Submitted by
Rocco.Saracina
on Thu, 11/28/2019 - 15:33
General Information
Resolution
46473
IUCN Constituent
Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
North America and the Caribbean
Country/Territory
Canada
United States of America
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
US Department of Agriculture - Forest Service ( United States of America )
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), Canadian Forest Service (CFS)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Given the relevance of forests at a large scale to the Paris Climate Agreement, SFI Staff conducted a preliminary estimate of terrestrial carbon on SFI forests in the United States, and initiated a project in collaboration with partners to develop a more precise methodology to estimate carbon storage and sequestration rates (not including forest products) on managed forests in the U.S. A preliminary carbon assessment for some Canadian areas is currently being modeled using remote sensing data, with plans to expand the analysis to the rest of Canada. Forests certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard now constitute nearly 150 million ha in the United States and Canada.
Status
On-going
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member