The Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests (NCCF) is a not for profit society, registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 by key forest based stakeholders such as institutes of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Export Promotions Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), ITC Ltd., Chemical and Allied Export Promotion Council of India Ltd., Quality Council of India, International Network for Bamboo and Rattans(INBAR), Green Initiatives Certification & Inspection Agency(GICIA), Indian Institute of Forest Management, Lok Vaniki Kisan Samiti, Forest Workers Associations and many more, with an objective to establish a country specific forest certification scheme. Forest certification is a market based non-regulatory conservation tool designed to recognize and promote sustainable forest management. Through certification, harvest planning and practices of timber and other forest produce are evaluated by an independent third party in accordance with the standards that address sustainable forest management, environmental protection as well as social and economic welfare of the dependent communities. “We are committed to conserving forests and their invaluable biodiversity, and the communities and families that own, work, and live in and around forests”