CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTATION FOR RESPONSIBLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE

Due to increasing environmental awareness of consumers the idea of the use of products originating from forests managed in an economically responsible way was born. In response to global deforestation in 1993 in Bonn FSC (R) (Forest Stewardship Council) organization was founded. FSC certification includes five main requirements related to: quality system, input materials control, control and evidence production, usage of FSC trademark, supporting documentation. Products that carry the FSC mark can easily be proved the origin because the chain of custody requires traceability documentation from forest of origin to manufacture or delivery of the finished product to the customer, which means that all involved in the chain have to be FSC certificate holders. This paper presents an overview of requirements FSC certification and all necessary documentation which allows tracking traceability.