SAF Certified Forester (CF) · USA · Society of American Foresters
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersHow sustainable forest management is defined, measured and audited: criteria and indicators, voluntary certification (FSC, PEFC), chain of custody, legality verification and the auditor's work.
In the exams: FSC and PEFC auditor qualification (certification bodies); Indonesia SVLK/PHPL systems; SAF and FPBC professional practice; ICAR AICE-JRF 59 Unit 9 (ecosystem services)
SAF Certified Forester and FPBC professional practice
SFM, certification standards (FSC, SFI and other PEFC schemes), audits, HCV and legality requirements in professional practice.
How our questions for SAF Certified Forester spread across the units of Forest Certification & Sustainable Forest Management. Difficulty: 7 easy, 15 medium, 3 hard.
| Sustainable forest management: concepts | 6 | |
| Criteria and indicators processes (Montréal, ITTO, Forest Europe) | 5 | |
| PEFC and endorsed national schemes | 4 | |
| FSC: principles and criteria, national standards | 3 | |
| High conservation values | 3 | |
| Legality verification and due diligence (EUDR, Lacey Act, FLEGT) | 2 | |
| Group and smallholder certification | 1 | |
| Impacts and limits of certification | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Classical sustained yield means harvesting:
A. Within growth
An even flow over the rotation.
The Brundtland report Our Common Future, defining sustainable development, appeared in:
A. 1987
World Commission on Environment and Development.
A measurable variable that shows trends towards SFM when observed periodically is a:
C. Indicator
A criterion is a category; an indicator is measured.
The Montréal Process has how many criteria?
D. Seven
With 54 indicators after the 2008 revision.
A key limitation of national C&I reporting is that it:
B. Is distant from field practice
Also data gaps and interpretation without thresholds.
The Forest Stewardship Council was founded in:
A. 1993
The correct answer is 1993. PEFC was founded in 1999.
Which is NOT one of FSC's five unacceptable categories for controlled wood?
A. Wood from certified plantations
Certified wood is not controlled wood.
PEFC works mainly by:
A. Endorsing national schemes
The correct answer is Endorsing national certification schemes. An umbrella organisation.
INTERPOL and UNEP (2012) estimated illegal logging as a share of global timber trade at roughly:
D. 15 to 30 percent
Higher in some tropical countries.
The main market benefit reported by certified producers is usually:
A. Market access
Premiums are small and inconsistent.
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