by Victoria Jofery | Mar 19, 2017 | General
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) published a long-awaited update to the important Chain of Custody standard earlier this winter. If you are a regular reader of this blog, and you have not yet looked at version 3-0 of the FSC Chain of Custody standard, we recommend...
by Victoria Jofery | Dec 14, 2016 | General
The long, long process of updating the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC’s) important Chain of Custody (CoC) standard may finally be nearing an end. We learned, along with others at the regional meeting last week in New York City, that the Board of Directors has...
by Victoria Jofery | Aug 4, 2016 | General
In a perfect world, the challenges of certified Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) would focus on large, consequential matters like the role of commercial forestry in climate change, or the rights of vulnerable, rural economies. Chain of Custody (CoC) standards ...
by Victoria Jofery | Aug 1, 2016 | General
Two email communications were circulated this week by the Forest Stewardship Council – International (FSC-IC) staff. They seem, at first, to address different topics. But on further examination, we can see that they are closely related and very interesting....