Provision of support to enterprises in the preparation to the voluntary forest certification according to the FSC system

Certification according to the Forest Stewardship Council system is developing quite rapidly in Russia and the whole world. From year to year more and more companies certify forest management and supply chain according to the FSC system. On November 11th, 2009 Russian national voluntary forest certification standard according to the FSC system came into effect. Independent consultants can provide assistance to companies in fulfilling the requirements of the Russian national FSC standard. Silver Taiga Foundation is a legally registered consultant  in the field of voluntary forest certification according to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) system and it’s specializing in such topics as biodiversity, high conservation value forests, and work with local population.

Today Silver Taiga Foundation is ready to render consultation services in the following areas:

• provision of information about certification (free of charge);
• training in the field of forest certification (fee-based);
• preparation for the forest management certification in general (fee-based);
• preparation for the forest management certification according to principles 3,4,6,9 or separate FSC policies (fee-based)