Ten principles of FSC forest certification
Principle 1: abide by the principles of law and FSC
The forest management shall respect the laws of the country in which it is located and the international conventions and agreements signed by the state, and comply with all the principles and standards of FSC.
Principle 2: ownership, use rights and responsibilities
The long-term ownership and use right of land and forest resources shall be clearly defined, documented and formed legal documents.
Principle 3: the rights of indigenous residents
It shall recognize and respect the legal rights and traditional rights of indigenous residents to own, use and operate their land, territory and resources.
Principle 4: community relations and the rights of workers
Forest management activities should maintain or enhance the long-term social benefits and economic benefits of forest workers and local communities.
Principle 5: the benefits of forests
Forest management activities should encourage the use of a variety of forest products and services to ensure that the economic benefits of forests and a wide range of social and environmental benefits.
Principle 6: Environmental Impact
Forest management should protect biodiversity and its related values, such as water resources, soil and the unique and fragile ecosystem and landscape value, and in order to maintain the ecological function of the forest and its integrity.
Principle 7: business planning
The forest management plan shall be formulated and implemented in accordance with the scale and intensity of forest management, and shall be amended at any time. The long-term objectives of the business and the means to achieve them should be clearly stated.
Principle 8: monitoring and evaluation
The scale and intensity of forest management should be monitored in order to evaluate the status of forest, the output of forest products, the regulatory chain of production and marketing, and the social and environmental impacts of business activities.
Principle 9: maintain high conservation value forests
In the high value of the forest in the business activities, should maintain or enhance the characteristics of these forests, and always to preventive methods to consider the high value of the protection of the forest.
Principle 10: artificial forest
In accordance with the principles and standards of 1 ~ 9 and 10 principles and standard to the planning and management of forest plantations, plantations can provide a series of social and economic benefits, and to help meet the demand for forest products in the world, it also formed a supplement to the natural forest, reducing pressure on natural forests, and recovery protect and promote natural forest.