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Expanding Forest Certification Globally

Forest certification is a tried and tested voluntary mechanism that promotes sustainable forest management. About two-thirds of the total certified forest area globally is managed in compliance with PEFC International's Sustainability Benchmarks. However, with less than 10% of the world's forest certified, there is much to be done.

PEFC, with its unique bottom-up approach to certification, is designed with the specific needs of small and family forest owners in mind, though equally accessible to medium and large private and public forests.

In collaboration with a wide range of partners and by supporting efforts of local organizations with comprehensive knowledge of particular challenges and opportunities that forest certification faces in a specific country or region, we promote sustainable forest management and forest certification through a range of projects.

A few projects at a glance...