The Indigenous Community Forestry (ICF) group certification scheme was developed by FPCD to demonstrate and promote sustainable forest management and improved market for timber produced under FSC label. ICF was also developed to bring access to FSC certification to the forest resource owners of Papua New Guinea.

The ICF group certification scheme works with local indigenous forest resource owners to manage and develop their forest according to the Principles and Criteria of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification to enhance development that is economically viable, socially beneficial environmentally beneficial.

FPCD is committed to managing the ICF group scheme and all its Ecoforestry activities under the FSC National Standards of Papua New Guinea. The ICF group certification scheme has undergone its full evaluation and is in its final stages of being certified under a third party FSC accredited certifier, the Scientific Certification Systems.