FSC GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL ISSUE: 1 JULY 2011
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The first voting day of the 2011 FSC General Assembly began yesterday with a lively speech by Andre de Freitas leaving participants with some memorable phrases, including: “FSC is like malaria. You get it once and it keeps coming back”.
In this issue, we present some of yesterday's key decisions and continued motion negotiations that have resulted in revised motions to be voted on today. NEPCon's CEO Peter Feilberg offers his perspective on the membership’s decision to realign FSC on the course of on the ground performance.
Also in today's issue, FSC Columbia shares their perspective on the increasing disparity between private and community certification in Latin America. Offering further perspective in this region, Jaime Levy from neighbouring Ecuador is today's FSC Mover & Shaker. Robert Simeone talks of the need for propagation of lesser known species to boost sustainable forest management in the tropics.
We will report on today's result in our sixth and final issue of this Special Edition scheduled for release on Wednesday 6 July 2011.
Enjoy reading!
Your Rainforest Alliance & NEPCon team
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Voting on FSC’s future – Part I
Yesterday was the first voting day at the 2011 FSC General Assembly. We present some of the key decisions made by FSC members, asking for changes that are set to change the directions of FSC or strengthen its core activities READ MORE
Assembling the future
Over 400 people – one of the largest gatherings in FSC’s history – came together in the Ballroom of the Sutera Harbor Hotel in Kota Kinabalu to set the future directions for FSC, by voting on the motions that had made it through the vetting process of the previous week READ MORE
Controlled Wood motion in motion: members vote today
Heated discussions on Controlled Wood have resulted in an amalgamation of three Controlled Wood motions into a “Controlled Wood package” to be voted on today READ MORE
No show and no go in 2011
Social issues in the supply chain; adaptation to climate change; and small forest holdings: these are all topics that were either low on members’ radar or outright voted down yesterday READ MORE
A newcomer’s perspective
A virgin to the extraordinary dynamism of the FSC General Assembly, in this extended online interview Josh Tosteson shares his thoughts from his “first time” in Kota Kinabalu. He takes a thought-provoking angle and challenges the FSC community to focus on what really matters READ MORE
Tropical treasury: lesser known species
“All wood is valuable if it exists in abundance”, states Robert Simeone, President of Sylvania Forestry and founding member of FSC. We caught him in the midst of the busy goings-on of the FSC General Assembly to talk about the need for propagation of lesser known species READ MORE
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Editorial: Forests in focus – end of “ISOfication”
NEPCon CEO Peter Feilberg shares his thoughts on the membership’s unanimous agreement yesterday that FSC must focus more on the system’s field performance READ MORE
Regional outlook:
Disparity in Latin America – community -v- private
Home to the world’s first FSC-certified forest and FSC’s Secretariat Office, Latin America holds a special place in FSC’s history. Certification in the region has been reasonably successful in the private sector; however community operations have failed to reach the same level of growth. Let’s look at why this is READ MORE |
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| FSC MOVERS & SHAKERS |
| Jaime Levy: A voice for Indigenous Peoples
Long-time supporter of FSC and a fierce advocate for community forestry operations, he understands the challenges for small and medium sized enterprises to access certification and make this a financially viable choice. Meet Jaime Levy, Executive Director of the Ecuadorian-based NGO Fundación Altropico and member of the FSC Board of Directors in this extended online interview READ MORE |
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CWU_GA_Daily Debate on Revised Motion 15: investigate the current status of #GMO science in forestry...#FSCGA11
Miguel Ángel Soto Social Chamber is winning the Quorum Ligue with 76,8% of their members in #FSCGA2011 @CWU_GA_Daily
Robert J. Hrubes #FSCGA11 Five days of prelude brings us now to why we are in KK--for the assembly of members to deliberate and vote on over 50 motions
June Rubis At #fscga11, saw beautiful real-time graphic of vapours being released by tropical rainforests around the world, mimicking our heartbeat.
Miguel Ángel Soto dy mariajose_fc Andre Freitas dice que el FSC es como la malaria, una vez que entra lo llevas toda la
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