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Evaluation and assessment of Uruguayan Forest Certification scheme against the requirements of the PEFC Council
Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................ 3
Contents ........................................................................................................... 4
Acronyms .......................................................................................................... 6
Executive Summary .............................................................................................. 7
Recommendation to PEFC Council Board of Directors ................................................. 7
Summary of findings ......................................................................................... 7
1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 9
Scope of assessment ......................................................................................... 9
Assessment process and methodology for Report ...................................................... 9
2. History and Structure of the Uruguayan Forest Certification Scheme (UFCS) .................... 10
2.1 Development of Sustainable Forest Management Standard ..................................... 10
2.2 Organisational structure of UFCS .................................................................... 12
2.3 Documentation .......................................................................................... 12
3. Assessment of the standard setting process for UFCS against PEFCC requirements ............. 14
3.1 Standard setting process for forest management certification ................................ 14
3.1.1 Independence...................................................................................... 14
3.1.2 Participatory process ............................................................................. 15
3.2 Standards for chain of custody certification ....................................................... 20
3.3 Pilot testing .............................................................................................. 20
3.4 Review of standards .................................................................................... 21
3.4.1 Periodic review .................................................................................... 21
4. Assessment of the implementation of UFCS against PEFCC requirements ........................ 23
4.1 Criteria for forest certification ...................................................................... 24
4.1.1 General requirements ............................................................................ 24
4.1.2 Other requirements for forest management criteria ....................................... 24
4.1.3 Laws and regulations ............................................................................. 25
4.1.4 International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions ...................................... 25
4.1.5 Other international conventions ............................................................... 26
4.2 Level of application and implementation (Annex 3, 4) .......................................... 26
4.2.1 General ............................................................................................. 26
4.2.2 Regional Certification ............................................................................ 27
4.2.3 Group Certification ............................................................................... 27
4.2.4 Individual Certification .......................................................................... 29
4.2.5 Implementation of changes to the scheme................................................... 29
4.3 Appeals, complaints and dispute procedures (Annex 3, 6) ...................................... 29
4.4 Overall Assessment ..................................................................................... 30
5. Assessment of UFCS forest management standards against PEOLG ................................ 31
5.1 Assessment Framework ................................................................................ 31
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