Monday, 22 October 2007
FSC-US Regional Standards Review Process
FSC-US is now entering Phase II of the Regional Standards Revisions Process of actual revisions to the standards, building off the Phase I Standards Review and stakeholder consultation.
A Standards Working Group (the ‘crafting branch’) has been appointed by the FSC-US Standards Committee of the Board (the ‘decision-making branch’) and, collectively with stakeholder input (the ‘consultation branch’), will all work to ensure that FSC-US standards effectively implement the Principles and Criteria of FSC on the ground. The goal is to have final standards in-place by May 2008.
The feedback provided by stakeholders during the Methodology comment period and at last summer’s FSC regional meetings was extremely helpful in refining this process. Stakeholder engagement remains a central part of FSC.
Please check out the FSC-US website—www.fscus.org/standards_criteria/revision_methodology.php —for information related to this process, and to learn how to get involved by joining a review committee, providing comments, or contributing to the SRP Scholarship Fund.
Please contact Karen Steer, FSC-US Board member, with any questions or comments and about this process.
phone: 503-260-8335
email: karennsteer@gmail.com