FSC recently conducted a comprehensive study to estimate the global volume of FSC-certified wood harvested each year.

The second draft of the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard (FSC-STD-40-004) is open for consultation from 1 September 2015. This revised draft is accompanied by a discussion paper that proposes a range of options to provide better assurance for FSC transactions between FSC Certificate Holders.

September 7, 2015 (Bonn, Germany)--On the eve of the 14th World Forestry Congress to take place this week in Durban, South Africa , two of  the world’s foremost environmental leaders – Kim Carstensen, Director General of  the Forest Stewardship  Council (FSC)  and Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International –  have met in Amsterdam to discuss the key issue of  saving  the world’s last remaining areas of untouched forests,  those totally undisturbed by modern development. These areas are often referred to as Intact Forest Landscapes IFL).