Archived Documents

UKWAS Annual Reports

UKWAS Annual Report 2011 UKWAS Annual Report 2010 UKWAS Annual Report 2009 UKWAS Annual Report 2008
UKWAS Annual Report 2007

Superseded Editions of the UKWAS Standard

UKWAS (Second Edition)
UKWAS Second Edition (2006) UKWAS Second Edition (Amended November 2008)

Related documents (Second Edition)
UKWAS Second Edition - Summary of Main Changes from First Edition (2006) UKWAS Second Edition List of Amendments (November 2008)

UKWAS (First Edition)
UKWAS Standard First Edition (1999)

Related documents (First Edition)
UKWAS Guide to Certification (2000) Introduction to the UKWAS (Revised 2003)

Interpretation Notes

First Edition
UKWAS Interpretation Note 1 - Species diversity in poplar plantations (2000) UKWAS Interpretation Note 2 - Felling rates and coupe size in poplar plantations (2000) UKWAS Interpretation Note 3 - Game activities in Natural Reserves (2000) UKWAS Interpretation Note 4 - Lower impact silvicultural systems in conifer plantations (2000)
UKWAS Interpretation Note 5 - Minimum intervention-Natural Reserves in small woods & young plantations (2000)

Second Edition
UKWAS Interpretation Note 6 - Use of bio-solids (2007) UKWAS Interpretation Note 7 - Wind farm development on certified forest land (2008)

UKWAS Revision Process (2009-11)

Process document
UKWAS Revision Process 2009-2011 & Standard Setting Process (March 2009)

Phase 1 documents
UKWAS Revision - Initial Stakeholder Consultation Paper (May 2009) UKWAS Revision 2009-11 Issues Paper (February 2010)

Phase 2 documents
UKWAS Third Edition Consultation Draft (December 2010) UKWAS Revision 2009-11 Consultation Paper (December 2010) UKWAS Consultation Report on Consultation Draft Annex 1 Consolidated Feedback (April 2011) UKWAS Consultation Report on Consultation Draft & Steering Group responses (April 2011)

Phase 3 documents
UKWAS Third Edition Pre-approval Draft (April 2011) UKWAS Revision 2009-11 Consultation Paper on Pre-approval Draft (April 2011) UKWAS Consultation Report on Pre-approval Draft & Steering Group Responses (June 2011) UKWAS Revision Consultation Report on Pre-approval Draft Annex 1 Consolidated Feedback (June 2011)

Revision Summary Report
UKWAS Revision 2009-11 - Summary Revision Report (December 2011) UKWAS Revision 2009-11 - Summary Report - Appendix 1 - Third Edition showing changes from UKWAS 2nd Edition

Final Documents
UKWAS Third Edition (Interim Publication Format) (December 2011) UKWAS Appendix Version 1 (December 2011)

Small Woods Task Group: Small Woods Review (2007-08)

UKWAS Small Woods Review - Outcome Lessons Learned (March 2009) UKWAS SWTG Final Report to Steering Group (November 2007) ProForest Report on SLIM Woodlands (April 2008) UKWAS SLIM Examples (2008)
UKWAS leaflet - Are you SLIM (2008)

Chemicals Working Group

UKWAS FSC Highly Hazardous Chemicals Derogation Application Procedures (October 2007) FSC List of Approved Derogations for use of 'Highly Hazardous' Pesticides (October 2011)