FSC certification for 2 million ha in Poland is about to expire

Until recently, approximately two-thirds of Poland’s forest area of 9.2 million hectares were FSC-certified. The certified forests are managed by the Regional Directorates of State Forests (RDSF) and two Forest Experimental Stations under the University of Poznań. Despite initiating dialogue in November 2022 between FSC International and Polish State Forests, six Regional Directorates of State Forests (RDSFs), representing an area of roughly 2 million hectares, have opted to discontinue FSC certification in their respective regions. The affected regions include:  Gdansk (FSC-certified area: 303,938 ha) - expired Torun (FSC-certified area: 456,447 ...