FSC® Forest Management Group

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FSC-certified forestlands on Vancouver Island.

Having your forestland FSC certified has never been easier and more cost effective thanks to Ecotrust Canada’s Forest Management Group (FSC® C017908), which dramatically speeds up the certification process and reduces costs for individual forest managers.

FSC certification assures consumers that their purchases come from well-managed forests and environmentally-conscious forests. As of 2011, over 100 million hectares of forestlands are FSC-certified globally – 40 million hectares of which are in Canada. Ecotrust Canada can help you become a part of this growing global phenomenon.

As a certified FSC Group Manager, with the authority to assess group members against the FSC-BC Small Operations Standard, we are able to help woodlots, community forests, private landowners, First Nation tenures, TFLs and FLAs become FSC certified. Membership with the group allows forest managers to brand their wood as FSC-certified and enables them to sell to the growing number of FSC-certified sawmills, manufacturers and distributors.

What can Ecotrust Canada provide?

  • Simple application package
  • New member gap assessment and handbook
  • Knowledge sharing and advisory services
  • Annual internal audit
  • FSC standards compliance toolkit including range of natural variation decision matrix and chain-of-custody program template

 What are the benefits of joining our Forest Management Group?

  • Substantial savings as compared to the cost of individual FSC certification – over 50 percent savings in most cases
  • Reduced administrative requirements
  • Use of the FSC trademark and the Rainforest Alliance Certified trademark to promote your certification and label your forest products
  • Support on interpreting and meeting all aspects of certification, including any complex situations which may arise
  • Introduction to chain-of-custody operators and assistance in market connections
Who is eligible to join?
Membership is open to small tenure holders and small private holdings eligible for the “Small Operations” designation according to the FSC standard. Management units must be smaller than 2,000 hectares, or have an Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) that is less than 5,000 cubic meters and less than 20 percent of the total mean annual increment of the productive forest area.

Current FSC Forest Management Group Members

  • Greenmax Resources, David McBride and Shawn Flynn, Woodlot Licensees, Port Alberni, BC
  • Elkington Forest, Barry Gates, privately managed eco-forest, Shawnigan Lake, BC 
  • One Creek Forestry Ltd., Grand Forks, BC
  • Marshall Forestry Services, Midway, BC
  • Monticola Forest Limited, Fruitvale, BC
 How much does it cost?
Size  Area Cost
Small < 1000 ha  $ 1,000
Medium >1,000 ha
Quote available upon request

Who is buying FSC-certified timber?

There are a growing number of processing companies purchasing FSC-certified timber in British Columbia. Refer to Ecotrust Canada’s FSC Chain-of-Custody Group as possible buyers of FSC certified timber.   
 
For more information:

Orrin Quinn,
Forestry Project Manager
orrin@ecotrust.ca                 
c 250.616.0732
t 604.682-4141

  

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