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- FSC Guide to Integrated Pest, Disease and Weed Management in FSC Certified Forests and Plantations Code: N/A na Type Guidance Document (GUI)
This guide provides a generic framework for Integrated Pest, Disease and Weed Management (IPM) on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified estates, which may include indigenous forests and plantations.
- FSC Guidelines for the Implementation of the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Code: FSC-GUI-30-003 FSC International Center (2021-03-22) Type Guidance Document (GUI)
This FSC guidance on the implementation of FPIC aims to assist all parties involved in FSC certification in safeguarding the rights of forest dependent indigenous peoples and local communities in or near FSC certified operations.
- FSC Principles 2 and 3: Guidance on Interpretation Code: FSC-GUI-30-004 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)The overall purpose of this document is to provide guidance to FSC National Initiatives, national or sub-national standard writing groups and certification bodies when developing FSC forest stewardship standards.
- FSC Trademark Use Guide For Promotional Licence Holders Code: n.a. FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)This guide is intended for organizations that wish to use the FSC trademarks for the promotion of FSC-certified labelled products or services and it replaces the FSC-STD-50-002 'Requirements for promotional use of the FSC trademarks by non-certificate holders' that was withdrawn on 31st May 2020.
- Guidance for Demonstrating Ecosystem Services Impacts Code: FSC-GUI-30-006 FSC International Center (2021-10-01) Type Guidance Document (GUI)
This document is written for forest managers who are looking for additional technical guidance for using the FSC Ecosystem Services Procedure (FSC-PRO-30-006) to improve their access to ecosystem services markets. This guidance is mainly focused on giving extra support with impact demonstration explaining the seven steps required to demonstrate ecosystem services impacts in detail.
- Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement Code: FSC-GUI-30-011 FSC International Center (2021-07-07) Type Guidance Document (GUI)This FSC guidance outlines an easy-to-use set of examples to engage stakeholders for those looking to get FSC certified or those already certified.
- Guidance for Standard Developers to Develop a National Threshold for the Core Area of Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) within the Management Unit Code: FSC-GUI-60-004 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)The guidance document is written for standard developers and aims to support in the implementation of relevant International Generic Indicators (IGIS) by providing additional guidance in situations where a standard developer wishes to deviate from the default threshold of 80% of the Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) to be protected within the Management Unit (MU).
- Guidance for Standard Development Groups: Developing National High Conservation Value Frameworks Code: FSC-GUI-60-009 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)This Guidance is written to support Standard Development Groups (SDGs) in the development of National High Conservation Value (HCV) Frameworks and aims to clarify the specific requirements for the identification, management planning, operations, monitoring and restoration of HCVs in FSC certified forests
- Guideline for Standard Developers for Addressing Risk of Unacceptable Activities in regard to Scale and Intensity Code: FSC-GUI-60-002 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)
This guideline is intended for use by Standard Development Groups in developing, revising and transferring National Forest Stewardship Standards, and by Certification Bodies in developing Interim National Standards (former 'CB standards'). Collectively, Standard Development Groups and Certification Bodies are referred to as ‘Standard Developers'.
- Guideline for Standard Developers on incorporating a risk-based approach in National Forest Stewardship Standards Code: FSC-GUI-60-010 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)
The objective of this Guideline is to provide support to Standard Development Groups (SDG) implementing FSC-PRO-60-010 Incorporating a risk-based approach in National Forest Stewardship Standards (NFSS).
- Guideline for Standard Developers on the Generic Criteria and Indicators based on ILO Core Conventions Principles Code: FSC-GUI-60-008 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)
The objective of this guideline is to provide informative guidance to Standard Developers on aspects of the Report on generic criteria and indicators based on ILO Core Conventions principles.
- High Conservation Value Guidance for Forest Managers Code: FSC-GUI-30-009 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)The guidance document is written for forest managers and aims to clarify the specific requirements for the identification, management planning, operations monitoring of High Conservation Values (HCVs) in FSC certified forests.
- Intact Forest Landscapes Guidance for Forest Managers Code: FSC-GUI-30-010 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)This guide is written for forest managers and aims to clarify the specific requirements for the identification, management planning, operations, monitoring and restoration of Intact Forest Landscape (IFLs) in FSC certified forests. It can also be useful to Standard Development Groups (SDGs) in their development of Indicators for IFL in National Forest Stewardship Standards.
- Living Wage Auditor Guidance Code: FSC-GUI-30-007 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)
This guidance document is intended for use by certification bodies of these social standards systems in order to aid in the verification of payment of living wages where country-specific estimates have been prepared under the Anker Methodology.
- Promoting Gender Equality in National Forest Stewardship Standards Code: FSC-GUI-60-005 FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)
The purpose of this guidance document is to facilitate the inclusion of requirements on gender equality in FSC national forest stewardship standards (NFSS) and by so doing, fully address criterion 2.2. It serves to aid standards developers, FSC staff, and other bodies involved in developing and/or approving NFSS, in learning more about the gender equality provisions of the new P&C V5-2 and the IGIs.
- Template for National High Conservation Value Frameworks Code: FSC-GUI-60-009a FSC International Center Type Guidance Document (GUI)The Template for National High Conservation Value Frameworks is to provide direction and structure for Standard Development Groups (SDGs) to develop National HCV Frameworks.