Regional Standards Review:

Executive Summary and Overviews

Final Assessments

Cross-cutting Issues

Background and Supporting Documents

Also in this section:

Forest Management Standards

Previous FSC-US Regional Standards

FSC-US Standards Revision Process

FSC-US Standards Review

Executive Summary

An executive summary of the Standard Review Process is available here. This summary describes the methodology, general results, the results of meta-issue assessments, and conclusions.

Executive Summary

Overviews

The summary and overview of the SRP results are available here in documents addressing each Principle. These documents present very rough assessments of Indicators and provide examples of pressing issues from the Principle assessment.

Principle 1: Compliance with Laws and FSC Principles
Principle 2: Tenure and Use Rights and Responsibilities
Principle 3: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Principle 4: Community Relations and Worker’s Rights
Principle 5: Benefits from the Forest
Principle 6: Environmental Impact
Principle 7: Management Plan
Principle 8: Monitoring and Assessment
Principle 9: Maintenance of High Conservation Value Forests
Principle 10: Plantations