{"id":19790,"date":"2016-04-14T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=19790"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:24:37","slug":"iucn-approves-sfi-for-membership-advancing-sustainable-forestry-and-conservation-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/iucn-approves-sfi-for-membership-advancing-sustainable-forestry-and-conservation-science\/","title":{"rendered":"IUCN Approves SFI for Membership, Advancing Sustainable Forestry and Conservation Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has been granted membership in the\u00a0International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<\/a>, an organization devoted to helping the world find\u00a0pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environmental and development challenges. IUCN is the world\u2019s\u00a0oldest and largest global environmental organization, with almost 1,300 government and NGO members\u00a0and more than 15,000 volunteer experts in 185 countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so pleased to join this network of conservation-minded organizations. Biodiversity conservation is\u00a0central to both IUCN\u2019s and SFI\u2019s mission. SFI is committed to quantifying the conservation impact of\u00a0certified forests and responsible sourcing of forest products through programs such as the SFI Fiber\u00a0Sourcing Standard. Membership in IUCN will give us access to important tools and expertise to help this\u00a0work,\u201d said Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of SFI Inc.<\/p>\n

Forests managed to the SFI Forest Management Standard now constitute over 280 million acres (100\u00a0million hectares) across North America from Canada\u2019s boreal forest to the U.S. southeast, providing\u00a0habitat for wide-ranging species and flyways for migratory birds. This vast scale also offers the potential\u00a0to amplify the importance of SFI\u2019s effort to enumerate the conservation-related values of SFI certified\u00a0forests.<\/p>\n

SFI is the only forest certification program that requires participants to support research to improve forest\u00a0health, productivity, conservation understanding, and sustainable management of forest resources. SFI\u2019s\u00a0Program Participants engage in a tremendous array of projects every day that help conserve the diversity\u00a0of habitats, protect water quality, and sustain other important aspects of North America\u2019s great natural\u00a0heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to welcome SFI as an IUCN member. Their work on measuring conservation values in\u00a0production forests is an important contribution to the delivery of global conservation efforts,\u201d said\u00a0Stewart Maginnis, IUCN Global Director \u2013 Nature-based Solutions Group.<\/p>\n

SFI will also be participating in the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016<\/a> Sept 1-10. Taking place\u00a0every four years, this event is considered the \u201cOlympics of conservation.\u201d This is the first time it will be in\u00a0the United States.<\/p>\n

The congress theme is \u201cPlanet at the crossroads.\u201d With IUCN seeking solutions for nature conservation\u00a0and sustainable development, participation in the IUCN Congress will be significantly influenced by the\u00a0UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> adopted in September 2015, which include specific objectives relative\u00a0to forests. Particular attention will be directed to goals that are nature-based and focused on clean water,\u00a0climate action, life below water and life on land.<\/p>\n

\u201cClean water, climate action and biodiversity are key areas for SFI. We are looking forward to the IUCN\u00a0Congress as a way to initiate SFI\u2019s membership in IUCN. Participating will help build SFI\u2019s own\u00a0conservation knowledge and capacity and enable us to contribute to global goals as they relate to the\u00a0conservation of working forests,\u201d said Paul Trianosky, Chief Conservation Officer at SFI.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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