This addendum lists active ingredients of chemical pesticides that meet the criteria, indicators and thresholds set out in Annex 1 of FSC-POL-30-001 FSC Pesticides Policy. Such chemical pesticides are therefore considered to be highly hazardous and are classified as prohibited, highly restricted or restricted in FSC Forest Management Certification.
Since the FSC Principles and Criteria were adopted in 1995, FSC members have pointed out the weakness of the definition of GMOs. Certification bodies have pointed out the difficulties in ensuring a uniform interpretation of this definition in practice. Forestry enterprises have informed FSC that uncertainties about this policy are one reason why they do not seek certification. This paper is an attempt at clarification.
The Policy to Address Conversion presents FSC’s general position and fundamental principles on conversion of natural forests and High Conservation Value areas.
The FSC Board of Directors approved the following as FSC policy in relation to the scope of application of FSC-STD-01-001 FSC Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship.
The FSC Network Policy describes the framework and organization of the FSC Network. This document addresses challenges around some aspects of the Network that have evolved over time, and improves transparency and accountability between the Network, the FSC International Board, the FSC International Secretariat, and the members of the organization.
This document contains the derogations and interpretations related to the current situation in Ukraine, to offer a central source of information to FSC stakeholders.
This standard specifies the requirements for group entities (the certificate holder) managing a group of forest management units under a single certificate, a process referred to as ‘group certification'.
Ver.
2-1
Type
Standard (STD)
Status
approved
Code
FSC-STD-30-005
Version1-0 Date
2009-08-31
Effective date
2025-01-01
FSC-STD-30-005 V2-1 EN Forest Management Groups.pdf