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.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is launching the 2nd public consultation on the revision of FSC-STD-50-001: Requirements for the Use of FSC® Trademarks by Certificate Holders.
“Supporting responsible forestry” is the new text of the MIX label. The new label will be launched in January 2022 with a transition period of 2.5 years.
FSC is extending the deadline of the public consultation on the first draft of FSC Conversion Remedy Procedure until 30 June 2020.
The FSC-STD-01-003 SLIMF and Community Forest Eligibility Criteria is open for public consultation from 14 April 2022 to 13 June 2022. This second version of the standard now includes a definition for community forest and increases the flexibility of local adaptation of small or low intensity managed forest (SLIMF) and community forest criteria. The consultation can be accessed here.
All stakeholders are invited to comment on the review report on FSC-STD-40-004a FSC Product Classification.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) will begin phase one of a proposed two-phase multi-year learning process on genetic engineering (GE) in forestry outside of FSC certified area.
FSC has introduced transaction verification for all forests in China, covering FSC claims made between 1 January and 31 December 2019.