FSC Canada congratulates Keith Moore on being selected as part of the Policy and Standards Committee which plays a key role in providing technical advice and recommendations on a wide range of issues including the implementation of the Principles and Criteria, the development and revision of FSC's Policies and Standards, the approval of National Forest Standards, and disputes resolutions.
Keith is a registered professional forester (RPFin BC) and has an M.A. in Geography. Hehas been working in forestland management and environmental assessment in Canadaand other countries since 1976. From 1995 to 2000, Keith was the Chair of BritishColumbia’s Forest Practices Board. Since 2000, he has been a team member orteam leader with RA/SmartWood on over 70 different FSC assessments, annual auditsand pre-condition verification audits in five provinces of Canada, in Russia, Australia,Indonesia, the US and Cameroon. He is very familiar with three of the regionalFSC standards in Canada and has also been involved in the development of regionalstandards in Russia, Montenegro Kenya and Australia. He participated in the recentprocess to revise the FSC Principles and Criteria. He is an RA trained FSC ForestManagement lead auditor and has ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification. Keith hasworked on 13 previous FSC pre-assessments, assessments and annual audits andCAR verification audits in the East Kootenays.
The full composition of the new Policy and StandardsCommittee is as follows:
Lincoln Quevedo (Bolivia), Environmental South, re-elected
Grant Rosoman (New Zealand), Environmental North, re-elected
Janette Bulkan (Guyana), Social South, newly elected
oen van der Veer (Netherlands), SocialNorth, not up for election at this time
Ivone Namikawa (Brazil), EconomicSouth, newly elected
Keith Moore (Canada), Economic North, newly elected
The call for candidates was sent out on April 19th, 2013, and received 25 applications from FSC members. The FSC International Board of Directors considered all candidates and sought candidates in various countries around the world with experience in the FSC system.