To find locally adapted FSC forest management standards, follow the guidance and links below.
Note: Depending on your type of FSC certificate, there are other, more specific documents that you also need to be aware of.
FSC-endorsed national and regional forest management standards & FSC Interim National Forest Stewardship Standards
Once all countries complete the transition to version 5 of the P&C all National Forest Stewardship Standards will be available on the FSC Document Center. Based on the FSC Principles & Criteria, these standards are developed through inclusive, multi-stakeholder processes.
For the few remaining countries where a new standard has not a been adapted for version 5 of the P&C, Preferred by Nature is using locally adapted CB standard according to version 4 of the P&C. These are listed below. For any country where there is not currently an approved FSC Forest Stewardship standard, an FSC Interim National Forest Stewardship Standard would need to be developed to assess and certified forest operation in that country.
Where regional or national FSC standards exist for a country, we conduct all FSC forest management assessments against these requirements.
Find and download national FSC-endorsed standards (select "National Standard" under type of documents)
In countries where no FSC-endorsed forest management standards apply, we use our own-developed interim standards. These are based on our own generic standard and are developed in a multi-stakeholder process.