FSC Forest Certification

Forest Management & Stump-to-Forest Gate Chain-of-Custody Certification Evaluation Report | PUBLIC
Version 7-0 (December 2016) | © SCS Global Services
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Table of Contents
SECTION A – PUBLIC SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 4
1. GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Certificate Registration Information ............................................................................................... 4
1.2 FSC Data Request ........................................................................................................................... 9
1.3 Areas Outside of the Scope of Certification (Partial Certification and Excision) ............................. 11
1.4 Social Information ........................................................................................................................ 12
1.5 Pesticide and Other Chemical Use ................................................................................................ 12
1.6 Standards Used ............................................................................................................................ 12
1.7 Conversion Table English Units to Metric Units ............................................................................ 13
2. DESCRIPTION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................... 14
2.1 Management Context .................................................................................................................. 14
2.2 Forest Management Plan ............................................................................................................. 17
2.3 Monitoring System ...................................................................................................................... 18
3. CERTIFICATION EVALUATION PROCESS .............................................................................................. 19
3.1 Evaluation Schedule and Team ..................................................................................................... 19
3.2 Evaluation of Management System .............................................................................................. 22
3.3 Stakeholder Consultation Process ................................................................................................ 22
4. RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION ........................................................................................................... 24
4.1 Notable Strengths and Weaknesses of the FME Relative to the FSC P&C. ..................................... 24
4.2 Process of Determining Conformance .......................................................................................... 30
5. CERTIFICATION DECISION .................................................................................................................. 46