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ForCES – Forest Certification for Ecosystem Services

A groundbreaking pilot project to expand FSC‘s scope and relevance

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Forest Stewardship Council •  Global, independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization

dedicated to the promotion of responsible forest management

•  Founded in 1993 after the 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, by business representatives, social groups, and environmental organizations

•  Enables businesses, consumers and investors to make informed choices about the forest products they buy, and companies they engage with, to create positive change by engaging the market

•  Setting standards for responsible forest management and valuing ecosystem services

•  An accreditation/certification system to monitor adherence to FSC standards

•  A product labeling system that rewards responsible forest managers

What does FSC provide?

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Worldwide 27,543 Chain of Custody Certificates Asia Pacific : 7,439 (27%) (as of 17 March 2014)

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Because the (hidden) socio-economic value of services exceeds that of goods many times over

Why is it so important to address ecosystem services?

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Values per hectare and year estimated for various tropical forests Source: TEEB (2010) The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: A synthesis of the approach, conclusions and recommendations of TEEB.

Timber 560 $ Fuelwood 60 $ Non-timber 40-70 $

Climate regulation 800 – 2,200 $ Flood regulation 25 $ Water supply 1,000 $ Pollination 50 $

The untapped value of ecosystem services

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Ecosystem Services Certification provides business value for ‘Payment of Ecosystem Services’ (PES)

1. Value to the buyer: ES Certification verifies the provision of the service

2. Value to the buyer and to third parties: ES Certification confirms that application of safeguards of social and environmental values

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Principles & Criteria, Preamble: “The FSC Principles and Criteria cover the production of wood and non-timber forest products, conservation, protection, ecosystem services and other uses.

Principle 6: Environmental Values and Impacts The Organization shall maintain, conserve and/or restore ecosystem services and environmental values of the Management Unit, and shall avoid, repair or mitigate negative environmental impacts.

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FSC certification of well-managed forests is a strong foundation for ES certification

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Direct benefits

Indirect benefits ! set-aside areas

! dead wood

" logging damage

" fire prevention

" illegal activities

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Biodiversity benefits

! species protection

" pesticides

! natural regeneration

for example…

Biodiversity conservation = intrinsic component of responsible forestry

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Direct benefits

Indirect benefits

Carbon retention = intrinsic component of responsible forestry

" harvest levels

" logging damage

! conservation area

! dead wood

! forest inventories

! fire management

! impact assessment.

" illegal activities

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Carbon benefits

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FSC does currently not provide…

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●  ES specific management guidelines ●  a methodology for quantifying ecosystem

services or evaluating impact of activities ●  a market-based reward mechanism for ES

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Project Objective To pilot test expanded and enhanced global and national environmental standards applied to emerging markets for biodiversity conservation and eco-systems services as an initial step for upgrading of successful models of FSC certification This will be achieved through establishing FSC certification as a market tool for a wide range of ecosystem services which are currently not adequately covered for sustainable forest management. It thereby seeks to fill a gap in the market.

ForCES – An International Collaboration Funded by UNEP

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320,000 ha 3 pilot sites

Lead: FSC Chile • Astorga Consultants • Bosques Cautin • Fundación Pumalin • GFA • INFOR

Chile

• Standard development

• Market Analysis & Business models

• Scaling up

Lead: FSC IC • CIFOR • RECOFTC • UNEP

GLOBAL

57,000 ha 2 pilot sites

Lead: ANSAB • FECOFUN • National Trust for Nature Conservation

• Relief International

Nepal

45,000 ha 2 pilot sites

Lead: SNV • MARD • RECOFTC

Vietnam

290,000 ha 3 pilot sites

Lead: WWF Indonesia • LEI • Ministry of Forestry • CIFOR

Indonesia

Project locations

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Certification Model 1: Single Certification – FSC standards and systems are adapted to verify the provision of ecosystem services, the meeting of social and environmental safeguards and make associated promotional claims. •  Biodiversity •  Water •  Soil •  Eco-tourism Certification Model 2: Dual Certification – FSC standards are adapted to verify the meeting of social and environmental safeguards, but the provision of the ecosystem service is verified by an external scheme. •  Forest carbon projects

FSC ES Certification Models

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#  Standards / indicators developed for ES certification

#  Additional verification requirements

#  New promotional claims regarding ES certification

#  Viable business model(s) defined for marketing ES

#  System pilot tested at 10 areas in 4 target countries

#  M+E methodology for assessing long term impact

#  Market sensitization for ES certification through the global

FSC Network

ForCES Expected results

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Indonesia: • Harmonized certification body standards • LEI applying for FSC standards development group • Completed market analysis (CIFOR) • 3 pilot sites (Lombok, East and West Kalimantan) • PT Ratah pilot site has become FSC-certified Vietnam: • Standard Development Group established, chaired by the Ministry of Forests (VN Forests) • Controlled wood certificate is in its final stages for Houng Sung, one of the VN pilot sites

Highlights

FSC ForCES

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Nepal • Working Group established for development of FSC Indicators • Working with more than 50 communities to identify ecosystem services and develop benefit sharing mechanisms Chile • Identifying ES indicators and revising national standard • Developing business models with communities • Piloting Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) approaches with communities Asia Pacific • National standards development processes in 11 countries • Increase in supply and demand of FSC certified products • Support and capacity building (train the trainers, smallholder fund)

FSC ForCES

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Forest Stewardship Council®

FSC International Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 5 53113 Bonn, Germany T +49 (0) 228 367 66-0

FSC Asia Pacific Regional Office 15/F, Manhattan Centre, 8 Kwai Cheong Road,

Kwai Chung, Hong Kong T: +852 2161-9682

FSC Indonesia

Level 3A, World Trade Centre 5 (Wisma Metropolitan I) Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29, Jakarta 12920

T: +62 21 2598 5065

asiapacific@fsc.org www.fsc.org www.forces.fsc.org