page_title: Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
section_title: Sustainable forest management criteria
hierarchical_section_title: Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification / Sustainable forest management criteria
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schild des Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) und des Wanderwegs Homberger Weg des Oberhessischer Gebirgsverein (OHGV) neben dem Elisabethbrunnen bei Marburg-Schröck. English: Shield of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) and the trail Homberger way of Oberhessischer Mountain Club (OHGV) next to the Elisabethenbrunnen at Marburg-Schröck.
context_page_description: The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization which promotes sustainable forest management through independent third party certification. It is considered the certification system of choice for small forest owners.
  Its 35 worldwide independent national forest certification systems represent more than 300 million hectares of certified forests, making it the largest forest certification system in the world, covering about two-thirds of the globally certified forest area. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
context_section_description: PEFC International is the only international forest certification scheme that bases its criteria on internationally accepted intergovernmental conventions and guidelines, thereby linking its sustainability benchmark criteria with existing governmental processes. This includes:
  Pan-European Criteria, Indicators and Operational Level Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe)
  ATO/ITTO Principles, criteria and indicators for the sustainable forest management of African natural tropical forests (ATO/ITTO)
  ITTO guidelines on sustainable forest management (ITTO)
  PEFC requires adherence to all eight core ILO conventions, even in countries which have not ratified them. These conventions are
  No 29: Forced Labour (1930)
  No 87: Freedom of Associations and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948)
  No 98: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (1949)
  No 100: Equal Remuneration (1951)
  No 105: Abolition of Forced Labour (1957)
  No 111: Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
  No 138: Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (1973)
  No. 182: Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)
caption: Shield of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) at Marburg-Schröck, Germany.
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