{"id":17951,"date":"2017-01-10T21:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T21:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=17951"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:01:13","slug":"ducks-u-canada-ceo-karla-guyn-joins-sfi-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/ducks-u-canada-ceo-karla-guyn-joins-sfi-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Unlimited Canada CEO Karla Guyn Joins SFI Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Ottawa, ON and Washington, DC<\/strong> \u2014 The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is pleased to announce that\u00a0Karla Guyn, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has joined the SFI Board of Directors. During her 20-year\u00a0career, Guyn has established herself as a respected international conservation leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have a conservationist of Karla\u2019s stature on our board. She leads a team of nearly 400\u00a0people devoted to conserving wetlands, which are one of the most important ecosystems on the planet,\u201d\u00a0said Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of SFI Inc.<\/p>\n

\"KarlaKarla\u2019s love for wetlands and waterfowl first brought her to DUC in 1994\u00a0as a summer student. Over the years, she advanced through the\u00a0organization, working on a variety of national and regional conservation\u00a0programs. Prior to becoming CEO, she served as DUC\u2019s National Director\u00a0of Conservation. Guyn began her studies at the University of Montana\u00a0and earned a PhD in biology from the University of Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see Karla\u2019s election as an important extension of SFI\u2019s six-year\u00a0relationship with Ducks Unlimited Canada,\u201d Abusow said.<\/p>\n

DUC provided valuable input into the SFI 2015-2021 SFI Standard\u00a0revision process. SFI, DUC, FP Innovations and SFI Program Participants have worked to profile the\u00a0importance of wetlands in the forest and produced a guide for planning, building and maintaining resource\u00a0roads that minimize potential impacts on wetlands. Currently DUC is participating with an SFI-funded project\u00a0that is developing a protocol to measure carbon stores in boreal wetlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to contributing to the work of the SFI Board and to representing Ducks Unlimited Canada\u2019s\u00a0work. Our mission to conserve, restore and manage wetlands and associated habitat closely aligns with the\u00a0work of SFI,\u201d said Guyn. \u201cEnsuring the boreal forest and its vast network of wetlands are managed in a\u00a0sustainable way for waterfowl, wildlife and people is a shared priority for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative\u00a0and for Ducks Unlimited Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guyn will serve in the environmental sector of SFI\u2019s Board of Directors. SFI\u2019s Board represents\u00a0environmental, social and economic sectors equally to meet the many needs of forests and communities that\u00a0rely on them. SFI\u2019s 18-member board includes representatives of public and private landowners,\u00a0manufacturers of forest products, conservation groups, academia, Indigenous interests, community\u00a0organizations, labour and government officials.<\/p>\n

DUC is the country\u2019s leading wetland conservation organization. Its 78-year history is marked by\u00a0conservation achievements in every province and territory. Since its inception in 1938, DUC has conserved\u00a0more than 6.4 million acres\/2.6 million hectares across the country through nearly 9,900 habitat projects. In\u00a0addition, DUC has worked with partners to conserve more than 128.3 million acres\/51.9 million hectares in\u00a0the boreal forest. DUC is powered by a grassroots conservation community made up of more than 130,000\u00a0people who are taking conservation action to support wetlands, wildlife and people.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo this day, nothing motivates me more than nature. I believe SFI and Ducks Unlimited Canada have an\u00a0opportunity like never before to foster positive change for wetlands, for forests, for wildlife and for our\u00a0communities,\u201d Guyn said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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