing together local landowners, forestry professionals, college faculty, and high schools in a collaborative learning environment.
SFI’s funding allowed The Foundation and its partners to expand the program to Plumas and Sierra Counties in California. The program enabled students to directly experience modern, technologically advanced forest management practices by combining tours of sawmills and forests certified to the SFI standard with hands-on field and classroom exercises.
The Map It, Manage It, Sustain It program cultivates tomorrow’s forest management professionals and informs the community on important topics related to modern methods of managing and sustaining California’s forests. The expansion allowed an additional 30 students and their teachers to explore ways in which forest managers plan for the long-term health and productivity of our forests, and to share their knowledge with their communities.
Supporting the SFI Standard
Map It, Manage It, Sustain It directly relates to SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 1: Forest Management Planning; Objective 2: Forest Productivity; Objective 16: Training and Education; and Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry. It also supports SFI requirements to protect water resources, conserve biological diversity, support forestry research and promote sustainable forest management on public lands.
Project Partners
In addition to The Forest Foundation, project partners included Sierra Pacific Industries and Soper-Wheeler Company. Partners making in-kind contributions include UC Berkeley Forestry Camp, University of California Cooperative Extension, and area high schools and colleges.
News
SFI Funds Community-based Education and Green Building Projects

Press Release – June 20, 2011
Project Resources
Project Overview PDF
About The Forest Foundation
The Forest Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 1994 to inform Californians, particularly K-12 students, about the role forests play in the environmental and economic health of our state. Its mission is to foster public understanding of forest ecosystems in California by providing balanced, science-based information on environmental, economic, and societal uses of forest resources for present and succeeding generations.
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Forests Ontario - Boreal

FOREST ONTARIO
SFI Is Helping Students and Teachers Get Firsthand Experience in the Boreal Forest
The Forestry Connects Program
Why this project matters
Ontario’s population is 86% urban, according to Statistics Canada. This means Ontario’s vast forests are outside the daily experiences of most Ontarians. SFI’s support for Forestry Connects, will help connect about 100 high school students and teachers to the boreal forest and give them real-life experience in responsible forest management.
Established in 2010, the Forestry Connects program, led by Forests Ontario, gives Ontario high school students a first-hand look at what it’s like to work in forestry. More than 350 students and teachers have participated in the program to go into Ontario’s forests to meet with foresters, operators, Indigenous people, and biologists to learn about growing and responsibly managing Ontario’s forests.
From visits to local mills and harvesting operations to lessons on local wildlife and the identification of different trees, the program demonstrates the importance of forests to local communities, and the complexity and benefits of active forest management and planning. By the end of the program, students have a better understanding of the integral role forests play in cleaning our air and water, regulating Ontario’s climate, and creating products we rely on every day, as well as inspiring potential careers in sustainable forest management.
Why is SFI involved?
SFI values this project because it provides students with firsthand experience that exposes them to real life experience in responsible forestry and connects them with resource professionals who may inspire them to pursue careers in forestry.
One of SFI’s priorities is to connect youth to forests through education. We look for ways to instill a lifelong appreciation for the value forests represent for biodiversity, the wider environment, sustainable communities, responsibly sourced forest products and for our shared quality of life. The educational focus of this project also supports SFI’s focus on encouraging the next generation of future forest leaders.
Our work with Girl Guides of Canada, Scouts Canada, Boy Scouts of America, and other youth organizations and school programs like Earth Rangers and Project Learning Tree helps build healthy kids. It also engages youth in conservation activities and outdoor education.
Our kids’ contact with nature keeps shrinking. Today’s emphasis on screen time and indoor play is also linked to psychological and physical effects like obesity, loneliness, depression and attention problems. Getting kids into forests and helping them learn about sustainability is good for forests and good for kids.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This grant supports SFI’s community engagement efforts in two primary ways — it connects youth to forests and it serves to train and educate future forestry professionals. The Central Canada SFI Implementation Committee, which includes SFI Program Participants Domtar, EACOM, Resolute Forest Products and Weyerhauser, all with lands certified to SFI, is working with Forestry Connects to engage with schools in multiple communities. This is opening doors to students in Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Ignace, Sioux Narrows, Winnipeg, Whitemouth and Falcon Lake.
Schools will participate in a one-to-two-day program taking them into the field to see active harvesting, learn hands on forestry skills like tree tagging and identification, and see finished wood products in order to understand the process from harvesting to product. Forests Ontario and their partners will develop a series of learning resources focused on forest management in Northern Ontario that will be freely accessible to teachers for use in the classroom. Resources will make knowledge of forest management accessible beyond Forestry Connects participants.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, conservationists, researchers, SFI Program Participants and municipal officials.

Project lead: Forests Ontario
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Canadian Institute of Forestry
Central Canada SFI Implementation Committee (consisting of SFI Program Participants)
City of Kenora
Domtar (SFI Program Participant)
EACOM (SFI Program Participant)
FPInnovations
Resolute Forest Products (SFI Program Participant)
Weyerhauser (SFI Program Participant)
Manitoba Forestry Association

Related information

Read an op-ed about how Earth Rangers, an SFI-grantee, empowers children on environmental issues giving them opportunities to take action and to make a difference.
A marten monitoring project, supported by SFI, is connecting youth in the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi to the forest by bringing them on the trap line to monitor wildlife in an educational way, using scientific and traditional knowledge.
SFI supports Project Learning Tree an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
The Nature Conservancy is teaming up with SFI to help at-risk youth prepare for jobs as forest technicians, while restoring conservation values in native forests.
Forests Ontario

About Forests Ontario
Forests Ontario is dedicated to making Ontario’s forests greener. Its ambitious tree planting initiatives, extensive education programs, and decades of community outreach have helped plant millions of trees in the province each year — and it’s through these efforts that they are bringing our vision for healthier forests to a new generation of stewards, partners, teachers, and donors.
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Forests Ontario - Timmins

FORESTS ONTARIO
Ontario High Schoolers Experience the Forest

Forestry Connects – Timmins
Why this project matters
Ontario’s population is 86% urban, according to Statistics Canada. This means Ontario’s vast forests are outside the daily experiences of most Ontarians. SFI’s support for Forestry Connects, will help connect about 100 high school students and teachers to the boreal forest and give them real-life experience in responsible forest management.
Established in 2010, the Forestry Connects program, led by Forests Ontario, gives Ontario high school students a first-hand look at what it’s like to work in forestry. More than 350 students and teachers have participated in the program by going into Ontario’s forests to meet with foresters, operators, Indigenous people, and biologists to learn about growing and responsibly managing Ontario’s forests.
From visits to local mills and harvesting operations to lessons on local wildlife and the identification of different trees, the program demonstrates the importance of forests to local communities, and the complexity and benefits of active forest management and planning. By the end of the program, students have a better understanding of the integral role forests play in cleaning our air and water, regulating Ontario’s climate, and creating products we rely on every day, as well as inspiring potential careers in sustainable forest management.
Why is SFI involved?
SFI values this project because it provides students with firsthand experience that exposes them to real life experience in responsible forestry and connects them with resource professionals who may inspire them to pursue careers in forestry. Our kids’ contact with nature also keeps shrinking. Today’s emphasis on screen time and indoor play is also linked to psychological and physical effects like obesity, loneliness, depression and attention problems. Getting kids into forests and helping them learn about sustainability is good for forests and good for kids.
One of SFI’s priorities is to connect youth to forests through education. We look for ways to instill a lifelong appreciation for the value forests represent for biodiversity, the wider environment, sustainable communities, responsibly sourced forest products and for our shared quality of life. The educational focus of this project also supports SFI’s focus on encouraging the next generation of future forest leaders.
Our work with Scouts Canada, Boy Scouts of America, and other youth organizations and school programs like Earth Rangers and Project Learning Tree helps build healthy kids. It also engages youth in conservation activities and outdoor education.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This grant supports SFI’s community engagement efforts in two primary ways — it connects youth to forests and it serves to train and educate future forestry professionals. The Central Canada SFI Implementation Committee, which includes SFI Program Participants Domtar, EACOM, Resolute Forest Products and Weyerhauser, all with lands certified to SFI, is working with Forestry Connects to engage with schools in multiple communities. This is opening doors to students in Northern Ontario.
Schools will participate in a one-to-two-day program taking them into the field to see active harvesting, learn hands-on forestry skills like tree tagging and identification, and see finished wood products in order to understand the process from harvesting to product. Forests Ontario and their partners will develop a series of learning resources focused on forest management in Northern Ontario that will be freely accessible to teachers for use in the classroom. Resources will make knowledge of forest management accessible beyond Forestry Connects participants.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, conservationists and SFI Program Participants.

Project lead: Forests Ontario
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Central Canada SFI Implementation Committee
Domtar (SFI Program Participant)
EACOM (SFI Program Participant)
Resolute Forest Products (SFI Program Participant)
Weyerhauser (SFI Program Participant)

Related information

SFI helps students and teachers get firsthand experience in the boreal forest through the Forestry Connects Program.
Project Learning Tree, an SFI program, is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
The Nature Conservancy is teaming up with SFI to help at-risk youth prepare for jobs as forest technicians, while restoring conservation values in native forests.
SFI connects youth to forests through education (project highlights).

About Forests Ontario
Forests Ontario is dedicated to making Ontario’s forests greener. Its ambitious tree planting initiatives, extensive education programs, and decades of community outreach have helped plant millions of trees in the province each year — and it’s through these efforts that they are bringing our vision for healthier forests to a new generation of stewards, partners, teachers, and donors.
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Fraser Basin Council Society

FRASER BASIN COUNCIL SOCIETY
SFI Is Bringing Indigenous Peoples, Sport Fishing Enthusiasts and Forest Managers Together to Help Thompson Steelhead
The Thompson Steelhead Community Collaboration Initiative
Why this project matters
Steelhead are an iconic symbol of the Thompson River and region in British Columbia. Having long sustained Indigenous people, steelhead are also central to the region’s world-class recreational fishery. Unfortunately, this salmonid species is in decline, and today Thompson Steelhead are classed as a species of extreme conservation concern by the provincial government.
A new initiative is underway for a recovery and management plan that will bring together multiple partners from across a diverse group of communities. This project, led by the Fraser Basin Council, will engage SFI Program Participants about how Indigenous peoples value steelhead, identify modified forest management practices and seek future opportunities to collaborate.
Why is SFI involved?
This initiative is designed to raise awareness and foster collaboration between Indigenous peoples, the commercial sport fishery and forest managers in the Thompson River watershed. Indigenous peoples have long relied on forests for cultural, spiritual and material needs.
SFI builds partnerships with Indigenous communities and the SFI 2015-2021 Forest Management Standard requires certificate holders to recognize and respect Indigenous peoples’ rights. This steelhead initiative supports this requirement. The initiative also supports SFI’s focus on supporting sustainable rural communities. The steelhead commercial fishery is an important source of income for communities in the Thompson River watershed.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This grant supports SFI’s community engagement efforts in three primary ways. Training and educating current and future professionals, notably resource managers, is a key SFI community focus. This initiative directly engages forest management planners in addressing values that support steelhead habitat. SFI Program Participants BC Timber Sales, Stuwix Resources and West Fraser Mills are supporting these engagement efforts.
SFI’s commitment to support and promote Indigenous heritage values is directly addressed by the initiative’s plans to convey the importance of steelhead to the cultural and dietary requirements of the Nlaka’pamux and Secwepemc peoples.
A third SFI community value – supporting underserved communities through forestry – is addressed by helping recover steelhead populations, which will ultimately result in a return of a sport fishery for B.C. communities such as Spence’s Bridge. It is estimated that up to two-thirds of the economic value of the sport fishery in small communities such as Spence’s Bridge has been lost with the decline of steelhead over the last few decades.
Partners
This partnership includes Indigenous peoples, provincial government departments, conservationists and SFI Program Participants.

Project lead: Fraser Basin Council
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
BC Timber Sales (SFI Program Participant)
Cook’s Ferry Indian Band
Secwepemc Fisheries Commission
Stuwix Resources (SFI Program Participant)
West Fraser Mills (SFI Program Participant)

Related information

The SFI fact sheet: Addressing Indigenous Interests and Building Partnerships.
Read an op-ed in the Prince George Citizen by David Walkem Chief of the Cooks Ferry Band and SFI Board Member, about the role of responsible forestry in sustaining Indigenous communities.
Fraser Basin Council

About Fraser Basin Council Society
The Fraser Basin Council (FBC) is a charitable non-profit society that brings people together to advance sustainability in the Fraser Basin and across British Columbia. Established in 1997, FBC is a collaboration of four orders of government (federal, provincial, local and First Nations), along with those from the private sector and civil society.
Over the past 16 years, FBC has helped people learn about sustainability, resolve conflicts, and roll out partnership initiatives with a focus on climate change and air quality, watersheds and water resources, and local sustainability and resilience. We support leaders in government, business and community organizations in finding collaborative solutions to tough issues and promising opportunities.
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Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity

GREENWOOD HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Habitat in Step with Sustainability
Project Overview
Forests not only provide habitat for wildlife, they provide the building materials that comprise our homes. While protecting wildlife habitat through sustainable management is integral to the SFI Standard, helping at-need individuals find shelter is an important value we also support. That’s why SFI Inc. is continuing to partner with Habitat for Humanity by providing $5,000 to support a sustainable and energy efficient home build. In addition to grant support, several SFI program participants will contribute as volunteers and the build will feature SFI certified building products. The Greenwood Habitat affiliate hosting the build will also explain the importance of SFI and sustainable forest management to volunteers participating in the build. This was also highlighted through an optional tour of Norbord’s OSB production facility where building products certified to the SFI standard are manufactured.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The project supports SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry.
Project Partners
Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity will partner with the South Carolina SFI Implementation Committee and a wide range of local community groups and SFI program participants.
Project Resources
Project Overview PDF
About Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian organization founded in 1976 by a successful Georgia lawyer, Millard Fuller. As of the year 2006, Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1,000,000 people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.
In 1988, Tom Bryson, a retired county agent, collaborating with local citizens applied for and was granted affiliation. Since that time, Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity (GAHFH) has served 72 families. Using volunteer labor and tax-deductible donations of money and materials, GAHFH constructs these homes with the help of partner families.
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Georgia Forestry Foundation

GEORGIA FORESTRY FOUNDATION
Getting Georgia Kids Reading and Learning about Forests
The Forever Tree
Why this project matters
Currently, two-thirds of Georgia’s third graders are not reading at grade level. Georgia’s working forests cover two-thirds of the state. This initiative, in partnership with the Governor’s Office and the Get Georgia Reading campaign seeks to connect children to forests by helping them learn to read.
Georgia’s First Lady Sandra Deal launched her Read Across Georgia initiative in support of Governor Nathan Deal’s goal of increasing the percentage of children reading at grade level by the end of third grade. The governor proclaimed March Read Across Georgia month to support this initiative.
Why is SFI involved?
The Georgia Forestry Foundation will leverage statewide partnerships, including the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee, to provide hands-on classroom activities teaching children about the importance of trees, through use of a book entitled The Forever Tree. The Georgia Forestry Foundation will use the book to enhance collaboration with Project Learning Tree (PLT), donate copies of the book to every elementary school in the state and all 401 public community libraries as well as including the book in afterschool programs with local community organizations.
This book also lends itself to serving as an icebreaker to engage more teachers and schools regarding the opportunities within PLT, an SFI program. PLT is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
The fact that two-thirds of Georgia’s third-graders are not reading on grade level, brings long-term negative consequences to these children, their families, their communities, and the state. Unwilling to ignore the challenge of illiteracy in Georgia, hundreds of public and private leaders from across the state and across sectors have come together to take on third-grade reading as an urgent priority for all who care about children’s health and well-being. Together, they developed an agenda outlining the conditions necessary for every child in Georgia to become a proficient reader by the end of third grade, paving the way to improved outcomes throughout school and life.
Partners
This partnership includes educators and volunteers.

Project lead: Georgia Forestry Foundation
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Get Georgia Reading

Related information

Project Learning Tree, an SFI program, is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
SFI connects youth to forests through education (project highlights).

About the Georgia Forestry Foundation
The Georgia Forestry Foundation (GFF), established in 1990, is a 501 (c) (3) organization that acts as the educational arm of the Georgia Forestry Association. Their mission is to sustain Georgia’s forests through funding and support of leadership development, policy studies and education to enhance the economic, environmental and community value of working forests for Georgia. The Foundation has three pillars – Leadership; Policy Studies and Education. They work to develop leaders within the forestry community to be confident advocates at the government, business and community levels. They provide analysis and information that informs policy favorable to Georgia’s working forests, and develop educational experiences with a statewide focus that reach multiple target audiences.
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Georgia Heirs Property Law Center

GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER
Helping Georgia Forestry Professionals Support Underserved Communities
Tangled Title and Timber: A Continuing Education Webinar on Heirs Property in Georgia
Why this project matters
Although African Americans had amassed 15 million acres/6 million hectares of land in the U.S. South between 1865 and 1919, today 97% of those lands have been lost, according to the Land Trust Alliance.
Understanding heirs’ property (aka tangled title) is critical to working with underserved communities. Developed by the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, Southern Regional Extension Forestry, and SFI Georgia this free and publicly available webinar will explain how foresters can support heirs’ property owners to better manage their timber as an asset.
Heirs property is the untold story behind blight and generational poverty in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Heirs property refers to a home or land that passes from generation to generation without a legally designated owner. This results in ownership being divided among all living descendants in a family. This unstable form of ownership limits a family’s ability to build generational wealth and hampers the efforts of nonprofits and cities to revitalize neighborhoods.
Why is SFI involved?
SFI is committed to identifying ways to support engaging African American forest owners in the U.S. South, including land retention. SFI, as an organization that stands for future forests, believes we can collaborate to help keep forests as forests and ensure that they are responsibly managed to provide conservation values as well as financial benefits to the African Americans who own these forestlands.
Forestry offers many older farmers, landowners not living on their land, and multiple generations of heirs who want to keep their land together, an opportunity to protect their land assets while generating income from their land. Managed forestry can help landowners prosper in retirement and through multiple generations. It can also be a powerful tool to help resolve heirs’ property issues and ownership questions and offers a means to help preserve the important social and cultural heritage of African American land ownership.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
Supporting engagement of underserved landowners connects well with SFI’s community engagement goals, specifically by training and educating current and future forestry practitioners and professionals. The project also supports underserved communities through forestry, with a focus on urban forestry, rural communities and minority landowners. And it demonstrates the conservation values of forests certified to SFI through community-related projects.
Through partnership and support of others operating effectively on these issues, and by using the natural strength of SFI Implementation Committees and our network of SFI Program Participants, SFI can become a vital piece of the solution to this important issue.  As such, SFI Inc. will fund this project to further our priority engagement on this important issue. SFI will work with the project leaders at the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center to incorporate content regarding the SFI small lands module into the webinar, as well as determine opportunities to leverage this work with other SFI Implementation Committees across the U.S. South.
Partners
This partnership includes legal experts, community activists, forestry professionals and conservationists.

Project lead: Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Southern Regional Extension Forestry
Georgia SFI Implementation Committee

Related information

SFI is helping the Black Family Land Trust keep forestlands in the hands of African American families — A Tree, Is A Tree, Is A Tree 101.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities received a 2014 SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to support African American forestland owners.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities supports related work in multiple landscapes, including Southside Virginia.

About the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
Recognizing the need for prevention, education, and remediation of heirs’ property led to the creation of the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, Inc. The Center has served Georgia’s heirs’ property owners, nonprofits, and municipalities since 2015. The Center is a not-for-profit law firm dedicated to increasing generational wealth, social justice, and community stability by securing and preserving property rights of low- and moderate‑income Georgians. The Center’s services include title clearing, will creation, estate planning, and connecting clients with programs to increase the value of their land and homes. Staff travel throughout the state from offices in Atlanta, Athens, and Macon.
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Georgia SIC

GEORGIA SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
Georgia Forestry Community Habitat for Humanity Build
Project Details
The Georgia SIC, along with landowners, industry, state agencies, foresters, loggers, and others, received $5,000 toward a Habitat for Humanity home build in Macon, GA. The home-build will be part of a video story of the forestry cycle from seedling to forest to mill to products and replanting to begin the cycle anew.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The project will support SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, including Performance Measure 17.2 requiring that program participants support and promote public outreach, education and involvement related to sustainable forestry management.
Project Partners
In addition to the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee, partners include Georgia Forestry Association Emerging Leaders; Georgia Forestry Commission; Georgia Forestry Foundation; Georgia Tree Farm Committee; Georgia Division-Society of American Foresters; and Southeastern Wood Producers Association.
About Georgia SIC
The SFI program responds to local needs and issues across North America through 35 SFI Implementation Committees at the state, provincial or regional level. This unique grassroots network involves private landowners, independent loggers, forestry professionals, local governments agencies, academics, scientists, and conservationists. The Georgia SFI Implementation Committee works behind the scenes supporting responsible forestry, wood procurement and harevsting in Georgia.
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Georgia SIC - Georgia Heirs Property Law Center

GEORGIA SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
Collaborates with Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
Georgia Landowner Academy Supports Underserved Communities in Georgia
Why this Project Matters
This program, led by the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, is focused on addressing the challenges families face relating to heirs’ property. Heirs’ property is the untold story behind blight and generational poverty throughout Georgia. Heirs’ property refers to a home or land that passes from generation to generation without a legally designated owner. This results in ownership being divided among all living descendants in a family.
This unstable form of ownership limits a family’s ability to build generational wealth. Although African Americans had amassed 15 million acres/6 million hectares of land in the U.S. South between 1865 and 1919, today 97% of those lands have been lost, according to the Land Trust Alliance.
Forestry offers many older farmers, landowners not living on their land, and multiple generations of heirs who want to keep their land together, an opportunity to protect their land assets while generating income from their land. Managed forestry can help landowners prosper in retirement and through multiple generations. It can also be a powerful tool to help resolve heirs’ property issues and ownership questions and offers a means to help preserve the important social and cultural heritage of African American land ownership.
Why is SFI Involved?
The SFI Community Engagement Grant Program is supporting this project. It is an extension of an SFI-supported Georgia Heirs Property Law Center project from 2018. The current project has a more refined and targeted set of landowners, taking the project beyond education to provide land title and deed support. Through the Georgia Landowner Academy, the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center engages new, inexperienced, and underserved landowners in an SFI-aligned technical assistance program. This helps prepare them to develop land management plans, engage the U.S. Forest Service, the Georgia Forestry Commission, and other professionals. Ultimately, the project will help families sustainably manage their forestland as an asset that builds generational wealth.
SFI is committed to identifying ways to support engaging African American forest owners in the U.S. South, including through land retention. SFI, as an organization that stands for future forests, believes we can collaborate to help keep forests as forests and ensure that they are responsibly managed to provide conservation values as well as financial benefits to the African Americans who own these forestlands.
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement
This project leverages the engagement of the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee, the Georgia Forestry Commission, the University of Georgia, Fort Valley Cooperative Extension and Clemson University. Together, they work with project participants on best forest management practices that align with SFI standards.
The Georgia Property Law Center provides extensive services to underserved rural communities and maintains an intentional focus on multiple generational and minority landowners. These are priorities shared with SFI. Since being established 2015, the Center, solely or in collaboration with nonprofit and governmental partners, has conducted 167 community outreach programs, trainings, and stakeholder meetings in 35 counties and trained approximately 5,580 individuals throughout Georgia to increase understanding of heirs’ property. The Center has completed 67 estate plans for clients. The Center, in collaboration with private attorneys and pro bono title companies, has reviewed titles for 157 tracts of land collectively valued at over $10 million.
Partners
This partnership includes lawyers, researchers, conservationists, government, and SFI Program Participants.

Project lead: Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Georgia SFI Implementation Committee
Clemson University College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
Golden Triangle Resource Conservation and Development Council
Fort Valley State University Cooperative Extension Program
Georgia Forestry Commission

Related Information

Helping Georgia Forestry Professionals Support Underserved Communities
A Tree, Is A Tree, Is A Tree 101.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities received a 2014 SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to support African American forestland owners.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities supports related work in multiple landscapes, including Southside Virginia.

About the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
Recognizing the need for prevention, education, and remediation of heirs’ property led to the creation of the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, Inc. The Center has served Georgia’s heirs’ property owners, nonprofits, and municipalities since 2015. The Center is a not-for-profit law firm dedicated to increasing generational wealth, social justice, and community stability by securing and preserving property rights of low- and moderate‑income Georgians. The Center’s services include title clearing, will creation, estate planning, and connecting clients with programs to increase the value of their land and homes. Staff travel throughout the state from offices in Atlanta, Athens, and Macon.
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The Greening of Detroit

THE GREENING OF DETRIOT
Citizen Forester Program
Project Overview
Over the past several decades Detroit has lost tens of millions of trees due to resource constraints, urban expansion, Dutch Elm Disease and Emerald Ash Borer. As part of a comprehensive urban forest restoration effort SFI Inc. will provide $5,000 to support the Greening of Detroit’s 2014 Citizen Forester Program to recruit and train 50 new volunteer Citizen Foresters. The training program will inform participants about the SFI program and the importance of sustainable forest management and feature SFI-labeled products. The Citizen Foresters will then take on a leadership role in the subsequent tree plantings throughout Detroit as part of Greening of Detroit’s holistic approach to restore tree cover in a strategic manner providing a wide range of benefits to residents.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The Greening of Detroit’s Citizen Forester program supports the SFI program goals by strengthening sustainable forests, improving the sustainability of communities and addressing climate change. This grant directly addresses Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry and components of the SFI standard relating to aesthetics and recreation, and training and education.
Project Partners
The Greening of Detroit will partner with the Michigan SFI Implementation Committee.
Project Resources
Project Overview PDF
About Greening of Detroit
The Greening of Detroit is a well-established, nonprofit resource agency that partners with federal, state and local agencies, corporations and foundations to assist neighborhood groups, churches and schools in their efforts to improve the ecosystem in Detroit through tree planting projects, environmental education, urban agriculture, open space reclamation, vacant land management, and workforce development programs.
Transforming this city from a post-industrial urban center into a healthier, safer and greener environment will take commitment and a bold new way of thinking. We are ready for that challenge.
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Hardwood Forestry Fund

HARDWOOD FORESTRY FUND
Planting Hardwood Seedlings on Idle Agricultural Land in Devil’s Lake State Park, WI
Project Overview
The Hardwood Forestry Fund received $4,000 in 2011 to create opportunities for local residents to gain hands-on forest management experience while learning about the benefits of sustainable forestry through planting hardwood seedlings on idle agricultural land in Wisconsin’s Devil’s Lake State Park.
The 8.5-acre project involved planting 23,000 seedlings in order to restore hardwood forest cover in the park. Selected tree species were carefully matched to the site, including northern red oak, white oak, black walnut and cherry. As the plantings advance, they will close gaps in canopy coverage, creating habitat for species that require dense forest conditions to survive. Eventually these trees will reach maturity providing a sustainable wood source within the community.
Students from Youth Environmental Projects of Sauk County and their parents will monitor seedling success, interplant as needed, and prune the trees. This partnership introduces youth to the principles of sustainable forestry, allows them to have hands-on interaction and shows them the impact sustainable forestry has on forest-reliant communities.
Supporting the SFI Standard
This project supports SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 6: Protection of Special Sites; Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, and Objective 18: Public Land Management Responsibilities. It also addresses multiple components of standard objectives related to sustainable forestry, forest productivity and health, protection of biological diversity, aesthetics and recreation, and training and education.
Project Partners
In addition to the Hardwood Forestry Fund, other partners included the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Division of Forestry; WDNR Bureau of Parks & Recreation; WDNR State Nurseries Program; Sauk County Land Conservation Department and Youth Environmental Projects of Sauk County.
News
SFI Funds Community-based Education and Green Building Projects

Press Release – June 20, 2011
Project Resources
Project Overview PDF
About Hardwood Forestry Fund
The Hardwood Forestry Fund is a 501(c)(3) educational organization dedicated to establishing sustainable hardwood forests. Through tree planting and implementation of forest management techniques on public land, the Hardwood Forestry Fund has promoted hardwood timber growth, management, environmental education, and wise use of renewable forest resources since 1990. Trees planted by the Hardwood Forestry Fund require a management plan that ensures they will be cared for to provide quality natural resources for future generations. Educational and demonstration forests help teach students and private landowners how to establish and maintain hardwood forests.
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Idaho Forest Foundation

IDAHO FOREST FOUNDATION
Sustainable Forestry Teacher Tour 2013
Project Overview
Through the Sustainable Forestry Tour, educators are exposed to the Project Learning Tree (PLT) curriculum and the social, economic, and ecological aspects of sustainable forestry. They are immersed in sustainable forestry issues with valuable information and concepts they can take back to their classrooms. During the three-day program educators visit private, state, and federal forests; tour sawmills and active harvesting operations; and learn about forests directly from natural resource professionals.
Supporting the SFI Standard
The project will support SFI 2010-2014 Standard Objective 17: Community Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry, including Performance Measure 17.2 requiring that program participants support and promote public outreach, education and involvement related to sustainable forestry management.
Project Partners
In addition to the Idaho Forest Foundation, partners include the Idaho SFI Implementation Committee.
About Idaho Community Foundation
The Idaho Forest Foundation supports forest education and outreach projects that have a lasting impact in Idaho. Foundation funds will help reach more people and provide more forest education programs throughout the state.
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Inside Education Society of Alberta

INSIDE EDUCATION SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
Alberta School Children See Forest Management In Action
Student Forestry Field Trips
Why this project matters
The Inside Education Society of Alberta will deliver forestry education field trips to more than 3,500 Alberta students, teachers and parents at five field sites across Alberta. These engaging, interactive day trips will connect young people to the natural world and will connect them in a meaningful way to sustainable forest management. This program will provide kids in grades 4-12 with real-world insight into sustainable forest management in Alberta. The program will affect urban and rural students and students from Indigenous communities. For many students, this will be their first opportunity to visit a working forest.
The Student Forestry Field Trips project, proposed by Inside Education, is a valuable way to get kids in the forest, learning about sustainable forest management first hand. They will learn about a variety of sustainable forest management themes — including various forestry cutblocks and regeneration sites, and wetland and wildlife habitat conservation.
Why is SFI involved?
One of SFI’s priorities is to connect youth to forests through education. We look for ways to instill a lifelong appreciation for the value forests represent for biodiversity, the wider environment, sustainable communities, responsibly sourced forest products and for our shared quality of life. The educational focus of this project also supports SFI’s focus on encouraging the next generation of future forest leaders.
SFI Program Participants will provide demonstrations of forest management activities, in addition to offering mill tours for the students and teachers. SFI will work with Inside Education and SFI Program Participants Millar Western and West Fraser to feature aspects of the SFI Program throughout the tours, from best management practices at the Des Crossley Demonstration Forest and active harvesting and reforestation activities on the Huestis Demonstration Forest. SFI will also provide teachers with Project Learning Tree curriculum.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
Inside Education works closely with partner organizations to develop and deliver field trips. They have formalized partnerships with forestry companies local to the communities in which they operate, including SFI Program Participants Millar Western Forest Products and West Fraser, dba Sundre Forest Products. The project also involves collaboration with the Government of Alberta for program site maintenance, as each of the sites exists on Alberta Government crown land. There are further partnership opportunities in forestry careers education with the Alberta Forest Products Association and its Work Wild program. Inside Education also collaborates with CAREERS the Next Generation as part of the Alberta Forestry Futures Partnership.
Partners
This partnership includes educators, forestry professionals, SFI Program Participants and government officials.

Project lead: Inside Education Society of Alberta
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Millar Western Forest Products (SFI Program Participant)
West Fraser, dba Sundre Forest Products (SFI Program Participant)
Alberta Forest Products Association
Alberta Environment and Parks

Related information

SFI helps students and teachers get firsthand experience in the boreal forest through the Forestry Connects Program.
Project Learning Tree, an SFI program, is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
SFI connects youth to forests through education (project highlights).

About the Inside Education Society of Alberta
This Alberta charity brings together people and organizations with a wide variety of views on environmental issues to work together with education as the starting point. The Inside Education Society of Alberta helps teachers and students better understand the science, technology and issues related to our environment and natural resources. Each year staff and volunteers visit over 20,000 students, work directly with more than 1,500 teachers and travel thousands of kilometres to communities across Alberta working towards a vision of engaged stewards of the environment and natural resources.
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Institut des Ressources Durables

INSTITUT DES RESSOURCES DURABLES
Promotion de la foresterie urbaine et de la récolte des déchets ligneux dans le comté de Waukesha, au Wisconsin et ailleurs
Engager les parties prenantes et fournir une assistance technique aux municipalités pour qu’elles intègrent l’utilisation du bois urbain dans leur planification
Pourquoi ce projet est important
L’utilisation du bois provenant d’arbres urbains qui doivent être abattus en raison de maladies, de ravageurs ou d’autres motifs est un aspect important des collectivités écologiquement soutenables. Pourtant, plusieurs collectivités du comté de Waukesha ne planifient toujours pas l’entretien, le soin et l’utilisation de leurs arbres urbains. En général, lorsque les municipalités abattent des arbres urbains pour toute raison, le bois est traité comme un déchet et éliminé par déchiquetage ou même laissé à pourrir dans les décharges. Cette approche coûte de l’argent et du temps aux municipalités tout en apportant peu de valeur à la communauté. En établissant des plans d’aménagement des forêts communautaires et du bois urbain, les collectivités peuvent utiliser cette ressource locale, durable et renouvelable pour améliorer l’environnement local et réduire les dépenses publiques.
Comment le projet aide les autorités municipales à utiliser le bois urbain dans leur planification urbaine
Le Sustainable Resources Institute (SRI) fournit une aide technique au comté de Waukesha pour lui permettre de parachever son plan de gestion des forêts urbaines et d’utilisation du bois, qui est destiné à servir d’exemple aux autres municipalités du comté, du Wisconsin et au-delà. SRI est en train de développer un gabarit de carte illustrative et une fiche descriptive connexe sur support PDF que d’autres communautés pourront utiliser dans leurs processus de planification du cycle de vie des arbres urbains. Cet outil comprendra des photos et des vidéos qui montreront et expliqueront comment surmonter les obstacles courants à l’adoption du plan de gestion et à la durabilité de la gestion intégrée du cycle de vie utile des forêts urbaines.
Le plan de gestion des forêts urbaines élargira la définition de l’aménagement des forêts urbaines de manière à inclure le cycle de vie complet de l’arbre. Les municipalités auront ainsi l’occasion de récolter des avantages environnementaux et de réaliser des économies qui pourront être réinvesties dans la plantation d’arbres pour maintenir le couvert forestier urbain. En outre, la production d’un approvisionnement régulier en bois urbain peut soutenir les industries locales du bois urbain et, par conséquent, profiter aux économies locales.
Contribution de SFI
Le programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient ce projet. Le Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI du Wisconsin est un partenaire clé qui permettra aux participants du projet de profiter pleinement de l’expertise des membres du réseau SFI. La SFI apprécie également ce projet pour sa capacité à contribuer au développement et à la diffusion de meilleures pratiques de gestion ou de projets pilotes qui font progresser la durabilité des forêts urbaines. Ces efforts contribueront concrètement à l’élaboration de la nouvelle norme de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires SFI, laquelle sera produite avec le concours et le soutien d’experts des États-Unis et du Canada.
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
Le réseau Urban Wood Network s’associera à son comité régional du Wisconsin et à des experts locaux en matière de durabilité dans le but d’assurer la participation active des intervenants du milieu et de fournir une aide technique aux municipalités qui souhaitent intégrer l’utilisation du bois urbain dans les processus de planification municipale. Encourager le développement d’une offre constante de ressources ligneuses provenant de sources urbaines pourrait également stimuler la création une industrie locale durable du bois urbain.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat comprend des fonctionnaires municipaux, des experts en foresterie urbaine, des professionnels du secteur forestier et des organisations certifiées SFI.

Chef de projet : Sustainable Resources Institute
Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI du Wisconsin

Waukesha County Green Team
Wudeward Urban Forest Products
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Informations connexes
Norme de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires SFI
Leading Standards and Urban Forestry Partners Collaborate to Develop a New SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard
À propos de la Sustainable Resources Institute
Le Sustainable Resources Institute propose une formation et une certification en matière de gestion durable des ressources naturelles. Le SRI encourage l’utilisation de techniques durables et écologiquement soutenable pour l’aménagement forestier et le développement de produits forestiers. Ces techniques privilégiées tiennent compte des valeurs liées à l’habitat de la faune, à la qualité de l’eau, aux loisirs, à l’esthétique et à la santé des forêts. SRI dirige ses efforts vers les bûcherons professionnels, les responsables de l’aménagement du territoire et les propriétaires impliqués dans la gestion et la protection des ressources naturelles. En savoir plus.
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Invasive Species Council of British Columbia

INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Online Forest Management Training Tool Helps Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species in British Columbia
Why this project matters
Invasive species are plants, animals or other organisms not native to an area whose introduction and spread harms native species and the economy. Most invasive species are unintentionally introduced by humans into places outside their native habitat. A lack of natural predators and diseases mean invasives can often reproduce, spread and survive better than native species. With few limits on their populations they can easily take over sensitive ecosystems — permanently upsetting the balance of plant, insect, bird and animal life.
This project, led by the Invasive Species Council of British Columbia, takes a creative approach to online invasives training that will engage forest professionals in preventing the spread of invasives in BC and beyond. The outcome will be healthier forests resulting from educated forest practitioners, who have the knowledge and tools to prevent the spread of invasives.
Why is SFI involved?
Invasive species are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity on the planet. While this project falls into the community grant category, there are many overlaps with the conservation stream because of the effect of invasive species on biodiversity. The online workshops delivered through this project will build awareness of invasive exotic plants and animals, prevent new introductions, and potentially avoid new occurrences in almost 4 million hectares of forest in BC alone. The resources developed and produced through this project will describe and encourage forest practices that reduce the abundance of invasive exotic plants and animals.
This online invasive species training program has the potential to significantly impact forests in Canada, and across North America, by preventing the spread of invasive species, protecting forest biodiversity and helping SFI partners to meet the performance measures in the SFI Standards. This project will contribute to the standardization of invasive species training across jurisdictional boundaries. The program will broaden the expertise of SFI Program Participants on invasive species prevention and management. SFI Program Participants and the Western Canada SFI Implementation Committee will pilot test the online training, providing feedback to improve the quality and relevance of the online training program.
How the project builds SFI community engagement
This project will train and educate current and future practitioners who are engaged in action affecting the future of our forests through an exciting and relevant online training platform. Once implemented, project leaders hope to connect with SFI Implementation Committees across Canada and the United States for broader deployment. This project aims to engage forest practitioners in the prevention and management of invasive species through collaboration with current training programs.
Additionally, SFI will leverage this project through all active social media channels. SFI will also consider holding a workshop at the SFI Annual Conference for pilot testing the program with a broader audience from across the SFI Implementation Committees network to encourage maximum uptake by forestry professionals.
Partners
This partnership includes community volunteers, conservationists, researchers and SFI Program Participants.

Project lead: Invasive Species Council of British Columbia


Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Western Canada SFI Implementation Committee
Interfor Corporation (SFI Program Participant)
BC Timber Sales (SFI Program Participant)
TimberWest Corporation (SFI Program Participant)

Related information
The Nature Trust of British Columbia: Conservation of Biological Diversity in British Columbia’s Interior Forests through Invasive Plant Management
Fighting Invasive Plants to Conserve Biological Diversity in BC’s Interior Forests (media release).
SFI Conservation Grant Helps The Nature Trust of BC Protect Unique Ecosystems (media release).
About the Invasive Species Council of British Columbia
The Invasive Species Council of British Columbia is a registered charity and non-profit society that is making a difference in the lives of all British Columbians. The council is a dynamic action-oriented organization, helping to coordinate and unite a wide variety of concerned stakeholders in the struggle against invasive species in BC and spearheading behavioral change in gardeners, outdoor recreation enthusiasts, Indigenous people and resource industry and horticultural professionals.
Invasive Species and Forestry: Tools and Resources for Preventing the Spread in B.C.
An Online Training Course for Forestry Practitioners
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La coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway

La coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway
Développer des jeunes défenseurs de l’écologisation des communautés et de l’action pour le climat
Engager les générations montantes comme défenseurs de l’environnement qui agissent localement sur les problèmes mondiaux
Pourquoi ce projet est important
Il est essentiel d’inviter les jeunes à travailler ensemble pour assurer la durabilité de notre planète. Cependant, l’ampleur des défis auxquels nous sommes confrontés peut parfois sembler insurmontable. Ce projet est conçu pour inspirer et inciter les jeunes à devenir des défenseurs de l’environnement qui apporteront leur énergie et leur dévouement à la réalisation d’objectifs communs tels que l’action climatique, la réduction des déchets et la conservation de la biodiversité.
Comment le projet fait participer les générations montantes pour les aider à devenir des défenseurs de l’environnement
Dans le cadre de ce projet conçu pour les classes du primaire, les écoliers plantent des jeunes arbres et effectuent des évaluations périodiques de la santé de ces arbres sur deux ans. Ce programme d’activités d’une durée de trois jours, qui explore divers sujets liés à l’adaptation climatique et à la foresterie, a pour objectif principal d’intéresser les générations montantes à devenir des défenseurs de l’environnement en démontrant qu’il est possible d’agir localement sur des problèmes mondiaux. En plus de planter des essences d’arbres adaptées au climat, les élèves reçoivent en salle de classe un programme éducatif couvrant les impacts du changement climatique, la résilience et l’adaptation au climat, l’atténuation des effets du changement climatique, les évaluations de la santé des arbres et les avantages des forêts urbaines. Le programme comprend trois jours d’activités menées par des animateurs spécialistes couvrant une gamme variée de sujets liés à l’adaptabilité climatique et aux forêts. La programmation offre aux jeunes des moyens concrets de devenir des défenseurs de l’environnement et d’agir à l’échelle locale pour aider à résoudre des enjeux de portée mondiale.
Contribution de SFI
Le programme de subventions communautaires de la SFI soutient ce projet. Le comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI au Canada Atlantique offre également aux participants du projet un accès privilégié à l’expertise du réseau SFI.
Contribution du projet aux engagements communautaires de SFI
Le calendrier et les tactiques d’engagement du projet permettront d’établir des liens dans les communautés visées. Chaque classe disposera d’une petite équipe d’ambassadeurs bénévoles chargés de rendre compte des activités d’évaluation et d’entretien à la coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway. Le succès sera mesuré par l’engagement des élèves, la participation de la communauté, les partenariats et les contributions en nature. Le projet vise à assurer le suivi de la santé de 70 arbrisseaux choisis pour leur adaptabilité Coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway au climat et à document leur taux de survie après 24 mois. Les partenaires organiseront également de nombreux événements communautaires impliquant un public plus large que celui de l’école et des ambassadeurs de classe.
Partenaires
Ce partenariat inclura des éducateurs, des chercheurs, des professionnels des ressources naturelles, des responsables gouvernementaux et des entreprises certifiées SFI.

Chef de projet : Coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway
Sustainable forestry Initiative
Comité de mise en œuvre des normes SFI au Canada atlantique
Institut de recherche Mersey Tobeatic
École communautaire de North Queens
Chambre de commerce de North Queens
Ministère des Terres et Forêts de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Informations connexes
Inside Education Society of Alberta—Alberta School Children See Forest Management In Action
Forest Ontario—SFI Is Helping Students and Teachers Get Firsthand Experience in the Boreal Forest
Forests Ontario—Ontario High Schoolers Experience the Forest
Lesser Slave Forest Education Society—Boreal Forest Field Experiences for Rural and Indigenous Youth
À propos de la coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway
La coopérative forestière communautaire de Medway (Medway Community Forest Cooperative) est une forêt communautaire composée de membres qui exploite 15 000 hectares de terres forestières publiques dans le comté d’Annapolis, en Nouvelle-Écosse. La coopérative vise à soutenir les communautés locales par l’aménagement forestier durable et écologiquement soutenable. Les terres forestières sont aménagées de manière à maximiser les avantages économiques, sociaux et environnementaux de l’aménagement forestier durable. La forêt est également améngagée en tenant compte de l’ensemble du paysage, y compris les zones protégées et les zones à haute valeur de conservation. En savoir plus.
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EXEMPLES DE SUBVENTIONS COMMUNAUTAIRES

SUBVENTIONS PAR CATÉGORIES

Aux États-Unis

Au Canada

Projets terminés

Aux États-Unis

Subventions communautaires de SFI

CENTRE D’EXPLORATION FORESTIÈRE

Introduction immersive aux emplois verts le long d’un sentier forestier accessible

ÉCOLE D’ARCHITECTURE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE MIAMI

La forêt : une question de carbone

INSTITUT D’ÉDUCATION DU PACIFIQUE

Expériences et formation en foresterie à l’intention des enseignants et des responsables communautaires

MUSÉE D’ART AMÉRICAIN CRYSTAL BRIDGES

Démonstration de l’architecture écologique avec des matériaux provenant de forêts de l’Arkansas aménagées durablement

UNIVERSITÉ CLEMSON

Mise à l’essai de la Norme SFI de durabilité des forêts urbaines et communautaires

Au Canada

Subventions Communautaires de SFI

Comité SFI Québec

Formation des producteurs de bois sur l’adaptation au changement climatique

ÉCO HÉROS

Décodage des différences entre les certifications et les labels de développement durable

Projets terminés

ALABAMA FORESTRY FOUNDATION

Wonder of Woodlands

AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY

Working with Forest Landowners to Reverse Population Declines of Forest Breeding Birds

AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION

From Nature’s Perspective

ARKANSAS SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE

Partners with Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation for PLT Workshops

ASSOCIATION FORESTIÉRE SAGUENAY-LAC-ST-JEAN

Helping Youth Rediscover Quebec’s Forestry Culture

ASSOCIATION FORESTIÈRE DE L’ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE

L’éducation sur les forêts et les normes de certification forestière: Une étude de cas avec SFI

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Lion’s Park Boy Scout Hut Build

Grant – Black Family Land Trust

BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST

SFI Is Helping Keep Forestlands in the Hands of African American Families

BRUSHWOOD CENTER AT RYERSON WOODS

Chicago Area Youth Learn How to Care for Urban Forests

CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY INSTITUT FORESTIER DU CANADA (CIF-IFC)

Forestry Professionals Across Canada Receive World‑Class Professional Development

CANARDS ILLIMITÉS CANADA

Formation communautaire pour améliorer la conservation des zones humides par l’aménagement forestier écologiquement soutenable – Trousses de formation pour les communautés

CENTRAL ROCKIES SFI COMMITTEE

Supports At-Risk Youth with Valuable Environmental Education Opportunity

CENTRAL WESTCOAST FOREST SOCIETY

Indigenous Youth on Vancouver Island Gain Forestry Skills Experience

CENTRE FOR FOREST INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG

SFI Is Helping Foster Innovation in Forestry

CENTER FOR NATIVE PEOPLES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Exploring Forest Sustainability with Indigenous Youth

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Homecoming Build 2016

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Building STEM Engagement Focused on Homes for Nesting Birds

COMITÉ DE MISE EN ŒUVRE DES NORMES SFI DU NEW HAMPSHIRE

Visites guidées pour enseignants dans les forêts du New Hampshire

CREE FIRST NATION OF WASWANIPI

SFI Is Supporting the Transfer of Scientific and Traditional Knowledge to Cree Youth in Waswanipi

CREE FIRST NATION OF WASWANIPI

Partners for Sustainable Management of American Marten

EARTH RANGERS

Brings Project Learning Tree School Site Investigations to Canada

EARTH RANGERS

School Assembly Program Development

EARTH RANGERS

Canadian Kids Get a Close Up Look at Forest Birds and Learn Why Forests Are a Way of Life

EARTH RANGERS

Brings Project Learning Tree School Site Investigations to Canada

ÉCOLE DE FORESTERIE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MICHIGAN STATE

Soutien des programmes didactiques liés aux forêts urbaines, au stockage du carbone et au changement climatique

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS

Immersive Education Event Helps Teacher Teams Integrate Environmental Science Education

EVANS LAKE FOREST EDUCATION SOCIETY

2011 Forest Education Symposium

FÉDÉRATION DES PRODUCTEURS FORESTIERS DU QUÉBEC (FPFQ)

Working with Forest Landowners to Reverse Population Declines of
Forest Breeding Birds

CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY
INSTITUT FORESTIER DU CANADA (CIF-IFC)