FSC forest certification Introduction

FSC forest certification, also known as timber certification is a market mechanism to promote sustainable forest management, to achieve ecological, social and economic objectives.
FSC forest certification including forest management certification (Forest Management, FM) and Chain of Custody certification (Chain of Custody, COC). Forest management certification, also known as sustainable forest management certification or simply FSC forest certification, it is for the forest management unit by an independent third party FSC forest certification agencies in accordance with forest management standards developed, in accordance with generally accepted principles and standards, forest management performance review, to prove its claim to achieve sustainable management of the process. Chain of Custody certification is the various production processes of timber processing enterprises, including the identification of logs from the transportation, processing and circulation of the whole chain, in order to ensure that the final products derived from certified well-managed forests. Once certified, companies have the right to indicate the name and the trademark certification system on its products, namely forest certification label.
In the past 20 years, humans Lankan indiscriminate logging of forests and poor management caused a large area of forest decline, leading to global forest resource scarcity, deteriorating ecological environment, mankind's living space is seriously threatened. It is generally believed to cause the root cause of forest policy failures, market failures and institutions are not perfect. The international community, governments and non-governmental environmental protection organizations expressed great concern and has taken a series of actions, but the effect is not obvious.
It is generally believed to cause the root cause of forest policy failures, market failures and institutions are not perfect. The international community, governments and non-governmental environmental protection organizations expressed great concern and has taken a series of actions:
(1) national policy reforms. Some countries have developed and implemented a basic policy shift towards sustainable forest management, addressing the present on forestry issues, priority to the development of forestry and environmental protection.
(2) the international intergovernmental process. Through international intergovernmental process, encouraging and promoting the national level sustainable development of forestry.

Requirements FSC (COC) certification system

FSC (COC) certification is to ensure that products with a label raw materials are produced audited and achieved FSC certified forests. FSC (COC) must get at all the key points, such as when the transfer of ownership of the product or products significantly affected by the manufacturing process fulfilled. Organizations involved in FSC (COC) certification of the need to establish a system that contains the following elements:
A. organizational and training
B. Procurement
C. product identification and traceability
D. Process Control
E. handling, storage, packaging and shipping
F. Record
A. Organization and Training
Organizations need to be appointed on behalf of the pipe, he has the right and responsibility to ensure the implementation and maintenance of COC system. Staff-related projects this certification shall execute all appropriate education, training, work eligibility on the basis of practice. Staff training, practice records shall be maintained in proper operating range.
B. Procurement
Audited companies must have a material procurement program file so that the source material is relatively easy to identify.
C. product identification and traceability
Enterprise program files to be kept a specific source, the shipment, bill of lading or other types of identification products. Each batch / product shall have a unique identification record.
D. Process Control
The audited organization shall identify all involved material derived from approved forest wood products processing production process. Enterprises must ensure that only after confirming that the raw material is produced from approved forest can be used for COC certified products production and processing. And to establish control of the work program files.
E. handling, storage, packaging and shipping
Reviewed the record companies need to maintain the product and handling, storage, packaging and delivery of the program file. If necessary, provide a safe storage area to prevent mixing with material approved material from other sources. Label shall be designed in accordance with FSC guidelines.
F. Record
The organization shall be audited in accordance with the operating range of the establishment, implementation and maintenance for the identification, collection, indexing, filling, storage, maintenance and disposal program files whose main activity records. Product record shall be clearly understood. Records must be fully applied retroactively wood, wood products origin.