2. What is the FSC? 1992 Earth Summit at Rio Environmentalists Sociologists Foresters Loggers 1993 Established 1995 U.S. Chapter officially established
3. What do they do? Internationally recognized standards in forestry Three Certifications FSC Forest Management Certification FSC Chain of Custody Certification FSC Controlled Wood Certifies over 100 million hectares of forest Roughly 5% of productive forests worldwide
4. Standards 10 Guiding Principles which include Principle1. Compliance with local and FSC laws Principle 3. Indigenous Peoples Rights Principle 4. Community Relations and Workers Rights Principle 6. Environmental Impact Principle 9. Maintenance of High Conservation Value Forests 57 Criteria that expand the principles into rules
5. CHAIN OF CUSTODY (COC) FSC Chain of custody tracks FSC certified wood from the forest to the consumer. Only FSC certified operations are allowed to use FSC certified trademarks, which are the initials 'FSC' the words 'Forest Stewardship Council' the FSC Logo
6. COSTS Duke University $24,000 for eight acres NCSU $25,000 for four and a half acres Size and cost do not matter. Certification requires certain procedures that take the same amount of time regardless of size of forest.
7. MEMBERSHIP COSTS U.S. membership costs $100 for individual Varies from size and for and non-profit organizations.
8. FSC PRODUCTS VICTOR MOUSE AND RAT TRAPS FSC CERTIFIED SAW LOGS Humboldt Redwood Company, LLCMarayln RennerScotia, CA(707) 764-7199 PAPER PRODUCTS Unisource WorldWide Inc. 986 Airway Crt Santa Rosa CA 95403 (707) 542‐7012
