The sustainable forest management group of Friuli Venezia Giulia managed by the regional delegation of Uncem reaches the exceptional figure of 100 thousand hectares of PEFC certified land, 100,273 to be precise, thanks to the increase in the certified area and the growth in the number of members , which has reached 65 thanks to the entry of four new members compared to last year.These are significant figures that demonstrate the group's growth and were certified following an audit conducted some time ago by the CSQA certification body.
This annual surveillance included audits that included visits to the planned areas and analysis of the management of documentation relating to cutting projects and material sales.
The four new members in Friuli Venezia Giulia are the Municipality of Amaro , which has a certified managed wooded area of 1,284 hectares, the Municipality of Tramonti di Sotto (3,702), the Municipality of Venzone (1,443) and the Friulian Association of bullfighting station keepers and animal fertilization operators - Assoten (234 hectares).
The group of 65 members owns a total of 85 planned forest properties .
The group's total net wooded area has thus increased to over 100,000 hectares, from the previous 93,690, also due to the adjustments to the areas of properties already belonging to members who adopted a new revision of their Forest Management Plan during the period under consideration.
«This year - stated Ivan Buzzi, president of Uncem Friuli Venezia Giulia - the group has achieved two objectives that it had set itself over time: the participation of all the municipalities of Carnia and all the municipalities of the Julian Prealps Park .
Furthermore, there has been further extension towards the municipalities of the Pordenone mountains and there is the arrival in the Montasio territory.
The third national position was then consolidated in terms of number of hectares counting the certified surface area, behind the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano .
The result achieved, in addition to representing the excellent work done so far for the benefit of the local area, responds to the growth goal that the group has set itself."
Uncem Friuli Venezia Giulia's work on forest certification is extremely important, particularly in supporting businesses.
A key aspect of the national forestry strategy, established by the 2018 Forestry Act, is being fully implemented.
The Delegation's work is an example for other regional Uncems.
Forestry urgently requires planning and certification throughout the country, as UNCEM notes in its Italian Mountains Report . "The path taken by Friuli Venezia Giulia is the right one, benefiting businesses in the sector, local communities, and the ecosystem services that forests generate only if managed and enhanced," emphasizes Marco Bussone, national president of UNCEM and president of PEFC Italy .
The group's members are owners or managers of forests located in the region, and can be ordinary members or supporters.
The Friuli Venezia Giulia Sustainable Forest Management Group recently celebrated 20 years of PEFC certification for forest sustainability. (Source: Corriere delle Alpi )