Panels & Furniture Asia September/October 2020
Panels & Furniture Asia (PFA) is a leading regional trade magazine dedicated to the woodbased panel, furniture and flooring processing industry. Published bi-monthly since 2000, PFA delivers authentic journalism to cover the latest news, technology, machinery, projects, products and trade events throughout the sector. With a hardcopy and digital readership comprising manufacturers, designers and specifiers, among others, PFA is the platform of choice for connecting brands across the global woodworking landscape.
Panels & Furniture Asia (PFA) is a leading regional trade magazine dedicated to the woodbased panel, furniture and flooring processing industry. Published bi-monthly since 2000, PFA delivers authentic journalism to cover the latest news, technology, machinery, projects, products and trade events throughout the sector. With a hardcopy and digital readership comprising manufacturers, designers and specifiers, among others, PFA is the platform of choice for connecting brands across the global woodworking landscape.
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<strong>September</strong> / <strong>October</strong> <strong>2020</strong>, Issue 5 | <strong>Panels</strong> & <strong>Furniture</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> NEWS | 11<br />
INDONESIA'S NATIONAL FOREST STEWARDSHIP STANDARD APPROVED<br />
THE Indonesian National Standards<br />
Development Group (SDG), an<br />
independent chamber-balanced group<br />
representing environmental, economic<br />
and social chambers from various<br />
organisations, has developed the Forest<br />
Stewardship Standard – a comprehensive<br />
tool for the promotion of responsible<br />
forest management in Indonesia. The<br />
standard has since been approved by the<br />
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and will<br />
be effective by 1 December <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Consultancy groups Lembaga Ekolabel<br />
Indonesia and <strong>Asia</strong> Pacific Consulting<br />
Solutions facilitated the development<br />
group.<br />
According to official documents, the FSC<br />
Principles and Criteria, together with a<br />
set of national indicators approved by<br />
FSC Policy and Standards Committee,<br />
constitute an FSC National Forest<br />
Stewardship Standard (NFSS).<br />
The Principles and Criteria of the NFSS<br />
states that compliance with legislation<br />
(including government regulations)<br />
is one of the key pre-requisites for<br />
obtaining a FSC certificate. The Ministry<br />
of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia<br />
(MoEF) currently implements a mandatory<br />
scheme of Timber Legality Assurance<br />
System, or in Indonesian, the Sistem<br />
Veri-fikasi Legalitas Kayu (SVLK). The<br />
SVLK has been endorsed by the Forest Law<br />
Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)<br />
and the Eupeon Union Timber Regulation as<br />
an FLEGT License. In addition to the SVLK,<br />
MoEF has in place a sustainable forest<br />
management certification system called the<br />
Sustainable Production Forest Management<br />
certification system, or Pengelolaan<br />
Hutan Produksi Lestari (PHPL).<br />
The requirements of SVLK and PHPL,<br />
alongside with other laws and regulations<br />
of Indonesia, were taken into consideration<br />
during the development of the NFSS to<br />
ensure that FMUs comply with the respective<br />
government laws and regulations on timber<br />
legality. P
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