| Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
is a non-profit organization devoted to encouraging the responsible
management of the world’s forests. FSC sets high standards
that ensure forestry is practiced in an environmentally responsible,
socially beneficial, and economically viable way.
Landowners and companies that sell timber or forest products
seek certification as a way to verify to consumers that they
have practiced forestry consistent with FSC standards. Independent,
certification organizations are accredited by FSC to carry
out assessments of forest management to determine if standards
have been met. These certifiers also verify that companies
claiming to sell FSC certified products have tracked their
supply back to FSC certified sources. This chain of custody
certification assures that consumers can trust the FSC label.
Trusted environmental organizations including Greenpeace,
National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra
Club, and World Wildlife Fund all support and encourage FSC
certification. Consumers wishing to support healthy forests
and communities should look and ask for the FSC label when
purchasing wood or paper products.
FSC-US, based in Washington, DC, is the U.S. “chapter”
of FSC International, based in Bonn Germany. For more information
about FSC at the International level, please visit www.fsc.org. |
