promoting sustainable forest management
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promoting sustainable
promoting sustainableforest management
What does
it mean
to you?
PEFC Credibilityq Develops national forest management
certification standards and schemes,using multi-stakeholder processesfor the protection of forests, whichhave been signed up to by 37nations in Europe and otherinter-governmental processes forsustainable forest managementaround the world.
q Uses internationally recognisedaccreditation and certificationprocesses to ensure independenceof control, standard setting anddelivery of sustainable forestmanagement.
q Is supported by over 20 independentcertification schemes and theirstakeholders, including woodlandowners, industry, environmental andsocial interests amongst others.
PEFC Accountabilityq Regular independent certified
controls from the tree in the forestto the final product reassure thecustomer that the wood-basedproducts can be traced back tosustainably managed forests.
PEFC Adaptabilityq Facilitates active involvement of all
forests and enterprises regardless ofsize. This includes family-ownedforests and also small to mediumsized forest enterprises as well asmultinational corporations.
q Accommodates and incorporatesthe global diversity of forest types,cultural heritage, ownershipstructures and management
objectives.
The PEFC CouncilRegistered as an
asbl in LuxembourgNo. 1999-61-02192
17 Rue des GirondinsL-1626 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 26 25 90 59Fax: +352 26 25 92 58
E-mail: [email protected] www.pefc.org
For more information, please visit our web pages to find out the local PEFC contactin your country: www.pefc.org
How do I get involved?q If you own or manage woodlands,
get in touch with your nationalPEFC and ask how your forestmanagement can be certified.
q If you are a wood-processingenterprise, trader or retailer, you
can get your wood flows certifiedthrough PEFC (for details, contactthe national PEFC).
q If you are a consumer, ask forproducts with a PEFC logo orspecify to your supplier that youwant PEFC-certified material.
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