Forest Management Standards

Forest Management (FM) certification involves the verification, by a third-party Certifier, that a forest meets FSC's Forest Management Standards.

All FSC FM Standards are based on FSC's International Principles & Criteria. At a regional level indicators and verifiers are further developed in order to reflect the unique environmental and social requirements of the region. Regional FM Standards are accredited by FSC International.

In Canada there are four regional Forest Management standards:

• National Boreal Standard
• Maritimes Standard
• BC Standard
• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Standard (draft submitted for accreditation in March 2011)

Regional FM Standards Development and Revision

Regional Forest Management standards are based on FSC's International Principles & Criteria, and are approved by FSC International for a five-year period, after which time they will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised.

FSC International is currently revising the FSC Principles & Criteria, which are the framework for all regional FM standards. For this reason, regional FM standards will not be revised until the new Principles & Criteria are approved at the end of 2011. Currently, accredited regional FM standards will remain valid until such time as they are revised according to the new FSC Principles & Criteria.  

Documents

Forest Managment (FM) Standards +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	FSC-STD-01-001 Principles & Criteria (2004)	155.3 Kb
	FSC-STD-01-002 Glossary of Terms (2009)	436.29 Kb
	FSC-STD-30-005 Group Certification Requirements for Group Managers (2008)	182.17 Kb

Forest Management (FM) Regional Standards +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	BC Standard (2005)	480.18 Kb
	Boreal Standard (2004)	1.97 Mb
	GLSL Field Tested Standard Standard	973.9 Kb
	Maritimes Standard (2008)	998.02 Kb

Forest Management (FM) Guidance Documents +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	FM: Factsheet	60.08 Kb
	FSC-DIR-20-007 Directive on FM Evaluations (2010)	207.17 Kb
	FSC-POL-01-004 V1 Policy on the Association with FSC (2009)	22.2 Kb
	FSC-POL-10-003 Modular Approaches to Forest Certification (2005)	93.08 Kb
	FSC-POL-10-004 Scope of Application of the Principles & Criteria (2005)	41.11 Kb
	Standards Interpretation Policy 2006	38.05 Kb
	Standards Related Consultation	60.32 Kb

Principles & Criteria +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	FSC-STD-01-001 Principles & Criteria (2004)	155.3 Kb
	FSC-STD-01-001 FR Principes et Critères de gestion forestière	438.13 Kb
	FSC_GUI_30_004 Guidance on FSC P2 & P3 (2006)	285.5 Kb
	FSC-ADV-30-901 Interpretation of Criterion 9.2 (2003)	15.35 Kb
	FSC-ADV-31-001 Interpretation of Criteria 10.9 (2002)	18.04 Kb
	FSC-POL-20-002 Partial Certification (2000)	129.72 Kb
	FSC-POL-20-003 The excision of areas from the scope of Certification (2004)	111.95 Kb
	FSC-POL-30-401 FSC Certification & ILO Conventions (2002)	92.42 Kb
	FSC-POL-30-602 FSC GMO Policy (2000)	101 Kb

Standards Development +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	FSC-ADV-60-006 Expiry of National Standards (2008)	32.19 Kb
	FSC-GUI-60-001 SLIMF Interpretation of Principles & Criteria (2009)	305.83 Kb
	FSC-STD-20-002 Structure, Content & Local Adaptation of Generic Forest Stewardship Standards (2009)	170.32 Kb
	FSC-STD-60-002 Structure & Content of National Forest Stewardship Standards (2009)	423.86 Kb
	FSC-STD-60-006 Process requirements for the development and maintenance of National Standards (2009)	565.24 Kb

Pesticides +/-

Icon	Resource Name Description	Size
	FSC-ADV-30-001 Mosquito nets treated with highly hazardous pesticides (2008)	22.78 Kb
	FSC-ADV-30-002 Fee Structure for Processing Derogation Applications (2008)	19.57 Kb
	FSC-GUI-30-001 Guidance on Pesticide Derogations (2007)	210.51 Kb
	FSC-GUI-30-001a Approved Derogations for use of Pesticides (2011)	119.98 Kb
	FSC-POL-30-001 FSC Pesticides Policy (2005)	45.49 Kb
	FSC-PRO-01-004 Processing Pesticide Derogation Applications	149.86 Kb
	FSC-PRO-01-004a Forest Managers Checklist For Developing Derogation Applications (2008)	336.06 Kb