… found at good compromise” said the Executive Director of FSC Andre de Freitas in his opening speech at the FSC general assembly. …

… While respecting core ILO conventions is mandatory in FSC forest certification, no such requirements are present …

FSC - CB side meeting … On Monday, Greenpeace released Holding the Line with FSC: Recommendations and progress to date on Certification Body and FSC performance following a critical analysis of a range of ‘controversial …

… held on Monday, the status of the review process for the FSC global Principles and Criteria (P&C) was presented The P&C form the overall framework for all FSC forest management certification worldwide. …

TFT - CB ranking … What will happen if major NGOs stop supporting FSC? This question was raised by the Scott Poynton, Director of Tropical Forest Trust at the FSC General …

… NI governance review … By Loa Dalgaard Worm, director of FSC Denmark and Uwe Sayer, Director of FSC Germany: It is difficult to act when you don’t know what … to see the show! This lack of definition has been true for FSC National Initiatives (NIs) for years now, and NIs have …

Mega-forestry … A side meeting about FSC certification for mega forestry operations turned into a discussion about whether large concession areas with intact forest landscapes are FSC certifiable at …

… are opening for small private forest operations in Sweden: FSC-Sweden is launching a project developing special FSC forest management indicators for small and low-intensity …

CPI 2008 … In the FSC Controlled Wood standard, the corruption level of a country is one of 4 indicators used for evaluating the risk of sourcing illegal wood from that …

FSC P&C review … While most FSC standards and rules have been developing fast, the true backbone of the FSC system - the global FSC principles and criteria for responsible forest management - has remained constant throughout the 15 years since the Forest …

… last month has generated encouraging response from the FSC community. The majority of comments welcome the …

Pilot project to enhance smallholder certification in Denmark … A new project focusing on innovative ways of providing access to certification for small forest operations in Denmark will soon be …

… EU timber legislation … On the 17th of October, the EU revealed … global deforestation and reduce the EU's import of illegal timber. …

… Since André de Freitas took office as Executive Director of FSC International Centre in June this year, he is charged …

Editorial … Editorial by Peter Feilberg, Director of NEPCon When FSC welcomes its members to the 5th ordinary assembly in Cape Town, South Africa, the organisation can also celebrate a truly impressive growth in number of certificates as well as positive …

CB performance side event … “Regaining Credibility and Rebuilding Support” is the title of a joint statement released today by a powerful group of 6 key organisations within the FSC System: FERN, Greenpeace, Inter-African Forest Industry, Precious Woods, …

Plantations IMAFLORA … An Impact Assessment recently conducted by researchers from Sao Paulo University shows clear benefits of FSC certifying plantations in the Southern part of …

Greenpeace report … A report released by Greenpeace on Monday confirms that FSC is already deeply engaged in solving its credibility issues, while much can still be done to …

… Draft advice note helps publishers … FSC has just sent out a new draft advice note regarding the …

Risk assessments available … Risk assessments developed by companies certified through NEPCon according to the FSC controlled wood standard (FSC-STD-40-005 version 2.1) may now be found at …