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Stakeholder Consultation for Forest Evaluations
FSC-STD-20-006
This standard is designed to give certification bodies and stakeholders more clarity as to the nature and extent of stakeholder consultation required for evaluation of FSC Forest Stewardship Standards.
Forest Management Evaluations
FSC-STD-20-007
The objective of this standard is to provide the requirements for FSC-accredited certification bodies to assess conformity of The Organization against applicable requirements of the FSC normative framework with regards to forest management certification, as well as reporting and decision making. To access the current effective version 3.0, click here .
FSC Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship
FSC-STD-01-001
FSC is an international organization that provides a system for voluntary accreditation and independent third-party certification. This system allows certificate holders to market their products and services as the result of environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable forest management. FSC also sets standards for the development and approval of FSC Stewardship Standards which are based on the FSC Principles and Criteria. In addition, FSC sets standards for the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies (also known as certification bodies) that certify compliance with FSC's standards. Based on these standards, FSC provides a system for certification for organizations seeking to market their products as FSC certified. Version 4-0 is still applicable to those territories which have FSC certified forests but do not have Forest Stewardship Standards based on Version 5-0. Version 4-0 is available for download here: FSC-STD-01-001 Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship V4-0
Requirements for use of the FSC trademarks by certificate holders
FSC-STD-50-001
This standard is mandatory for all FSC certificate holders who are entitled to use the FSC trademarks and sets out how to use the FSC trademarks correctly. The standard covers use of the FSC trademarks on FSC certified products, use for promotion of FSC certified products, and for promotion of the company's status as an FSC certificate holder. This standard forms the basis for evaluation and approval by FSC accredited certification bodies of all certificate holders' FSC trademark use.
Forest Management Evaluations Addendum – Forest Certification Public Summary Reports
FSC-STD-20-007b
Please note that the content of this normative document has been streamlined into FSC-STD-20-007 Forest Management Evaluations Standard (V4-0) Publication date: 1 February 2023 Effective date: 1 July 2023 End of transition period: 31 December 2024 The social impacts of forest management mean that forest management is a social as a well as a technical activity. It is not possible to involve all stakeholders in every forest evaluation. It is therefore essential that forest certification and its results should be open to public scrutiny. This is the only way to demonstrate to all interested or affected parties that the certification decisions are justified and acceptable. It is a basic requirement of the FSC scheme that certification bodies make a summary report of each certified forest operation publicly available.
Process Requirements for the Development and Maintenance of National Forest Stewardship Standards
FSC-STD-60-006
This standard specifies the process requirements to be followed for the development and revision of regional (supra-national, trans-national), national or sub-national FSC Forest Stewardship Standards by registered Standards Development Groups and endorsed National Initiatives.
FSC Glossary of Terms
FSC-STD-01-002
This Glossary is a collection of the most frequently used terms and definitions that have been approved and are used in documents of the FSC Normative Framework, published in the English language.
Standard for evaluation of FSC Controlled Wood in Forest Management Enterprises
FSC-STD-20-012
This standard is designed to provide a credible guarantee that all forest management units (FMUs) included in the scope of a FSC Controlled Wood certificate comply with the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Controlled Wood standards for forest management enterprises FSC-STD-30-010 (Version 2-0).
Structure and Content of National Forest Stewardship Standards
FSC-STD-60-002
This International Standard shall be used as a normative document for FSC approval of regional, national or sub-national Forest Stewardship Standards.
Sourcing reclaimed material for use in FSC Product Groups or FSC Certified Projects
FSC-STD-40-007
This standard stipulates the requirements that shall be followed by organizations certified according to FSC-STD-40-004 or FSC-STD-40-006 for purchasing, verifying and classifying reclaimed forest-based inputs (including materials such as bamboo and cork) for use in FSC Product Groups and FSC Certified Projects.
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FSC normative documents
FSC_Policy_responses_Ukraine__2022-12-19
FSC-STD-RAP-01-2021
FSC-STD-01-003 SLIMF Review Report
Focus Forests Landscape Dialogue – Info Sheet_EN
2018.07 New Members EN- FSC Internacional
2020.12 New Members EN - FSC Internacional
FSC core labour requirements self-assessment_USA V1-0
FSC core labour requirements self-assessment_Australia V1-0
Greenpeace Report - Stolen Future
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Project Title

Revision of the Forest Management Evaluations Standard (FSC-STD-20-007) and associated addenda

Type

Revision of the Standard

Coordinator

Diana Franco; forestmanagement@fsc.org

Organizational process assets

PRO-01-001 V3-1 Development and Revision of FSC Normative Documents

FSC Global Strategic Plan 2015–2020

Purpose of the document

The objective of the TWG is to review and reconsider the fundamental approach of FSC towards forest management evaluations, including evaluation methods, intensity, frequency, duration, data gathering, reporting, current structure of evaluation standards, etc.

Technical Working group

Emily Blackwell, Technical Manager, Soil Association 

Gabriel Bolton, Senior Program Manager Forestry, Preferred by Nature  

Ellen Keyti, Forest Certification Coordinator, Imaflora 

Étienne Vézina, Manager Forestry and Certification, Resolute Forest Products 

Magnus Norrby, Managing Director, Skogscertifiering Prosilva AB 

Consultative Forum

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Timeline

History

A summary of steps taken and outcomes in the process to date.

History
February 2023

The revised Forest Management Evaluations Standard (version 4) is published. This revised standard will become effective on 1 July 2023.

To read the news item regarding the publication click here.

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November 2022

FSC International Board of Directors approves FSC-STD-20-007 V4-0.

18 May - 16 July 2022

The second public consultation was held. Read the synopsis report here.

Three webinars were conducted about the consultation and changes introduced in the second draft of the standard.

View a recording of the presentation here. 

Learn more about the consultation and field tests by reading the news item here. 

 

18 May - 31 May 2022

Applications for field tests of draft standard is open. Learn more and apply by reading the Terms of Reference.

October 2021

Webinars on first draft recordings available. 

View Recording
15 July 2021 - 12 September 2021
Public Consultation Open

Learn more with news item here. 

January 2021

The Technical Working Group is established. Read the news item here. 

October 2020

Call for applications to join the Technical Working Group to revise the Forest Management Evaluations Standard and its associated addenda. Please see the following:

Candidates are invited to fill in the application form and send it with their CV to Diana Franco Gil, Policy Manager (Forest Management Program) at d.franco@fsc.org, by 30 November 2020.

March 2020

BoD approves revision process

Review report FSC-STD-20-007 V3-0 (1).pdf
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ToR Field Test_FSC-STD-20-007 V4-0 D2-0
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ToR_TWG_FSC-STD-20-007_V2.pdf
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FSC-STD-20-007 Forest Management Evaluations V4-0 D1-0 EN
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FSC-STD-20-007 Forest Management Evaluations V4-0 D2-0
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Synopsis report_Second Consultation FSC-STD-20-007 V4-0
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