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As a professional retailer, you have thousands of FSC certified wood species and products to choose from globally to meet your consumers' expectations. Contact us for a license, we are ready to help.
As a construction professional, you have thousands of FSC-certified wood products and species to choose from globally to meet your construction or design needs. Contact us to get certified, we are ready to help.
The Policy and Standards Committee plays a crucial role in the standard setting process.
The PSC is a six-person group of advisors to the FSC Board of Directors on a wide range of issues including the approval of new and revised FSC policies, and national forest stewardship standards.
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Membership doesn’t just give you a seat at the decision-making table. It allows you to become part of a vibrant international group of individuals and organizations. Start your application via the members’ portal today.
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The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) regards climate change as a very serious threat to global humanity. Climate change undermines the natural ecosystems on which we rely for our basic needs – food, health, and shelter – and many of the products that support our livelihoods and economies.
More than 25 years ago, the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio failed to produce an agreement to stop deforestation. In response, a committed a group of businesses, environmentalists and community leaders banded together to create a revolutionary concept: a voluntary, market-based approach that would improve forestry practices worldwide. That meeting marked the birth of the Forest Stewardship Council. 25 years ago we pioneered certification for sustainable forestry, and we remain the most trusted sustainable forest management solution thanks to our committed and diverse stakeholders.
Since it was founded in 1993, FSC has grown to become the world’s most respected and widespread forest certification system. Maintaining and consolidating this leading position means working to update, promote and grow the FSC system. FSC also demands constant awareness of cutting edge issues in a context of rapid economic and environmental change, and the capacity to extend existing partnerships and alliances and build new ones.
Due to their direct line of communication with consumers, retailers can influence the decisions made by consumers, and in this way, drive sustainability trends forward. A Globescan survey found that 50% of the surveyed consumers worldwide recognise the FSC label and they trust that FSC is effective in protecting forests. As consumers are increasingly looking for information on the sustainability of the products they buy, the role of retailers in conveying such messages is becoming even more relevant. The FSC label is therefore a powerful tool that can help retailers to communicate their commitment to sustainable forest management.
Intact forest landscapes (IFLs) are the last remaining large unfragmented forest areas, undisturbed by roads or other industrial infrastructure, in which there has been no industrial harvesting in the past 30-70 years. Most IFLs consist of dense and open forest (81 per cent) with the remainder being swamps, rocky terrain, grasslands, rivers, lakes, etc. IFLs occur in 60 countries, and 65 per cent of the world’s total IFL area is concentrated in Canada, Russia and Brazil.
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The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) has helped bring about a paradigm shift from previous practices to profitable and environmentally responsible production of charcoal by Namibian communities.
October 7, 2021
Quietly winding its way through the woodlands in eastern Zambia, the Luangwa river passes through the Mbizi Farm, where it is welcomed and celebrated as the aorta of this region, delivering much needed water to villages, farmers and other communities. Where it reaches the FSC™ certified Mbizi Safari Ranch, it takes a breather from the many demands it endures along its long and arduous journey.
September 30, 2021
Upcoming documentary shows how well-managed logging concessions are areas where animals and ecosystems thrive and support highly sensitive species such as gorillas survive.
September 27, 2021
"The good news is that even a small amount of time in nature can have an impact on our health. A two-hour forest bathe will help you to unplug from technology and slow down. It will bring you into the present moment to de-stress and relax you. When you connect to nature through all five of your senses, you begin to draw on the vast array of benefits the natural world provides.”
(From Dr Qing Li’s book ‘Shinrin-yoku, The Art and Science of Forest-Bathing’.)
September 27, 2021
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has released new core labour requirements in its chain of custody certification standard to provide added protection for the rights of workers in all FSC certified operations.
September 16, 2021
What solutions will COP26 bring to the climate change debate? The world waits with bated breath as the international score card will be completed on signatories’ progress in achieving their climate change goals.
September 10, 2021
Three-day intensive course on High Conservation Values (HCV) from September 28th to 30th in Sabie, South Africa.
August 25, 2021
A story of cover loss with great potential for viable recovery.
July 8, 2021
Libreville, July 29th - FSC, through its network partner FSC Netherlands and its regional office FSC Africa, is engaging in a partnership agreement with Ark2030 to promote the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems in the central African country of Gabon.
August 5, 2021
On May 16, Parfait Mimbimi Esono passed away at his home in Ekou-Mdoum by Ambam (Meyo center) in the Republic of Cameroon.
July 7, 2021
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Document Centre
The attached document catalogue and policy road map is a core document which is providing an overview of normative documents and a schedule for development, review and revision processes of the FSC normative documents and guidelines. An overview of the FSC normative documents applicable to the different types of certification (FM, CoC, CW) and scope (reclaimed or controlled materials) is also available to help certificate holders understand the requirements they have to comply with.
