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The Finnish legislation on forest owners’ local associations, that is, Forest Management Associations, is to be revised. The revision will obviously affect the PEFC certification, and in two important ways: in the future membership in the associations will be voluntary and the associations will probably be free to define the geographic area of their activity.
The Finnish legislation on forest owners’ local associations, that is, Forest Management Associations, is to be revised. The revision will obviously affect the PEFC certification, and in two important ways: in the future membership in the associations will be voluntary and the associations will probably be free to define the geographic area of their activity.
At the moment, the
Finnish PEFC group certification is mainly based on the regions covered by
forest owners’ unions, which are the actual bodies applying for and holding the
certificates. The Forest Management Associations are members of these unions.
