{"id":205,"date":"2010-11-08T17:24:25","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T20:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=205"},"modified":"2010-11-08T17:24:25","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T20:24:25","slug":"province-pursues-forest-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Province pursues forest certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Oh&#8230;. Sorry! That headline isn&#8217;t about Nova Scotia. It&#8217;s about PEI.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recognition of National Forest Week in PEI the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry announced it will pursue Forest Stewardship Council certification for public lands which includes 75,000 acres of forest across the island, said Minister Richard Brown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis international certification will ensure that forests under public management are meeting international standards for sustainable management,\u201d said Minister Brown. \u201cIt will also create awareness among Islanders of the significant role forests play in our environment, our economy and our rural communities.\u201d\u00a0The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world\u2019s forests. FSC certification sets standards for forest management and audits compliance to ensure standards are being met.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Province is applying for FSC certification through the Nagaya Forest Restoration Ltd., which certifies thousands of acres of forest throughout the Maritimes.\u00a0\u201cFSC certification is in line with our Provincial Forest Policy which commits to demonstrating forest certification on public lands as well as increased forest restoration,\u201d said Mr. Brown. \u201cNot only will certification improve forest quality, it will also increase opportunities in the marketplace where demand for FSC products currently exceeds supply, and buyers pay a premium for certified wood in some markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The department plans to apply for FSC certification of selected parcels this year and will proceed with additional properties until all the lands are certified.The purpose of National Forest Week is to celebrate our forest resources and to raise awareness of the beauty of this natural resource and the vital role it plays in our quality of life and economic development.\u00a0To learn more about the Forest Stewardship Council, go to www.fsc.org\/about-fsc.html.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh&#8230;. Sorry! That headline isn&#8217;t about Nova Scotia. It&#8217;s about PEI. In recognition of National Forest Week in PEI the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry announced it will pursue Forest Stewardship Council certification for public lands which includes 75,000 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=205\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forrest-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}