On May 18, 2022, an online presentation of the new Russian system of voluntary forest certification "Forest Standard" took place. The developers spoke about the principles of its work, and some Russian representatives of business, science, NGOs and Russian government agencies expressed their support for the system.  We remind you that FSC broke relations with Russia and Belarus in April.  GWMI publishes the translation (from Russian) of the press release resulted from this event:  ''The Forest Standard system is based on internationally recognized requirements, relies on experienced auditors and retains all the elements of ...