Imaflora

FSC forest certification guidelines for forest workers and their unions.

 

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ISBN: 85-98081-07-8

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These guidelines are the result of the field experience accumulated by IMAFLORA - Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola (IMAFLORA - Institute for Forest and Agricultural Management and Certification) over its ten years of existence and of its disposition to encourage greater participation of workers' unions in the FSC Forest Stewardship Council certification process.

IMAFLORA firmly believes that the participation of all stakeholders in monitoring environmental, social and working conditions in forest management operations, be they certified or in the process of obtaining certification, will ensure the continuous improvement of the work environment and the quality of life of forest workers. Such participation is also very important in strengthening the FSC certification scheme.

Due to the relevance of the subject, these guidelines received inputs from a number of labor unions and related organizations in Brazil and in Latin America, especially from the Latin American Regional Office of the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW), with whom IMAFLORA established a partnership to publish these guidelines also in Spanish and English.

We trust that forest workers' unions will be able to make good use of the opportunities brought about by the FSC forest certification process. Hopefully, these guidelines will become an additional tool to improve the dialogue and negotiations between workers and certified forest enterprises, improve working conditions, strengthen union activities, and contribute to the adequate utilization and conservation of forest resources.