Stewardship Certification

The first and best known forest certification is that established by the Forest Stewardship Council� (FSC), whose logo is the tree-tick mark that will be familiar that is increasingly common on furniture and paper products in the UK and US today. It is widely recognised as being the toughest certification standard - the global gold standard for responsible forest management - and is the only certification system supported by many international NGOs, including MCDI's partners Fauna & Flora International and WWF. FSC's certification scheme is based on ten principles which cover social, economic, ecological and cultural issues; they include managerial aspects as well as environmental and social requirements.