Center for Forest and Wood Certification
Center for Forest and Wood Certification

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Center for Forest and Wood Certification

Mission

The Center for Forest and Wood Certification is committed and designed to foster practices that contribute to sustainable forest management. The Center builds regional forest and wood certification capacity through the delivery of unbiased information; technical assistance; and the development of programs for landowners, loggers, and forest products industries to participate in certification in a sustainable and affordable manner.

Solutions & Technical Assistance

The Center focuses on providing solutions to certification bottlenecks, enabling the private sector to effectively participate and benefit from certification. The Center's programs include education and training; technical assistance for forest industries; group certification for forest owners, loggers, and industry; certification management; and sustainability solutions for firms using wood.

Certification Incubator

Those participating with the Center are assisting in building expertise and technical prowess so they can make informed decisions about their involvement with certification assisting interested participants to develop their own certification programs. The Center is also focused on determining and documenting obstacles to certification, developing tools that work to enable it, and design market solutions for those interested in forest and wood certification.


CENTER FOR FOREST & WOOD CERTIFICATION
FSC® License code: FSC-C133487 FSC® C133949

Eric Gracey
Forest Management Section Administrator
213 T.P. Cooper Bldg
Lexington, KY 40546-0073
859.257-0174
gracey@uky.edu

Contact Information

Eric Gracey
Forest Management Section Administrator

213 T.P. Cooper Building Lexington, KY 40546-0073

+1 (859) 257-0174

gracey@uky.edu