Chamber update 6 Nov 2008 … The last meetings in the 3 chambers took place during Wednesday afternoon. …

Richard Donovan - how it all began … Interview with Richard Donovan, Head of the Forestry Division of the Rainforest Alliance How did the idea of forming the Forest Stewardship Council emerge? “The idea of FSC started back in ’88-’89 leading to the first …

FSC - Global Development … Contribution by FSC International FSC Global Development (GD) was established in 2007 for the purpose of increasing FSC brand value through market development, marketing and trademark …

Interview Alan Smith … In the opinion of Alan Smith, Social Program Manager and Network coordination team leader of FSC International, the FSC system needs to deliver more benefits to the small forest …

Stakeholder involvement … Interview with Uwe Sayer, Director of FSC-Germany The Baltic I-III projects are jointly implemented by the FSC National Initiatives around the Baltic Sea, led by FSC …

FSC leaders at Forest Conference … Contribution by FSC International FSC welcomed delegates to the first day of the Forest Conference with opening remarks from FSC Board of Directors Chairman Roberto …

FSC on smallholder certification … Contribution by FSC International - in 2008, the FSC International Center expanded considerably its activities related to smallholders and community-based …

Editorial - Thursday 6 November 2008 … News from the FSC General Assembly 2008 - editorial by Søren Dürr Grue, NEPCon. The presentation of the new FSC Market survey on Wednesday morning highlighted the positive development of the FSC …

Business value of the FSC brand … A market survey presented at the Forest Conference shows that almost 75% of the respondents find that FSC certification brings business value to the company. Less that 6% find that it bring them no business …

… or rather in the engine room lobbying politically for the FSC cause. …

FSC - Africa … Contribution by FSC International within the program of the FSC GA 2008, the forest conference sessions began Tuesday morning with welcoming remarks from FSC Board of Directors Chairman Roberto Waack and an update to members from FSC …

Money, money, money … It's a sligthly boring subject, and quite far from the woods; nevertheless it's important - also in the FSC system. Securing the long-term financial viability of the FSC network may necessitate changes in the system's fee …

FSC chambers update … Prior to the final voting on motions by the FSC General Assembly on Thursday and Friday, all FSC chambers are busy discussing and prioritizing the motions submitted by stakeholders, and already started negotiating with the other …

CW make or break 5 November 2008 … Controlled Wood has been one of the key topics during the first days of the FSC General Assembly. …

GA update 5 November 2008 … “If nobody is happy, but most can accept the result, then we have found at good compromise” said the Executive Director of FSC Andre de Freitas in his opening speech at the FSC general …

Editoral - Wednesday 5 November 2008 … Editorial by Søren Dürr Grue, NEPCon While respecting core ILO conventions is mandatory in FSC forest certification, no such requirements are present in the chain of custody rules applying to the rest of the supply …

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 …

P&C review … During a side event 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 …

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 your role is? Try to imagine a theatre with no roles for the actors and consider weather you would …