One of the side meetings at the FSC General Assembly 200 in Cape Town considered Small and Low Intensity Forest Management (SLIMF) and showed that small scale forestry is a high priority among FSC stakeholders. Several initiatives seek to increase access to the FSC system. FSC, local actors and ProForest have developed a series of briefing […]

At the FSC General Assembly 2008 in Cape Town, NEPCon interviewed Richard Donovan, Head of the Forestry Division of the Rainforest Alliance and asked him where he expects to see the FSC by the year 2020? “By 2020 I think we will see FSC having developed into a foundation for all forest related ecosystem services. […]

Sofie Tind Nielsen of CPET says “forest certification schemes are essential for the implementation of timber procurement policies. In a public procurement context some countries (e.g. France and Germany) require that all timber procured is certified or that equivalent evidence is provided. Other countries (e.g. Denmark, UK and the Netherlands) have established their own criteria […]

By passing the motion 43 on forest based carbon offset, the FSC community recognised that forests can have an important role to play in addressing climate changes and that FSC should explore its potential engagement in forest based carbon offset. As described in Certified Wood Update on November 6, FSC is in a good position to […]

Imagery is in demand. For people who use geographic information system (GIS) technology, imagery is essential as a natural background, a source for creating maps, and a tool for direct data interpretation. GIS users working to manage and access imagery have a new resource in Lawrie Jordan, ESRI’s Director of Imagery Enterprise Solutions.

The Russian timber market has gone through a roller coaster ride the past 12 months, with log costs reaching record highs in the 4Q of last year and then falling to two-year lows in the 3Q this year. Topping off the dramatic events as of late was the announcement by Prime Minister Putin in early […]