Responsible Use™: Forest Biotechnology Principles
The Institute of Forest Biotechnology launched its Responsible Use initiative in 2008 to develop global principles that guide responsible use of forest biotechnology. As with all of the IFB's initiatives, this will be a multi-stakeholder driven process. Experts from academia, environmental organizations, the forest products industry, government agencies, and YOU can participate in developing these guidelines.
Navigate Responsible Use: Forest Biotechnology Principles
- Most recent overview document
- Public comment form
- Initiative progress
- Implementation Committee
- IFB meeting calendar
The table below shows progress of the Responsible Use initiative color coded by status:
| Yellow = Planned | Blue = In Progress | Green = Complete | Red = Edited |
Date |
Description |
Link |
|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2008 | Further discussion about the Responsible Use initiative at the Sustainable Forest Products Initiative meeting. | |
| August 11, 2008 | Development of an online collaboration tool is in development to allow anyone to comment and contribute to the development of the principles. | Form is available here. |
| August 1, 2008 | After meeting with many environmental and other stakeholders additional collaboration mechanisms were added to the development plan. Now any interested person will be able to participate in the development of the principles. | Full RU Narrative v6.x ; Summary of RU initiative v3.x |
| July 21-23 | IFB staff met with a number of environmental organizations to discuss collaboration and framing the Responsible Use principles. | IFB's calendar of events |
| July 10, 2008 | Educational outreach component added to the initiative. Full narrative is available: Version 5.x | Full RU Narrative v5.x |
| June 16, 2008 | Public draft of full initiative narrative is available: Version 4.x | Full RU Narrative v4.x |
| May 1, 2008 | Solicing Implementation Committee members. Application description is available. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis. | Implementation Description and Application |
| April 28, 2008 | Expanded stakeholder engagement. | Summary of RU initiative v2.x |
| April 21, 2008 | Review of initiative with IFB's Board of Directors. Initiative name changed to, "Responsible Use™: Forest Biotechnology Principles" to better describe the entire value chain this guidance will include. | IFB's Board of Directors |
| April 3, 2008 | Initial meeting of Responsible Use for invited stakeholders. Implementation process for the initiative will be discussed. By invitation only. | Meeting information for attendees. |
| March 12-13, 2008 | Overview document discussed at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Sustainable Forest Product's Initiative (SFPI) meeting in Montreaux Switzerland | SFPI information |
| February 1, 2008 | Draft stakeholder engagement framework and mechanism to engage our Forest Biotechnology Partners. | Forest Biotechnology Partners |
| January 1, 2008 | Responsible Use: Forest Biotechnology Guidelines is launched | |
Date |
Description |
Link |
Current Implementation Committee
North America |
South America |
Europe |
Africa |
Asia |
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Academia |
Dr. Steven Strauss | Dr. Giancarlo Pasquali | |||
Tree Growers / Users |
Dr. Les Pearson | Dr. Claudio Balocchi | Dr. Tim Strabala |
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Public Interest |
Dr. Celso Foelkel | ||||
Environmental |
Mr. Tom Cors | ||||
Government |
Dr. Randy Johnson | Dr. Weber Amaral | |||
Merit Select |
Dr. Rafael Vicuna | ||||
| The Institute of Forest Biotechnology Staff | |||||
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