2012 IUFRO Conference - Division 5 Forest Products - Lisbon, Portugal • 08-13 July 2012

The conference will bring together researchers in forest products and related fields from around the world. he 2012 D5 Conference hopes to address some of the major issues concerning forests and forest products now and into the future with Keynote talks and technical sessions. Learn more>>

IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012 - Jeju, South Korea • 06-15 September 2012

The Congress theme will be Nature+, a slogan that captures the fundamental importance of nature and its inherent link to every aspect of people's lives. The Congress will explore many of the most pressing environmental and development challenges from this perspective and how strong and resilient nature is intricately linked to solving these issues, including Nature+climate, nature+livelihoods, nature+energy and nature+economics. Learn more>>

Past Events

FSC Global Paper Forum - Düsseldorf, Germany • 3–4 May 2012

This year’s forum was themed Writing the Future, both a recognition of the urgent pressures facing the world’s forests and a call to action.  FSC Germany and FSC International organized this event as part of the Drupa Trade Fair 2012, offering more than 20 sessions (panel discussions, keynotes, workshops), in which the latest updates and developments of the FSC market and FSC International Policies related to the paper sector were presented and discussed. Learn more>>

V Certified Brazil Trade Fair - Sao Paulo, Brazil • 10-12 April 2012

V Brazil Certificado, Brazil’s leading sustainability certification trade fair, ended this week, with excellent attendance and high-quality exhibitions making the event a resounding success. FSC shared a large booth with the other event organizers and participated in activities such as hosted meetings. FSC also presented its first donation from the Smallholder Fund for Certified Brazil in the form of a sponsored booth.  The booth was created by IMAFLORA and showcased five FSC certified communities from the Amazon and their major products.

Two sessions in particular, the Forest Finance Breakfast and Financing Sustainable Forest Management in the Amazon: Challenges and Opportunities were an excellent opportunity for in-depth discussion about the role of certification in contributing to an enabling investment environment and acting as a benchmark for high environmental and social standards in forest management around the world.  Both events were very well attended by major banks and financial institutions. Learn more >>

Planet Under Pressure - London, UK • 26-29 March 2012

Based on the latest scientific evidence, the London Planet Under Pressure conference provided a comprehensive update of our knowledge of the Earth system and the pressure our planet is now under. The conference discussed solutions, at all scales, to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. It  provided scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Rio +20 conference. Learn more>>

COP 17 - 5 Forest Day

FSC was strongly represented at COP 17 with an official side event, an information booth at Forest Day 5 and participation in a panel discussion. This year, FSC further strengthened its role as a key advocate for positive change with regards to climate change issues.The well attended FSC side event, which took place on 5 December, focused on the important potential of forest certification towards low-carbon forestry, providing safeguards and co-benefits for A/R and REDD+ projects. Learn more>>

International Bonn Forest Days  - Bonn, Germany • 6-9 October 2011

The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, in close cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), hosted the International Bonn Forest Days focussing on the central IYF-topic “Forests for People”. Different associations, organisations, companies and international partners presented in a large theme show the wide diversity of uses from our forests.

DPI/NGO Conference  - Bonn, Germany • 3-5 September 2011

The global UN and NGO conference ahead of Rio+20, held in Bonn on 3–5 September 2011, called on governments: “to pledge, at Rio+20, concrete and systematic support and promotion of multi-stakeholder managed forest certification systems in all parts of the world, with particular emphasis on tropical rainforests.” FSC participated in the three-day event, organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI) in partnership with the DPI/NGO Executive Committee, the Federal Government of Germany and the UN Volunteers (UNV) program. Learn more >>

6th FSC General Assembly 2011 - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia • 26 June – 01 July 2011

The 6th FSC General Assembly 2011 took place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malasya, from 26 June to 01 July 2011. The FSC General Assembly is FSC’s highest decision-making body. Every three years, members of the social, environmental and economic chambers of FSC come together to discuss a sustainable future for the world’s forests and the people who inhabit them. Read Newsletter compilation

FSC Certified Plantations and Local Communities: Challenges, Activities, Standards, and Solutions

Workshop and field trips, April 11-13, 2011
On April 11-13, FSC brought together communities, companies, researchers and practitioners from all over the world to explore company-community collaborations in the FSC system.   The workshop featured a number of independently-researched case studies from around the world and a field trip to one of two local FSC-certified operations. This workshop builds on goals 2 and 3 of FSC Global Strategy, ensuring equitable access to the benefits of FSC systems and securing the integrity, credibility and transparency of the FSC system.