Stakeholders are invited to comment on the first draft of the revised chain of custody standard (FSC-STD-40-004) by 28 February 2015.

Written by: Chris Miller, Ph.D., Ian Goudie Ph.D., and JohnD. Jacobs, Ph.D., Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

The FSC Board of Directors has approved revised normative procedures for the development and approval of FSC National Risk Assessments (NRAs). The documents, approved at the Board’s 67th meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico in November 2014, will be published immediately and come into effect on 1 January 2015.