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Harrop-Procter Forest ProductsOUR ECO-CERTIFICATION
If you see an eco-certification stamp on any wood that you buy, you know that wood has been harvested according to rigorous, ecologically based guidelines. We have chosen to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international organization that has been implementing eco-certification standards in British Columbia and across Canada since 1999. Why the FSC was chosen While the Silva Forest Foundation is an accredited FSC accreditation body, they were not allowed to certify our timber practices because they had prepared our ecosystem based plan, which was used to secure our Forest Tenure Agreement.
We considered several options before choosing a certifier. The Canadian Standards Association (CSA), the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the FSC were assessed to see which would be the most appropriate and effective. Both the CSA and ISO were ruled out because they focus on management systems rather than on the ground operations. The FSC not only has a strong focus on actual forest practices, but also requires adherence to strong social, aboriginal, and environmental principles. The FSC is the only certifier that is supported by a broad range of environmental groups.
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Harrop-Procter PO Box 5 Ph. 250.229.2221 email: info@hpcommunityforest.org
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