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The American Tree Farm System was established over 50-years ago to foster good forest management practices on private forest lands. Timber harvesting as well as wildlife habitat, water quality, and forest protection activities must be addressed in prescribed management plans. Second and/or third party verification of proposed plans are required. In 1998, the National Forestry Association established the Green Tag Forestry Program for use on non-industrial forest land sin the USA. Certification is performed by a Green Tag member (second party) who visits the property and reviews the management plan. Ten certification criteria are included in the program.
Three levels of certification are associated with the forest certification schemes discussed herein: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party.
Society of American Foresters. 1999. Task Force on Forest Management Certification Programs, Washington, D.C. Also available at: http://www.safnet.org/policy/fmcp1999.html
Sedjo, R.A., A. Goetzl and S.O. Moffat. 1998. Sustainability of Temperate Forests, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
Pan European Forest Certification, http://www.pefc.org
Canadian Standards Association, http://www.sfms.com/standar.htm
Forest Stewardship Council, USA, http://fscus.org/ and http://www.fscoax.org/
