Sustainable Forestry

Led by WWF through its Forest Forward initiative, bringing forest managers, certification bodies, traders and brands around interoperable traceability for forest and tree-based products.

Field	Value
Identifier	https://untp.unece.org/registers/cap/forest-forward
DID	did:web:placeholder-domain.com:untp:cap:forest-forward
Short Name	Forest Forward
Description	Forest and tree-based product traceability community connecting sustainable forest management, chain of custody, certification, sourcing, and market claims data.
Owner	WWF — Consortium
Industry Sector	Forestry and logging — ISIC 02
Geographic Scope	Global
Convenes At	agrifood.untp.unece.org
Status	In development
Observations	Never crawled

Owned Extension

Field	Value
Extension	WWF Forest Forward
Short name	—
Identifier	https://untp.unece.org/registers/cap/forest-forward/extension/forest-forward
Licence	—

Version 0.1.0, extending UNTP 1.0.0

Credential	Base credential	Status
ForestProductPassport	DigitalProductPassport	In development
ChainOfCustodyDeclaration	DigitalTraceabilityEvent	In development
CertifiedForestManagementRecord	DigitalFacilityRecord	Planned

Conformance has not been tested, as last confirmed on 2026-10-12 by unece.org.

Uses

Identifier schemes

Name	Status	UNTP register	Declared
PEFC Certificate Number	In development	Candidate	2026-10-12
GS1 Global Location Number	Proposed	Registered	2026-10-12
GS1 Global Trade Item Number	Proposed	Registered	2026-10-12

Conformity schemes

Name	Status	UNTP register	Declared
PEFC certification	Planned	Candidate	2026-10-12

Machine-readable representations

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