Sustainable Forest Management Criteria
PEFC International is the only international forest certification scheme that bases its criteria on internationally accepted intergovernmental conventions and guidelines, thereby linking its sustainability benchmark criteria with existing governmental processes. This includes:
- Pan-European Criteria, Indicators and Operational Level Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management (Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe)
- ATO/ITTO Principles, criteria and indicators for the sustainable forest management of African natural tropical forests (ATO/ITTO)
- ITTO guidelines on sustainable forest management (ITTO)
PEFC requires adherence to all eight core ILO conventions, even in countries which have not ratified them. These conventions are
- No 29: Forced Labour (1930)
- No 87: Freedom of Associations and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948)
- No 98: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949)
- No 100: Equal Remuneration (1951)
- No 105: Abolition of Forced Labour (1957)
- No 111: Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
- No 138: Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (1973)
- No. 182: Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)
Read more about this topic: Programme For The Endorsement Of Forest Certification
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