Montreal, Quebec – October 19, 2017 – The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Canada, the leading independent certifier of forest management practices in Canada and around the world, strongly endorses the call for a chapter to be added to the proposed renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that recognizes and calls for the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of North America to be respected, according to the terms of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

800 delegates from more than 80 countries at event until October 13

On Friday September 29th, 2017, FSC Canada and hundreds of different organizations around the world celebrated FSC Friday, an annual event designed to raise awareness of FSC and responsible forest management.