Creating Standards that recognise the importance of the world's ecosystems and the ecologically significant value they hold. With these integral features the Standard will provide consistency and comparability for projects developed through the NFS and makes the project approval process more streamlined. It also encourages systematic learning and provides the opportunity to create an organic Standard that can evolve over time.
Ecosystem Certification Organisation (ECO) has worked with industry specialists to develop the Natural Forest Standard (NFS), an efficient, accessible and scientifically-robust Standard to certify the integrated carbon, social and biodiversity values of natural forests at risk from deforestation and degradation.