New Controlled Forest Management standard published
This standard specifies basic requirements applicable at the forest management level for organizations to demonstrate that the materials produced and supplied from those management units conform to the requirements specified in the 5 categories of this standard which are as follows: 1. Forest management and trade that respects and upholds legality; 2. Forest management that respects and upholds customary and human rights, including those that are defined in The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; 3. Forest management that maintains or enhances social, cultural, environmental, and high conservation values (HCV); 4. Forest management that prevents deforestation and degradation; 5. Forest management that is free of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO).