Forest certification in North America

Published February 2006. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/catalogForest certification—or, as it is sometimes called, green certification—aims to identify forestland that is managed to\ud meet agreed-upon standards and, sometimes, to label products originating\ud from those forests. The underlying goal of forest certification is to promote forest practices that are environmentally, socially,\ud and economically sustainable over the long term. However, because of disagreement and uncertainty about the meaning of sustainability,\ud most certification systems make more modest claims