Glossary of Terms

Chain of Custody: the path taken by raw materials harvested from a certified source through processing, manufacturing, distribution and printing until it is a final product ready for sale to the end consumer. Chain of custody certification tracks wood fiber from a certified forest, providing a link between certified forestlands and certified products. This process provides an assurance of social and environmental responsibility on the part of the producer.

Green:

High Conservation Value Forests: a forest with one or more of the following attributes:

• Globally, regionally or nationally significant concentration of biodiversity values.
• Large landscape level forests with naturally occurring species existing in natural patterns or distribution and abundance.
• Forest areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems.
• Forest areas that provide basic services of nature in critical situations (watershed protection, erosion control.)
• Forest areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities.
• Forest areas that are critical to a local community’s traditional cultural identity (religious, economic, etc.)