The purpose of this guidance document is to facilitate the inclusion of requirements on gender equality in FSC national forest stewardship standards (NFSS) and by so doing, fully address criterion 2.2. It serves to aid standards developers, FSC staff, and other bodies involved in developing and/or approving NFSS, in learning more about the gender equality provisions of the new P&C V5-2 and the IGIs.
This Guidance is written to support Standard Development Groups (SDGs) in the development of National High Conservation Value (HCV) Frameworks and aims to clarify the specific requirements for the identification, management planning, operations, monitoring and restoration of HCVs in FSC certified forests
This FSC guidance on the implementation of FPIC aims to assist all parties involved in FSC certification in safeguarding the rights of forest dependent indigenous peoples and local communities in or near FSC certified operations.
The Template for National High Conservation Value Frameworks is to provide direction and structure for Standard Development Groups (SDGs) to develop National HCV Frameworks.
This guide provides a generic framework for Integrated Pest, Disease and Weed Management (IPM) on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified estates, which may include indigenous forests and plantations.
The guidance document is written for standard developers and aims to support in the implementation of relevant International Generic Indicators (IGIS) by providing additional guidance in situations where a standard developer wishes to deviate from the default threshold of 80% of the Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) to be protected within the Management Unit (MU).
This guidance document is intended for use by certification bodies of these social standards systems in order to aid in the verification of payment of living wages where country-specific estimates have been prepared under the Anker Methodology.
The overall purpose of this document is to provide guidance to FSC National Initiatives, national or sub-national standard writing groups and certification bodies when developing FSC forest stewardship standards.
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FSC Statement Entering into a roadmap process with Schweighofer Mar. 2017
SmartCert Olam investigation public summary FR
FAQ on Forest Management Evaluations Standard.pdf
Review Report FSC-STD-50-001 (2).pdf
Basic needs assessment by SDI December 2015
FSC Core Labour Requirements Technical Webinar: Self Assessment PPT Slides
01_FSC_ES-PRO_Desk-test_TOR_EN.pdf
ToR for Pilot testing M23_2024-04-09.pdf
FSC statement_FSC One Remedy Framework_18 Jan 2022_0.pdf
Material Informativo_Marco de Remediacion FSC.pdf
User Manuals
Consult the user manuals for a variety of our tools. They will help you find yourself around the different platforms, solve common problems and guide you through each step of the process.
A short guide to help you get started with the signing process of FSC's electronic Trademark License Agreement (e-TLA) for the FSC certification scheme.
This user guide provides step-by-step directions – on how to complete the FSC Check process – to organizations and individuals who want to join (or re-join) the FSC system, either as a certificate holder or as a member.
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