Working Group On Forest Certification Ghana

WHAT IS FOREST CERTFICATION

Forest Certification is simply the process of independent verification that the management of a particular Forest Management Unit has reached the level required by a given standard. When combined with a chain of custody certificate, Forest Certification allows products, from a certified forest area to carry an eco-label.

 WHAT IS FOREST MANAGEMENT UNIT

Forest Management Unit is an area of forest which is under single or common system of forest management. This could be a single forest concession or aggregate of concessions operated by different people but under a common management system.

 CHAIN OF CUSTODY

This is the channel through which products are distributed from their origin in the forest to their end-uses. It is usually used to imply a traceable route and it provides ultimate link between the producer and the consumer.

 ECO-LABEL

This is a label identifying manufactured products that satisfy certain environmental conditions.