Woodworking Network

FSC seeks comments on plantation standard draft

MINNEAPOLIS – The Forest Stewardship Council is accepting public comment on its draft standard, “Plantation Management, Principle 10, of the FSC-US Forest Management Standard. In announcing the public ...
Sustainable Brands

FSC Certification Creates Competitive Advantages, Raises Standards in Forest Management

Businesses face myriad ongoing challenges: Apart from the day-to-day fluctuations in market dynamics, entrepreneurs must deal with economies of scale, inter- and intra-market competition and ...
Harpers Wine & Spirit

CyT first wine producer to certify its native forests under FSC standards

Concha y Toro (CyT) has announced it has become the first wine producer to certify its native forests under Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards - a certification for the owners of forests who ...

Taan Forest becomes Canada's first FSC(R) Verified Impact forest through protecting Indigenous cultural values and biodiversity

Amongst one of the program's first verified projects globally, Taan Forest (Taan), the forest management enterprise owned by the Council of the Haïda Nation, is leading the way under the FSC (R) ...
Panda

Majority of Stakeholders are not Involved in the FSC Certification, says WWF-Ukraine

Two-thirds of the stakeholders surveyed in Ukraine were neither involved nor even aware of FSC certification. Climate change is producing more extreme negative impacts on larger forest areas, local ...
Mongabay

FSC to continue allowing baboon killing on sustainably-certified plantations

Shooting baboons will continue in Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified plantations. After examining a complaint by the NGO GeaSphere against South African plantations for trapping and shooting ...