Submitted by
Rocco.Saracina
on Thu, 11/28/2019 - 15:59
General Information
Resolution
46483
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
NatureServe ( United States of America )
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), Boreal Avian Modeling Project (BAM), American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Resource Management Service, Hancock Natural Resource Group, J.D. Irving Ltd.
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
SFI’s collaboration with NatureServe is developing and testing methodologies to quantify the contribution of SFI certified sustainably managed forests (now approximately 150 million ha) to biodiversity metrics and values. After completing pilot work of the methodology on three areas in the U.S., the project is now being tested on a cross-border area between Canada and the U.S. This work involves the participation of over a dozen different forest management entities, including both management companies and government agencies.
Status
On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Quantifying the contribution of sustainably managed forests to biodiversity conservation across the SFI footprint in North America (currently over 150 million ha) is the ultimate goal of this work.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member