PEFC, Bamboo and Rattan: Towards Meeting the SDGs and the Bonn Challenge together

“For forest certification to be affordable and successful in meeting the needs of smallholder bamboo communities, it needs to be risk based, regional, nationally appropriate and internationally recognized,” said Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC International, at the Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress (BARC2018 ).

BARC2018“PEFC can provide this.”

BARC2018, held recently in Beijing China, brought together stakeholders from around the world to discuss how bamboo and rattan can contribute to South-South cooperation, climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals, among many other issues.

Early days of forest certification

Speaking at the ‘Driving Bamboo and Rattan Development through Sustainability Standards and Certification’ side event, Ben brought the experiences of PEFC in developing and running national forest certification systems to conference.

“The bamboo and rattan sector reminds me of the early days of forest certification, but the sector can learn from and avoid the mistakes we made,” Ben highlighted.

“We must adopt landscape approaches to certification – something that we at PEFC are already moving towards with our new ‘Trees outside forests’ approach to certification, currently under development.”

More than a market mechanism

With only 12% of the world’s forests certified after 25 years, forest certification as a ‘market driven instrument only’ is not delivering as well as it should.

“What we need is a combination of public subsidies, to help smallholders manage their areas sustainably for the good of society as well as for their own sustainable livelihoods; private incentives, in the form of market demand for example; and local stakeholder engaging in developing, owning and delivering on sustainable forest management practices in a way that is internationally recognised – the Public, Private, Stakeholder Partnership (PPSP),” Ben continued.
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PEFC in 2018: Moving forward together

As the PEFC alliance grows, we continue to work together as a global team, collaborating and supporting each other: moving forward together – and 2018 has been a great example of this. From increasing access to PEFC certification for smallholders through Trees outside Forests, to collaborating with the fashion industry to promote the use of innovative forest-based fibres, we are unlocking new opportunities for certification. We are driving innovation through projects and partnerships worldwide, not forgetting vital outreach with key sectors such as the architect and construction community and awareness raising with consumers through our photo contest. Click read more below for additional detail.
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