About Us
Purpose
The first edition of the United Kingdom Woodland Assurance Standard
was developed by a multi-stakeholder partnership in 1999. In 2003, the
stakeholders established an independent company to own and manage the
UKWAS standard on their behalf.
The company’s objects are:
“to own, interpret, develop and promote a certification standard for
forest management in the United Kingdom on behalf of United Kingdom
forestry and environmental communities, and bodies which represent the
interests of people working in woods and forests or using them for the
purpose of recreation, for the general benefit of people”.
The company is managed by its members on a not-for-profit basis.
UKWAS members appoint a broadly based Steering Group which has
responsibility for interpreting the standard and ensuring its periodic
revision to take account of experience from its application and any new
information that may arise.
The terms United Kingdom Woodland Assurance Standard and UKWAS are
protected as registered trademarks.
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UKWAS summary
leaflet