Benefits of forests

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Why forests are so important to us and to the world.

Certification for everybody

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Thanks to our group certification mechanism, around one million small-forest owners have achieved PEFC certification, and the number continues to grow!

Threats to forests

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Maintaining forests and their biodiversity is both complex and sensitive, and natural and human impacts on forest ecosystems is making this increasingly difficult.

Protecting forests globally and locally

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We work with local organizations to advance responsible forestry through national forest certification systems.

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What is certification?

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Forest certification provides a mechanism to promote the sustainable management of our forests and ensures that forest-based products reaching the marketplace have been sourced from sustainably managed forests.

What is sustainable forest management?

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Sustainable forest management creates outcomes that are socially just, ecologically sound and economically viable – the three pillars of sustainability.

Forests in everyday life

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From recreation opportunties to everyday products and even vital functions like providing the air we breathe - forests deliver invaluable benefits that we often take for granted.

The 2020 Chain of Custody and PEFC Trademarks standards

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What PEFC chain of custody certified companies need to know about the revised Chain of Custody and PEFC Trademarks standards.

COVID-19: PEFC Guidance

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PEFC's guidance to certified entities and certification bodies during the effects of COVID-19.

FAQ: Timber from Russia and Belarus considered ‘conflict timber’

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Donate

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Your support is an important contribution to the long-term sustainability of our forests.

Get certified

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Whether you're a forest owner or company within the forest supply chain, get PEFC certified and help protect the world's forests.

Buy PEFC-certified products

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The best way to keep our forests is to use them, but we must use them sustainably. If there is one thing you can do, it is to buy PEFC-certified products.

Contribute to standards

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From giving feedback through an online public consultation, to helping drive the development of a standard by joining a working group, you can help us to ensure our PEFC standards, internationally and nationally, meet your expectations.

Become an international stakeholder member

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Demonstrate your commitment and activate your support to forests and PEFC by becoming an international stakeholder member.

Look for the PEFC label

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One of the simplest ways you can help protect our forests is to look for the PEFC label on products. Next time you go to the supermarket or DIY centre, look around! It may surprise you just how many products carry the PEFC label…

Contact us

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Do you have a question about PEFC, want to find out how to get certified, or maybe you're interested in collaborating on a project? Then get in touch!

Registered assessors

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PEFC registered assessors are independent consultants responsible for evaluating national forest certification systems against our PEFC requirements.

Complaints and appeals investigation and resolution procedures

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