USA - The new version of FSC-STD-30-010 Controlled Forest Management Standard V3-0 is now published as of January 1, 2024 with important changes in the structure and content of the standard. Download the standard here.    

This standard sets out the basic requirements that are applicable at the forest management level for organizations to demonstrate that materials produced and supplied from those management units are in compliance with the requirements outlined in the 5 categories of this standard, which are as follows:

-Forest management and trade that respects and supports legality;

-Forest management that respects and supports customary and human rights, including those defined in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work;

-Forest management that maintains or enhances social, cultural, environmental and High Conservation Values (HCVs);

-Forest management that prevents deforestation and degradation;

-Forest management that is free of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).