… the best feasible approach to reduce the use of chemical pesticides in FSC-certified forests and plantations, and to … Avoiding the harms of pesticides … Pesticides strictly regulated … The use of pesticides and pest management in the forestry industry is a subject of widespread debate. For FSC, having a clear pesticides policy, and keeping it up to date with changing …
The FSC Pesticides Policy lays out FSC's position for managing the use of chemical pesticides in FSC-certified management units in consistency with Criterion 10.7 of FSC-STD-01-001 V5-2 FSC Principles and Criteria, which requires, inter alia, the use of integrated pest management.
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.
This addendum lists temporary derogations for the use of pesticides that are considered by FSC to be ‘highly hazardous'. These derogations have been individually approved by the FSC Pesticides Committee on behalf of the FSC Board of Directors. Derogations have been approved only when all the requirements of the Pesticides Derogation Procedure were met. They include strict conditions to be fulfilled by the certificate holders during the derogation period. Derogations are approved for the smallest applicable geographical scope. The derogations listed below are not valid for national use. The rationale for establishing such a list is to provide an overview of derogations used at global level.
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The attached document catalogue is a core document which is providing an overview of normative documents. Access the Normative Framework Schedule for an overview of ongoing and planned international normative processes and the Country Requirements Schedule for planned country processes. An overview of the FSC normative documents applicable to the different types of certification (FM, CoC, CW) and scope (reclaimed or controlled materials) is also available to help certificate holders understand the requirements they have to comply with. There may be translated normative documents available through FSC Network Partner websites. Contact them here to learn more. For any requests to change a normative document please submit a Change Request Form to policy_performance@fsc.org.