The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has launched a new Global Strategy to guide the council through its second decade.
The strategy stresses the importance of making progress with forest certification in tropical forests and small producers, plus growing the market share for FSC-certified products and other forest services, such as carbon sequestration.
“After pioneering forest certification and almost unexpected success and fast growth, the question is no longer ‘will it work?’, but ‘how can we make it work better?’,” said Roberto Waack, chairman of the FSC board of directors.
“The strategy defines ways for FSC to deliver more benefits to forest people and businesses at the same time and to maintain the local forest ecosystem.”
To ensure effective delivery of the goals set out in the strategy, FSC is reviewing its governance structure.
The FSC membership will decide on a proposal for a new structure in November 2008, when it meets for the fifth FSC General Assembly in Cape Town.
“This strategy paired with a thorough review of its governance structure will keep FSC fit for the future,” said Eric Palola, vice-chairman of the FSC board of directors.
The FSC Global Strategy can be viewed on the FSC website at www.fsc.org/globalstrategy
