The ICFPA today, 9 October 2020, released a statement regarding the Advisory Committee of Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) reference to the essential role of forestry and forest products while presenting at the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s COFO 25 alongside other statutory bodies.

ICFPA Statement

Today, the Advisory Committee of Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) referenced the essential role of forestry and forest products while presenting at COFO 25 alongside other forestry statutory bodies.

ICFPA has issued the attached statement to leverage this important opportunity to position the global forest sector and forest products industry as a key solutions provider in pandemic and post-pandemic recovery. The statement is also available on the ICFPA website at the following link: https://icfpa.org/global-forest-sector-and-workers-providing-solutions-for-pandemic-recovery/

Regional Statements and Member Involvement

As Communications Secretariat for ICFPA, we have developed the attached template release that includes today’s statement from ICFPA and allows ICFPA’s membership network of individual country associations to input comments/quotations in the body of the release.

We encourage you to use this template to co-brand with ICFPA to help leverage and promote this global recognition within your respective local and regional networks.

FPAC’s Approach

Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) issued a joint-release with ICFPA today and has reached out to national, regional, and local media as well as industry publications, government stakeholders, and partner organizations with our statement. We will be promoting across our social platforms in the coming days, and will continue to monitor any developments related to the ACSFI announcement.