International Training on Forest Certification & Climate Change
Enhancing professional capacity to link forest certification and climate change through carbon valuation, climate-smart strategies, and certification standards.
Course Background
Forests are essential in combating climate change, primarily via carbon sequestration. This course bridges the knowledge gap between forest management, climate action, and certification tools, providing professionals with insights into carbon valuation, climate mitigation, and climate-smart forest certification.
ECAS Institute equips participants to integrate climate strategies into forest certification standards and recognize climate benefits across wood products and supply chains, empowering landowners, conservationists, and forestry professionals to enhance climate resilience through certification.
Course Objectives
Understand the value of working forests for carbon sequestration.Integrate climate adaptation and mitigation strategies into forest certification standards.Identify climate benefits in certified wood products.Distinguish climate benefits in Chain of Custody standards.Ensure climate values of Harvested Wood Products through certification.What You Will Learn
Valuing working forests for carbon sequestration.Climate change strategies in forest certification standards.Climate benefits for forest certification in wood products.Distinguishing climate benefits in Chain of Custody standards.Ensuring climate values of Harvested Wood Products through certification.Duration and Program
The course combines expert instruction, practical case studies, and hands-on insights on the intersection of forest certification and climate change. Full schedules and logistics will be provided upon registration.
Target Participants
LandownersNatural Resource ProfessionalsConservationistsEducatorsExtension AgentsTraining Modules
| Module | Title | Key Focus |
|---|
| 1 | Valuing Forests for Carbon Sequestration | Carbon cycle, quantifying sequestration, ecological and economic valuation, role of working forests in climate mitigation. |
| 2 | Climate Change Strategies in Forest Certification Standards | Major certification schemes (FSC, PEFC), climate-smart principles, adaptation and mitigation strategies for forests. |
| 3 | Climate Benefits in Certified Wood Products | Life cycle assessment, carbon storage in HWPs, low-carbon construction, signaling climate benefits to markets. |
| 4 | Chain of Custody Standards & Climate Value | CoC certification, climate benefits verification, traceability, supply chain management for climate integrity. |
| 5 | Ensuring Climate Values of HWPs Through Certification | Carbon accounting in HWPs, sustainable sourcing verification, communicating climate benefits, policy and market drivers. |
Training Style
The modules combine lectures, PowerPoint presentations, case studies, field visits, breakout sessions, and interactive discussions. Guest speakers participate both in-person and online to provide real-world insights.
General Notes
Training manuals and reference materials provided.Certificates issued upon successful completion.Tailor-made courses available for organizations. Contact: info@ecasiafrica.orgAbout ECAS Institute
ECAS Institute delivers independent training, research, and consulting in climate change, carbon markets, renewable energy, biodiversity, agriculture, and food systems. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, ECAS operates across Africa and globally.
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