
The importance of forest stewardship is more apparent than ever as we face global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequities. The FSC Global Strategy 2021-2026 focuses on growing our reach by demonstrating the value and benefits of forest stewardship in combatting these challenges and achieving our 2050 vision of resilient forests sustaining life on earth.
Members propose motions to prioritise issues or ideas that are important for the development of FSC. A motion is a proposal to change or create a FSC Policy or Statute through member discussion, debate and voting. Statutory motions are proposals to amend the FSC Statutes or Principles & Criteria. Policy motions are proposals for amendments to FSC policies or operational procedures. Use the filter tool to view motion by status.
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In this session, members had the opportunity to discuss with the motion’s proposers and members. The motions discussed were:
We hosted two identical sessions to accommodate different time zones.
Here the motions calendar
The internal procedure FSC-PRO-10-606 Approval of Forest Stewardship Standards, which describes the approval process of national standards by the Policy and Standards Committee (PSC), has been revised to reflect the FSC Board of Directors decision to streamline the approval process of national standards.
International members representing the interests of the following subchambers are encouraged to apply for a four-year term on the Policy and Standards Committee (PSC):
We are pleased to introduce the first edition of the FSC Climate, Biodiversity, and Restoration (CBR) Newsletter!
FSC announces the extension of the second public consultation on the first draft of the revised complaints and appeals procedure, developed as a part of the ongoing revision of the normative requirements for handling complaints and appeals.
On Friday, 31 January 2025, we reached the deadline for nominations.
The FSC 2020 General Assembly website is now live and can be accessed at: https://ga.fsc.org/
Republished with kind permission of Mike Jeffree. Originally published in the European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) newsletter. Visit the STTC website for more information.
The National Forest Stewardship Standard (NFSS) for Vietnam will become effective on 01 May 2020.
This interim national standard will become effective on 01 December 2020.