FOREST CERTIFICATION
About Certification

CERTFOR Statistics

Since its creation in 2002, the CERTFOR standard has been utilized to certify a consistently growing area of forests. Today, the system has a certified forest area of 1,8 million hectares, which makes it the main certification label in Chile and confirms the international trend.

* Information Updated to December, 2008

In terms of Chains of Custody, the trend towards certification started in 2004. Numerous companies joined in 2005 as a result of stricter international demands in terms of labeling. To date, the system accounts for 14 certified Chains of Custody.

year	Number of Chains of Custody
2004	4
2005	6
2006	3
2008	2
Total	15

Because they are endorsed by PEFC, CERTFOR-certified companies can obtain their respective licenses to use the PEFC logo on their products and advertising materials. At the moment, the system has granted the following licenses:

COMPANY	PEFC LICENSES
Sustainable Forest Management	4
Chain of Custody	6
Other actors	3
Total	13