Principle 10 — Plantations
March 12, 2010
FSC members and stakeholders:
We are pleased to announce that the next draft of Principle 10 of the National FSC-US Forest Management Standard is now available for the second phase of public consultation. Principle 10 is the section of the Forest Management Standard that addresses certification of plantations. This document serves as a plantation-specific component of Draft 8 v.1 of the National FSC-US Forest Management Standard. All organizations and individuals are welcome and encouraged to submit comments. Comments are due on Monday, April 12, 2010.
Click here to download Draft 7 v.4 of Principle 10 (Plantation Management) of the FSC-US Forest Management Standard. Keep in mind that once the technical language is finalized, FSC-US will integrate Principle 10 into the National FSC-US Forest Management Standard. Plantation certification requires compliance with Principles 1-9 of the FSC-US Forest Management Standard in addition to Principle 10, except where noted in Principle 10 as being inapplicable.
Click here to download Draft 8 v.1 of the National FSC-US Forest Management Standard.
FSC-US is committed to a consensus-based, inclusive, and balanced process and to engagement with a wide array of stakeholders. Your input is very important to the development of this Standard. All comments will be carefully considered by FSC-US staff and the FSC-US Board of Directors.
Comment Process
To submit comments on Draft 7 v.4 of Principle 10, please send an email or mail a letter detailing your comments to:
Karen Steer
FSC-US
212 Third Avenue North, Suite 280
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Email: ksteer@fscus.org
Please be as specific as possible in your comments — we encourage you to provide comments on specific indicators and guidance language, and recommend alternative language whenever possible. Please do not submit comments using track-changes in the draft document. Please also focus comments on the content being proposed and not on the format.
For more information
Please contact Karen Steer with any questions or comments.
Email: ksteer@fscus.org
Phone: (503) 260-8335
Additional Information regarding Principle 10 and Plantation Certification
TThe FSC standards for forest management certification are composed of 10 Principles. The document currently presented for consultation contains the standard for certification of plantation management (Principle 10) — it is a component of the National FSC-US Forest Management Standard. Certification of plantations requires compliance with Principles 1-9 and additionally with requirements specific to plantation management (Principle 10). There are a few Indicators in Principles 1-9 that are not applicable to plantation management — these are explicitly identified in this draft.
Draft 7 v.4 of Principle 10 was developed through in-depth consultation with the FSC-US Standards and Policy Committee of the FSC-US Board, the FSC-US Plantations Working Group, technical committees and advisors with expertise in FSC certification of plantations, and also through public consultation during the December 2009 stakeholder comment period. It has also been approved for this second phase of public comment by the Standards and Policy Committee of the FSC-US Board.
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