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1 Proposals to Develop National Risk Assessments and FSC National Standard for Republic of Belarus 1 Proposals to develop National Risk Assessments and FSC National Standard for Republic of Belarus 1.1 This proposal is submitted by: 1. This proposal is submitted by: Name: Maxim Yermokhin Signed: Position: Chair of Standard Development Group of Belarus (SDGB) Address: 220072, Belarus, Minsk, Academicheskaya, 27, of. 311 Telephone: +375 29 578 80 68 Email: [email protected] 1.2 Scope of the proposed standard, including the rational for developing an FSC Forest Stewardship Standard for this territory. Belarus has 5,4 mln ha of FSC certified forests. There are 57 FSC CoC certificates, part of them are group certificates (total 96 companies have FSC CoC certificates). 35 companies have CoC/CW certificates. By that area of FSC certified forests Belarus ranks 7th in the World. In the same time it is the country with the biggest area of FSC certified forests, which don’t have FSC national standard and National risk assessment. FSC certification is established in Belarus mainly to export market demand. The total cost of export was 133 Mln USD in 2010. 63% of forest export was directed to Poland, 12% to Germany, also to Latvia, Lithuania & Netherland. Belarus is not highly visible but very important part of supply chain of FSC certified products to Poland and from Poland later to EU. Belarus is also the area of major international investment projects. The examples of investors are Kronospan, VMG (major furniture manufacturer for IKEA), Egger and some others. These investors are oriented to FSC certification. The government owned two major forest product exporters Bellesbumpromexport and Bellesexport are also supportive to FSC, due to their exposure to EU market partner. All forest in Belarus belongs to Government and managed by state FMU’s, belonging to Ministry of forestry (86%), Presidential Administration (8%), The Ministry of Emergency Situations (2%) and some smaller institutions. The CH’s are state FMU’s, consequently they cover the costs of FSC certification. The Ministry of forestry preferred system is PEFC. Belarus has about 8 mln ha of PEFC certified forests. FSC scheme at the moment do not have enough Government support, and it is supported mainly by market driven organizations, such as forest product exporters, investors and FMU’s, which sells timber to market partners, and to some extent by academic organizations and experts. The level of forests management in Belarus is quite satisfactory, comparing Ukraine and especially Russia, due to the fact that implementation of forest legislation is ensured properly by FMU’s. In the same time there are some challenges for FSC certification there. Almost 25% of forests in Belarus were affected by Chernobyl radiation. National forestry regulations are not very “favourable” to FSC Principle 6 and 9. There are few of independent stakeholders, which may address the quality of certification. Taking into account the value of Belarus in the supply chain to Poland and EU, the area of FSC certified forests and number of CW certificates, the value for investors and the credibility issues it would be important to develop FSC National Standard for Republic of Belarus and National risk assessment. National Risk Assessments and FSC National Standard will be applicable for a whole Belarus territory and will cover all forest management activities. The Belarus Standard will be applicable to all forest types including both artificial and natural forests. 1.3 Is this proposal to develop a new FSC Forest Stewardship Standard or to revise an existing one? Revision Go to section 1.4 New Go to section 1.5 1.4 Review and justification for revisions to an approved FSC Forest Stewardship Standard. Not applicable 1.5 Funding and resources available, and/or of potential sources of funding: Item Resources Source Contribution Confirmed? needed Development of 15000 USD FSC 15000 USD yes the National Risk Assessment Development of SDG will be focused on development of NRA. We plan to start the FSC National the FSC National Standard development when new IGIs will be approved. Standard Reached a preliminary agreement with IKEA to fund the development of FSC standards and recommendations for Belarus in 2014 (estimated cost is 25 000- 30 000 euros). UNDP in Belarus interested in funding FSC process at 2015- 2016 and proposed to include the development of FSC National Standard (100 000-150 000 euros) in the application for two major projects with the topics «Forest & climate» (financed by EU), "Forest & biodiversity" (financed by GEF). FSC CIS plans to prepare the application to FSC international for additional financing FSC process in Belarus in 2015. 1.6 Existing indicators or guidelines: At present two standards are used in FSC process in Belarus: 1) Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood Interim Standard for Assessing Forest Management in The Republic of Belarus (Version Date: 10 October 2010) 2) SGS Qualifor Forest Management Generic Standard Adopted For Belarus (Version Date: 28 August 2012) 1.7 Working language(s) for the Standards Development Group: Russian 1.8 FSC Documents related to the process: FSC STD 01 001 V5 EN FSC Principles and Criteria FSC-STD-60-006 Procedure for the development of Forest Stewardship Standards FSC STD 20 002 V2 1 EN Structure and Content Forest Stewardship Standards FSC STD 01 003 V1 0 EN SLIMF Eligibility Criteria FSC STD 01 003a EN SLIMF eligibility criteria addendum 2008 02 13 FSC-GUI-60-100 Guidance on the interpretation of the FSC Principles and Criteria to take account of scale and intensity FSC-GUI-20-200 EN FSC Guidelines for Certification Bodies 2005 FSC POL 30 401 EN FSC certification and ILO Conventions 2002 FSC POL 20 002 EN Partial Certification 2000 FSC Guidance Document FSC-GUI-30-004: FSC Principles 2 and 3: Guidance on Interpretation FSC GUI 30 001 V2 0 EN FSC Pesticides Policy Guidance 2007 FSC GUI 30 001a V1 0 EN Approved derogations for use of pesticides 2008 01 21 FSC POL 30 001 EN FSC Pesticides policy 2005 FSC PRO 01 004 V2 1 EN Processing pesticide derogation applications FSC POL 30 602 EN FSC GMO Policy 2000 FSC ADV 30 602 EN Conversion of plantation to non forest land 2004 03 29 FSC ADV 30 602 EN Conversion of plantation to non forest land 2004 03 29 FSC ADV 30 901 EN Interpretation of Criterion 9 2 2003 04 28 FSC ADV 31 001 EN Interpretation of C10 9 2002 12 03 2. Timetable for the standard development process. Item Time needed Estimated Date Formation of Standards July 15, 2013 Development Group 1st Draft National Risk 75 days October 1, 2013 Assessment Stakeholder Comments 60 days November 30, 2013 Consultation report 2nd Draft Submit application for approval to FSC Next step: Development of the 2 years The process will begin when FSC National Standard new IGIs will be approved (~2015) 3. Facilitation and Chairing: Name Role Contact Mr. Maxim Yermokhin Chair of Standards 220072, Belarus, Minsk, Development Group of Academicheskaya, 27, of. 311 Belarus t. +375 29 578 80 68 [email protected] Date of birth: 25.08.1975 Education and/or qualifications: Higher education - Belarusian State University of Technology, Department of Forestry, 1992-1997. Post graduate education - Institute of Experimental Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1997-2000 Diplomas: Diploma of Forestry and Landscape engineer, Belarusian State University of Technology (1997) Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (2010) (Ecological & phytocenotic peculiarities of the spruce forests dynamics on the local stand disturbances in Belarus) Languages: Russian, Belarusian, English Previous job: 2007- present Institute of Experimental Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Laboratory of Productivity & Stability of Plant Communities, senior researcher 2006-2007 UNDP, forest monitoring expert 2005-2006 APB-BirdLife Belarus, forest conservation officer 2002-2005 «MobileTeleSystems», engineer 1997-2002 Institute of Experimental Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, PhD student, junior scientific worker Areas of work: inventory and management of high conservation value forests, forest vegetation monitoring, forest certification, ecologically focused forestry, estimation of ecological damage Scientific interests: dendrochronology, forest ecology, sustainable forestry, influence of climatic and anthropogenic factors on forest/trees, climate and forest reconstruction. Author of more than 80 science or popular science articles Summary of relevant work experience: May, 2013 ASI consultant for ASI auditor related to the annual forest management surveillance audit of SmartWood at Vitebsk Regional Forest Board in Belarus 2013 Expert of the project "Support to the development of a comprehensive framework for international environmental cooperation in the Republic of Belarus”, EU/UNDP 2011-2012 Expert of the project “Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Territorial Planning Policies and Practices in Belarus ”, GEF/UNDP November, 2011 ASI consultant for ASI auditor related to the annual forest management surveillance audit of SGS QUALIFOR at Gomel Regional Forest Board in Belarus 2008-2010 One of the main author of the National Strategy of Forestry Adaptation to Climate Change 2008-2010 Manager of the project «Ensuring long-term conservation and biodiversity friendly management of High Conservation Value Forests by incorporating HCVF principles into standard forest management practice (Pilot projects on the territory of Pruzhany, Dzisna and Hlybokaye forest enterprises), APB-BirdLife
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