The FSC Principles and Criteria (P&C) specify the core requirements for the certification of responsible forest management and form the basis for the National Forest Stewardship Standards. The P&C were recently revised and, as a consequence, existing National Standards also need to be revised to reflect these changes. The ‘Transfer Process’ refers to the process of revising and transferring existing National Standards to match the new structure and content of the revised P&C. Thirty-seven countries are actively involved in this important process, which indicates the magnitude of this challenge.
Three important meetings took place in June 2013: the International Generic Indicators (IGI) Group met in Spain for the third time; the Global Network met in Germany; and the FSC Board of Directors met in Russia. As a result of these meetings, several decisions have been made regarding the Transfer Process. Following is a summary of the main decisions.
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