Here you can find slides in Powerpoint and PDF format with accompanying texts. They are classified according to subject matter and may be used for your own presentations:

• Introduction: Material for a general introduction to certification and the historical background
• Standards and Systems: Material on certification systems and their standards
• Certification Procedures: Material about the practice of certification
• Effects: Material about the effects of certification, costs and benefits, etc.
• FSC Principles and Criteria: Material on each of the FSC principles, criteria and generic indicators with pictures and explanatory texts

Besides the presentations in English offered on this page, there are also many presentations in other languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese, German), which you can access by opening the page in the respective language.

You can download the presentations and accompanying texts directly as zipped Powerpoint files or as Adobe PDF files. If you require a CD-ROM with all available presentation materials, please send an email (see contact box) with your address, writing "Presentations" in the subject line. We will process your request as soon as possible and free of charge.