By Morten Brodde, FSC Denmark The session started with different voices summing up the reason why the concept of risk-based approach is a key priority for FSC: “Our normative […]
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Day Four of the FSC GA 2017
Sustainable Intensification is Needed
These were remarks from Dr John L. Innes, Dean, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, at the Sustainable Intensification side event. “The consumer demand […]
Do Consumers Hold the Key to Mainstreaming FSC in North America?
By Ida Rehnström, FSC Denmark So why have a specific side meeting on the North American market? Well, the US is both the world’s largest […]
Operating Inside Customary & Constitutional Tenure Overlaps
Titled The Chilean Forestry Industry, FSC Certification and the Mapuche People, the report delivers important conclusions about the origins of ongoing issues between specific Mapuche […]
Open invitation to a smallholder revolution
By Morten Brodde, FSC Denmark Certification of small woodlands is crucial for FSC’s vision of Forests for All Forever. And FSC’s stakeholders and FSC itself […]
Create a more sustainable future. Support the Vancouver Declaration
What is the Vancouver Declaration? It’s a public promise made by businesses across the globe to work towards more sustainable sourcing of forest products. It’s […]
Thinking Small is the Key to Big Success
By Malika Kanatbek kyzy, Youth Correspondent for FSC General Assembly 2017 FSC has been working with the smallholders project for more than 15 years, getting new innovative ideas and implementing […]
Thinking outside of the box: Ecosystem Service Markets
By Noel Castro Fernandez, FSC GA Youth Reporter. The term ‘ecosystem services’ refers to all those direct and indirect contributions that forest ecosystems offer besides the production of timber. They include, for instance, fresh water, food, fiber, climate […]
Ready for Fourth Chamber?
It has been 10 years since the United Nations proposed the declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Before then, the rights of those unrecognized tribes, people, and local communities who depend on […]