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PRINCIPLE # 5: BENEFITS FROM THE FOREST - Forest management operations shall encourage the efficient use of the forest’s multiple products and services to ensure economic viability and a wide range of environmental and social benefits. |
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PRINCIPLE #6: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - Forest management shall conserve biological diversity and its associated values, water resources, soils, and unique and fragile ecosystems and landscapes, and, by so doing, maintain the ecological functions and the integrity of the forest. |
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PRINCIPLE #7: MANAGEMENT PLAN - A management plan — appropriate to the scale and intensity of the operations — shall be written, implemented, and kept up to date. The long-term objectives of management, and the means of achieving them, shall be clearly stated. |
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PRINCIPLE #8: MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT - Monitoring shall be conducted — appropriate to the scale and intensity of forest management — to assess the condition of the forest, yields of forest products, chain of custody, management activities and their social and environmental impacts. |
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PRINCIPLE # 9: MAINTENANCE OF HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE FORESTS- Management activities in high conservation value forests shall maintain or enhance the attributes which define such forests. Decisions regarding high conservation value forests shall always be considered in the context of a precautionary approach. |
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PRINCIPLE # 10: PLANTATIONS - Plantations shall be planned and managed in accordance with Principles and Criteria 1-9, and Principle 10 and its Criteria. While plantations can provide an array of social and economic benefits, and can contribute to satisfying the world’s needs for forest products, they should complement the management of, reduce pressures on, and promote the restoration and conservation of natural forests |
| How can Sterling International Consulting help to get FSC Certification? |
With a team of highly qualified consultants and trainers having vast industrial experience, Sterling International Consulting partners organizations across the world to implement and achieve FSC certification. Our consulting approach is highly professional, time bound and effective resulting in ease of implementation and adds value to the business processes of the client organization. We provide ISO 14001 FSC training, consulting, implementation and certification services in India, USA, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Europe and African countries. |
| Sterling International Consulting offers comprehensive series that will help you to achieve FSC. We Can :- |
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Conduct an initial gap analysis and aspect impact analysis. |
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Help you to establish policies and objectives. |
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Identify documentation requirements and assistance in achieving required level of documentation. |
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Manage implementations schedules, training and follow up actions. |
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Help you to select a Registrar that has experience in your industry and achieve successful certification to FSC. |
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