Indian Forest Management Standard
Primary standard for recorded forest areas, forest divisions, managed estates, and forest plantations.
Forest Management certification.
For recorded forest areas and forest plantations assessed against responsible management, compliance, monitoring, and sustainability requirements.
FM scope
Built for managed forest areas and plantations.
Forest Management certification helps applicants demonstrate that forest resources are managed through documented plans, field implementation, ecological safeguards, and corrective action systems.
- Recorded forest areas, forest divisions, and managed forest estates
- Forest plantations with defined management responsibility
- Harvest planning, regeneration, monitoring, and compliance records
- Evidence of responsible management and stakeholder controls
FM
Typical evidence reviewed
- Management plans and maps
- Legal and regulatory compliance records
- Harvest, protection, regeneration, and monitoring records
- Corrective action and internal review documentation
Application pathway.
The process begins with scope clarity, then moves into documentation review, audit coordination, findings closure, and certification decision support.
Define area
Confirm forest area, plantation blocks, legal entity, boundaries, and management responsibility.
Prepare records
Organize plans, field records, compliance evidence, monitoring logs, and stakeholder information.
Support audit
Coordinate audit planning, site access, document review, corrective action closure, and final decision readiness.
Forest management references.
Use these official documents when preparing forest area, plantation, management-plan, and monitoring records.
National Working Plan Code - 2023
Supporting reference for working-plan structure, management planning, and forest standard alignment.