Revision of FSC Standard for Group Entities in Forest Management Groups

Revision of FSC Standard for Group Entities in Forest Management Groups

FSC-STD-30-005 V1-1

Standard

Vera Santos

Rosario Galán

Lauri Ilola

August 2018

November 2020

PRO-01-001 V3-1 Development and Revision of FSC Normative Documents

FSC Global Strategic Plan 2015–2020

To revise the Group Certification Standard to:

• Update the standard content to align it with FSC normative documents and Global Strategic Plan;
• Address concerns expressed by stakeholders, certificate holders and certification bodies;
• Consider the inclusion of innovative mechanisms to optimize Group Certification;
• Better include some stakeholder groups like small forest owners and communities in the standard.

At the 2017 General Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, the membership approved Motion 46 that recommended the New Approaches project to conduct several pilot tests to assess the feasibility of different approaches that can improve uptake and maintenance of certification by small forest owners and communities.

• Marie-Christine Fléchard (Soil Association)
• Gabriel Bolton (NEPCon)
• Victoria Rizo (2Tree Consultoria)
• Matti Maajärvi (UPM-Kymmene Corporation)
• Conceição Silva dos Santos ( UNAC – Mediterranean Forest Union)
• Xiao Jianmin (Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry)
• Yadira Molina (Fundacion MaderaVerde)