8/9/2019 PEFC Newsletter 39 General Assembly October 2007 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/pefc-newsletter-39-general-assembly-october-2007 1/9 The PEFCC Newsletter is produced by the PEFC Council(Registered as an asbl in Luxembourg No. 1999-61-02192 ) 17 Rue des Girondins, L-1626 Hollerich, Luxembourg ■ Tel: +352 26 25 90 59 ■ E-Mail: [email protected]■ Web Page: www.pefc.orgProgramme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification SchemesNo 39 - October 2007 PEFC/01-00-01 Special Issue from the 11 th PEFC Council General Assembly Contents Keynote speech by Michael Mainelli, Z/Yen Group Ltd. Chairman’s report – Extracts New PEFC Council member: Uruguay Cameroon and the Netherlands apply for membership PEFC Council transfers of membership Election of new Board members PEFC Council honours outgoing Board members Changes to PEFC Council documentation Reception at the Munich Residenz Palace Field trip to PEFC certified forests in Oberammergau Special General Assembly Issue PEFC’s vision: A world in which people manage forests sustainablyIt marks a significant switch in strategic direction fro production to market access orientation. PEFC expects th over the next ten years 45% of the world’s industrial roundwoo capacity will be certified as coming from sustainably manage forests (currently 25%) which will provide an increasin feedstock to the market place meeting the rapidly growin demand for certified forest products. As the world’s lead PEFC expects to continue delivering over 60% of this mark share. At the same time PEFC aims to increase its share of th rapidly increasing Chain of custody certificates market fro 36% to 50% over the same time period. PEFC will proactively develop its rules and standards to b more relevant to actual issues directly applicable to the need of the supply chain, by making them easier to understand an operate, without diluting their rigour. A joint marketing and communications plan is currently bein prepared and PEFC’s value to key stakeholders an international institutions will be increased by extending its SF policy to include broader, but related issues. (Continued on page Editorialby Ben Gunneber Secretary Genera The PEFC Council members unanimously agreed PEFC’s new strategic plan for the coming five years at its 11 th General Assembly in Munich, Germany earlier this month. The new strategy, which lays out PEFC’s vision, mission and goals, is the result of an intensive one year development and consultation process.
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8/9/2019 PEFC Newsletter 39 General Assembly October 2007
PEFC Newsletter - Promoting Sustainable Forest Management For more info: www.pefc.org ( Page 6 ) For full details of news, press releases, reports etc. see website above
No 39– October 2007
New PEFC Board Members
The PEFC Council General Assembly re-elected
Mr Antti Sahi as 1st Vice Chairman of the PEFC
Council for a three year period. In addition, Karen
Brandt, William Street and William Luddy were
elected for a three year period and Mr HansKöpp to the PEFC Council Board of Directors for
a one year period.
The new members join the current Board
Members: Mr Michael Clark (Chairman), Mr Bob
Simpson (2nd Vice Chairman) and the Directors
Björn Andrén, Kathy Bradley, Hans Drielsma,
Andrey Frolov, Sébastien Genest and Felix
Montecuccoli.
Messrs Luis Leal and Paul Wooding have ended
their election terms (see separate article).The background information below was provided
by the new Board Members. Short CVs of all
PEFC Council Board Members are available at
www.pefc.org > About PEFC > Who’s who.
Antti Sahi
1st Vice Chairman
Term of Office: 2007-2010
Mr Sahi graduated in forestry
(forest management) from
Helsinki University in 1981.
First he worked as a teacher at
Kuru Forest Training School but since 1982 he
has worked in different duties in private forestry
organisations in Finland. He joined first as a
District Forest Officer and then as a Chief of
Training at Pirkanmaa Forest Center.
Since 1988 he has worked for Forest Owners
Organisations. 1998 - 1995 he worked as amanager of the Regional Forest Owners Union
Pirkanmaa and since 1995 in Central Union of
Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners MTK.
He worked first as a Chief of Development, then
Director of Finance and since 2003 as a Forest
Director.
Because of these different duties he has gained
a broad experience in forestry. He is a
representative of family forest owners in several
national forest policy bodies and organisations.
He has also worked in several international
working groups.
Karen Brandt
Board Member
Term of Office: 2007-2010
Karen Brandt has recently been
appointed to the position of vice-
president, market affairs of the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).
Before that she led the BC Market OutreachNetwork (BC Mon), an agency of the British
Columbia Government, to ensure market
acceptance of and promotions for BC forest
products on behalf of the BC forest sector. BC
Mon provides international markets with facts
about responsible forest practices and delivers
advocacy activities with forest sector partners in
Canada and around the world to build common
positions on important issues such as forest
certification, Green building, procurement policies
and forest practices.
Ms Brandt's 14 years of forest experience
includes 6 years as a Senior Manager with the
BC Ministry of Forests at a time when the
province was at the centre of international
controversies over forest practices and land use.
Her firm knowledge of international forestry and
market issues and her ability to identify emerging
issues have helped her develop strategies and
build broad consensus for collaborative
responses to a range of forestry issues.She has worked directly with customer and
sector partners in North America, Europe and
Asia on certification and market campaign
issues. She has an honours Bachelor of
Journalism degree from Carleton University.
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No 39– October 2007
Hans Köpp
Board Member
Term of Office: 2007-2008
Hans Köpp is a Professor
(emeritus) for Nature
Conservation, Forest Policy
and Forest History at the
University for Applied Sciences at Göttingen. He
has been active for many years in IUFRO and
IUCN.
He is on the Boards of the German
environmental organisations Schutzgemein-
schaft Deutscher Wald (SDW) and Vereinigung
Deutscher Gewässerschutz (VDG).
He was the editor of the international journal
Nature and National Parks. He represented the
European Environmental Bureau in the EU
Advisory Committee for Forestry and Cork. His
international experience includes missions for
FAO in Iran and UNESCO in Greece.
William Luddy
Board Member
Term of Office: 2007-2010William Luddy serves as a
member of the PEFC Board of
Directors in the seat
designated for a representative
of an international trade union. William Luddy is
the Executive Director of Labor-Management
Education and Development Fund of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America. His Union represent workers in the
Forest Products Industry from logging and
sawmill workers to mill-cabinet and pulp andpaper workers in addition to the construction
industry.
In his position with the Union Mr Luddy is
responsible for the development of marketing
initiatives to increase work opportunities for
Union members and their employers. He serves
as a member of the Forest Products Industry
National Labor-Management Committee.
He is the Political and Legislative Director for the
Union in the southwest region of the United
States of America and deals with legislative
issues affecting the industry at the federal state
and local levels.
Bill Street
Board Member
Term of Office: 2007-2010
Mr Street’s experience
includes: Director of Research
and Education of the
International Woodworkers of America, US, thelargest US labour union representing forest and
mill workers; Director of the Global Wood and
Forestry Program for the International Federation
of Builders and Woodworkers, Geneva,
Switzerland (now Builders and Woodworkers
International), a global trade union federation,
and is currently an International Representative
for the Woodworkers Department of the
Machinists Union.
Bill’s experience includes: Focal point for international labour on: FAO’s Planted Forests
Guidelines project, renegotiation of the ITTA ,
UNFF sessions 3 through 7, steering committee
member of The Forest Dialogue (a multi-
stakeholder process), tripartite meeting on social
standards for sustainable forestry with the ILO,
and a presenter at the World Forestry Congress
in Montreal.
Bill has worked with forestry projects in Ghana,
Burkina Faso, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, Chile,
Indonesia, India, China, and Malaysia in additionto his work in industrialized countries. Mr Street
holds a Masters of Science from the University of
Oregon in politics and government. Bill has
written on poverty reduction and sustainable
forestry.
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