A passionate and exciting debate is going on in FSC about the best way to ensure robust stewardship of the forests of the world.

“This is not certifiable”. The heavy sediment in the muddy water running from the harvesting site was the last straw and thus rang the words of the first FSC forest management audit in South Africa.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has a long history of engaging with forest owners, managers, and timber markets on responsible forest management, promoting a new generation of sustainable timber plantations, restoring forest landscapes, and supporting forest-based interventions for wildlife and freshwater climate and people.