Over 70 participants from Europe and the CIS countries joined the presentations and subsequent discussions.
You can find the meeting recording and presentations below.
This two-day meeting will cover relevant FSC topics for members in the Latin American region.
Further details on logistics and registration will be circulated shortly and followed by a detailed agenda.
This two-day meeting covered relevant FSC topics for members in Europe and CIS, including:
FSC has opened the call for applications to join a working group to revise chain of custody standards based on results from the conceptual consultation. Apply from 11 December to 31 January 2025.
The first ever FSC general assembly took place in 1996 in Mexico and has been held every three years since then, in different parts of the world. The 9th general assembly was postponed from its original date in 2020 and is now taking place in two parts. The first part took place in October 2021 as the first ever virtual general assembly event and the second part will take place in October 2022 as the first hybrid general assembly event in FSC’s history.
A revised version of the ADVICE 20-007-20 Implementation of FM Digital Reporting has been incorporated into the FSC-DIR-20-007 FSC Directive on FSC Forest Management Evaluations.
FSC-PRO-30-006 Ecosystem Services Procedure sets out the requirements for FSC-certified forest managers to demonstrate the impact of their activities on the maintenance or enhancement of ecosystem services and improves their access to markets. FSC invites you to participate in the first public consultation of the revised draft procedure from 16 January – 17 March 2023 via the FSC Consultation Platform.
We are looking for interested participants to contribute to the Technical Working Group. The deadline to submit applications is 4 October.
Considering the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, and the fact that the health of our community is our top priority, we believe our only option is to postpone the 2020 FSC General Assembly.
FSC invites stakeholders to participate in a webinar on 2 May 2022 related to the ongoing consultation for the proposed amendments to the four IGIs in the FSC-STD-60-004 V2-0 EN through the ‘small changes’ process.
FSC is consulting a joint Review Report on two main chain of custody standards. The report outlines key topics to be considered during the revision process. Participate before 2 September 2022 in the Consultation Platform to add your feedback; all stakeholders welcome.
FSC co-signed a letter to the Members of the European Parliament to support the AGRI Committee's report, which will be voted on 6 October 2020.
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Publication date: 1 February 2023
Effective date: 1 July 2023
End of transition period: 31 December 2024
The following requirements aim to ensure that the certification body decision making entity has sufficient information on which to base its decisions with respect to conformity with FSC forest stewardship standards, and to help FSC ensure that there is consistency in decision making between different certification bodies.