Are you sure that you are not buying wood from controversial sources, such as illegally logged areas? This could easily be the case unless the wood is certified according to a credible scheme. The Global Risk Assessment website, developed by NEPCon in collaboration with the Rainforest Alliance and FSC, is a free on-line service providing information about more than 150 countries Read more

Warming up to the FSC General Assembly in November this year: FSC has released a statement outlining the foundation for FSC’s role on forests and climate change. FSC aims to promote the use of the FSC standards and certification system for harmonizing carbon crediting with other uses and values of the forest  Read more

Transparency International has just released the 2008 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for the world's countries. Latvia and Slovakia have now reached a CPI score of above 5, one of the criteria for identifying low risk of sourcing illegally harvested wood according to the FSC Controlled Wood standard Read more

After a period when more than one third of the Polish state forests had lost their certified status, the FSC certified area in Poland is again increasing. The Polish regional state forest district directorate Olsztyn recently regained its FSC forest management certificate, based on third-party assessments carried out by NEPCon Read more

One of the largest wood industries in Belarus, Borisov DOK JSC is now taking advantage of the large domestic production of FSC-certified raw material. Exporting to more than 30 countries, the company aims to become a leading supplier of responsible wood products  Read more 

FSC has withdrawn its accreditation of the certification body Europartner for all FSC certification. Europartner was mainly active in Russia. Further information is available from the FSC accreditation program, Accredited Services International 

For the first time since the Forest Stewardship Council was founded, the global FSC principles and criteria are about to undergo a thorough review. The review process could result in a breakthrough for the certification of small forest owners as well as for the role of FSC in mitigating carbon emissions. FSC members can apply to join the working group Read more

The FSC National Initiative in the UK is organizing "FSC Friday" today 26th of September. Several UK companies are offering FSC products at special rates, and competitions and awareness raising events take place. More than 40 organizations including large companies such as B&Q and Penguin Books participate in the event, joining together to promote the FSC label as the responsible consumer choice for wood products Read more 

This week is your last chance to sign up for the FSC General Assembly at the reduced early registration fee.  This event takes place only every third year and brings together stakeholders of responsible forestry from all over the world Read more

...that public summaries of all FSC forest management certification reports can be found on the responsible certification bodies' websites? The summaries are also starting to be published at www.fsc-info.org. Summaries for forests certified through NEPCon are available on the homepage of our FSC-accredited partner the Rainforest Alliance Go to Rainforest Alliance public summaries