ABSTRACT
We have, over the years, seen some common problems emerge again and again during the assessment process, which we will share with you in the event you are interested in pursuing forest certification. These are problems that people must come to grips with before certification is possible. The notion underpinning this chapter is that someone interested in having his or her forestland certified will have a head start in knowing what to look for and thus the opportunity to correct the problem
before
applying for certification, should one of these problems exist on one’s land; this would not only make the certification process easier but also possibly prevent a conditional requirement (which will be explained in detail later) from being applied to one’s certification. The problems we will discuss are divided into two general groups: (1) forest landowners and forest managers and (2) chain-of-custody.
