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on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 20:08
General Information
Resolution
49247
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Have circulated the resolution widely highlighting its whistleblower provisions, application to illegal timber trade, corruption and climate cahnge and have cited in articles and paper. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | Have promoted the resolution within the natural resource crime and corruption communities. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | SFI revises the SFI standards every 5 years. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) updated standards provide solutions to some of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges. SFI’s transparent and open revision process included two public comment periods, a dozen webinars, and over 30 task group meetings. Nearly 2,300 individuals and organizations participated in webinars and/or submitted comments on the draft SFI 2022 standards. The updated standard includes a new climate-smart forestry objective, a new fire resilience and awareness objective, conservation efforts, recognizing and respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and a new due diligence system for the avoidance of controversial sources. SFI has an Illegal Logging Policy that states, “SFI Inc. will not license any organization to use SFI’s trademarks or labels, and SFI may revoke any license previously granted, if the proposed licensee has been found to have engaged in Illegal Logging by a government authority in the jurisdiction where the logging occurred.” SFI-certified organizations are also required to assess the risk of sourcing forest fiber from controversial sources including illegally logged fiber, conflict timber and other controversial fiber sources. Finally, the SFI Forest Management Standard has three requirements to safeguard against the negative impacts of deforestation and protect native ecosystems. 1. Certified organizations must exclude any forestlands converted to non-forestland use from their SFI certificate. 2. SFI’s new standard prohibits conversion of forest cover types to another forest cover type unless they conduct a landscape assessment to determine there are no negative ecological impacts. SFI’s new standard has even gone a step further to protect native ecosystems, by introducing a requirement that effectively ensures that afforestation activities are sensitive to non-forested ecosystems, and the native species they harbor. |
Completed | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
External link(s)
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
The Nature Conservancy of Canada ( Canada )
World Resources Institute ( United States of America )
NatureServe ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Policy influencing/advocacy
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Updated Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) standards, including a new due diligence system for the avoidance of controversial sources. SFI has an Illegal Logging Policy, while the SFI Forest Management Standard has three requirements to safeguard against the negative impacts of deforestation and protect native ecosystem.
The resolution has been circulated widely and is being promoted specifically with natural resource crime and corruption communities. There is now greater recognition of the role that whistle-blowers can play in promoting the legality of supply chains and connections to combating corruption.
Online meeting with members of IUCN Commissions to discuss resolution and needs for implementation.
The resolution has been circulated widely and is being promoted specifically with natural resource crime and corruption communities. There is now greater recognition of the role that whistle-blowers can play in promoting the legality of supply chains and connections to combating corruption.
Online meeting with members of IUCN Commissions to discuss resolution and needs for implementation.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Not a lot of ongoing work within IUCN on illegal logging. There is no clear lead on natural resource crime and corruption nor on whistle-blowers.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Task force with Members, Commissions and Secretariat to develop roadmap on implementation of resolution.
Involvement of IUCN CEESP Green Criminology Specialist Group.
Further collaboration with private companies on monitoring deforestation in supply chains and the importance of restoration.
Development of whistleblower policy (beyond this resolution).
Involvement of IUCN CEESP Green Criminology Specialist Group.
Further collaboration with private companies on monitoring deforestation in supply chains and the importance of restoration.
Development of whistleblower policy (beyond this resolution).
Are these actions/activities planned?
No
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation