This national forest certification scheme offers voluntary third-party certification designed to promote sustainable forest management and agroforestry in the country.
The scheme includes forest management certification, tree outside forest management certification, and chain of custody certification.
This provides market incentives to various entities that adhere to responsible forest management and agroforestry practices in their operations.
The Forest Management certification is based on the Indian Forest Management Standard, consisting of 8 criteria, 69 indicators and 254 verifiers.
It is an integral part of the National Working Plan Code 2023.
A separate Trees Outside Forests Standard, is now introduced as a part of the newly launched Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme.