Metsäliitto Group has started the testing of Finland's new FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification standard in part of its own forests. The Group's forests have already been certified according to the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) standard. In future, the FSC standard will be applied in these forests as well.
The PEFC standard is the predominant certification system in Finland. Currently, approximately 95 per cent of Finnish forests have been certified according to PEFC. Finland's new FSC standard was approved in May 2011, and 2 per cent of the Finnish forests have been certified according to FSC. Only approximately 7 per cent of the world's forests have been certified, two-thirds of that amount using the PEFC system.
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