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| The Issue: Forest certification is a process thats results in a written certificate being issued by an independant third-party, attesting that a particular forest is managed on a sustainable basis and that any Timber from it has been produced in accordance with all the agreed forest management and enviromental standards. |
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Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) Sustainable forest Management and Chain of Custody Certification processes can be accessed at: www.forestrystandard.org.au |
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| Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) An international independent forest stewardship and certification scheme now active in Australia. MNCFF assisted in establishment of a group certification scheme for farm foresters in the Hunter and Mid-North Coast of NSW. Can be accessed at: www.fsc.org |
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| Forestry Certification from a Management Perspective by Trish Fordyce, Enviromental Law Specialist This paper considers the phenomenon of forest certification. Download: Forestry Certification from a Management Perspective |
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