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The Latvian PEFC Certification System has been submitted to PEFC for assessment. The public consultation, which is your chance to give your feedback on this revised system, will run from 20 February to 20 April 2023. PEFC Latvia revised the country’s national forest certification system following the entry into force of the revised 2018 PEFC Sustainable Forest Management standard. To provide you with additional information about this revised national system, we are holding a webinar on 20 February at 10:00 CET.

Forestry practices have been intensified for centuries to meet the growing demand for forest products. Today, the challenge is to balance this increasing demand with the urgent need to protect our forests. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is exploring ways to ensure that intensified forestry not only boosts productivity but also delivers long-term environmental and social benefits. FSC is working to uncover the broader effect of plantation forestry. With support from an advisory group that includes members from FSC International, FSC South Africa, and FSC Australia & New Zealand, the project aims to understand how FSC-certified intensified plantations improve the lives of local communities and create lasting environmental and economic benefits that ripple across the entire landscape. Register for the webinar at: https://fsc-int.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeyqrj0rEtC7F0vzrJWmX9Zk8aPWWxP7#/registration

UPM has set a target to increase the amount of deadwood in its commercial forests from the current level of about five cubic metres per hectare to ten cubic metres per hectare. In UPM's protected areas and commercial forests where a specific nature management target has been set, the deadwood target is 20 cubic metres per hectare. The new targets are part of UPM Forest Action, the UPM Forest Responsibility programme. In 2018, UPM set itself the target of increasing biodiversity in its forests in Finland while efficiently producing high-quality wood raw material. Biodiversity is measured by comparing natural forests with commercial forests. Studies have shown that one clear difference between these two types of forests is the amount of deadwood. UPM's success in increasing biodiversity is measured not only by the amount of deadwood, but also by other indicators such as the amount of broadleaved trees and the number of protected areas.