Friday, 24 January 2014
Second round of consultation on draft FSC International Generic Indicators launched
The period of consultation is open from 24 January to 31 March 2014.
FSC Forest Management certification is awarded to forest areas that are managed in line with the FSC Principles and Criteria (P&C). Version 5 of the P&C has been revised and was approved in February 2012. This means that Forest Stewardship Standards in each country must now be transferred to the P&C Version 5 (P&C V5).
To phase in use of the P&C V5 in a consistent way across the world – and to strengthen the credibility of the FSC system – a set of International Generic Indicators (IGIs) is being developed. In countries that already have National Forest Stewardship Standards the IGIs will be used to transfer these existing standards to the P&C V5. These National Standards, which are adapted to the characteristics of each country, are used worldwide by the Certification Bodies (CBs) to verify compliance with the P&C, as the basis for awarding FSC Forest Management certification.
In countries where there are no National Standards, the CBs have had to develop CB Adapted Standards as an alternative basis for evaluating compliance with the P&C. In these countries, this new set of IGIs (when available) will serve as the Forest Stewardship Standard.
The second round of public consultation is now open and will run until the 31st of March 2014.
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