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UCFS Learning Series: Certification 101 – (No, not those certifications) SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard

March 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT

Join us for a UCFS Learning Series!

You may have heard about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) new Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard over the past couple of years, but who is going to be the first city or town to get certified? Which university or corporation? And, what does it REALLY take to get certified….like, what are the real, actual steps? Join us to learn from Paul Johnson, Vice President, Urban and Community Forestry and Career Pathways at SFI, for this opportunity to dive into how to utilize the SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard to evaluate and improve your urban forest and program. In addition, we will talk about the nuts and bolts of getting Certified to the full standard or the four theme options.

Learning Objectives

  1. Detailed information about what it takes to get third-party certified and how to selection a Certification Body.
  2. What will your urban forestry program be required to report on and how do you prepare for the audit.
  3. After certification, what will you do with the certification and how do you keep it up?

One (1) ISA CEU has been approved for this webinar.

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Details

Date:
March 19
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT