FSC forest management

What you will learn

This blended training course comprises 18-24 hours of online e-learning and 5 days of in-person training.

The in-person training includes an overview of the history and objectives of the Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®), as well as:

• overview of general requirements for forest management (FM) application

• national and interim national standards and the role of the international generic indicators (IGIs)

• FSC’s stakeholder consultation process and its application

• the FM certification process and certification decision making

• group certification of FM

• certification of small and low-intensity managed forest

• social requirements within certification

• legal and customary rights of indigenous peoples, as addressed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, national laws and indigenous laws

• evaluation of high conservation values

• FSC’s pesticides policy and its implementation

• forest certification for ecosystem services (ForCes)

• FM certification report writing

Who the course is for

Those who select and successfully complete the full FSC Auditing to ISO 19011, forest management or chain of custody courses will receive a valid training certificate as a crucial step towards becoming a qualified FSC auditor.

This course may also be of interest to:

• certificate holders looking for insight into what happens during an audit

• international NGOs (non-governmental organisations) involved in forest certification

• providers of certification services