Friday, 01 April 2005
Standards Review Process: Update
The independent review of all nine FSC regional standards in the U.S. has begun (see News & Views, December 2004). The review is being lead by Gary Dodge, an independent consultant for FSC-US. Dodge will be reaching out to several stakeholders to gain feedback about how to conduct the standards review and to understand their concerns about the FSC regional standards. read more …
Tuesday, 01 February 2005
Updated Regional Standards
Updated regional standards are now available at www.fscus.org/documents. FSC-US updates the regional standards once per year, as we meet conditions required by FSC International Center. The standards which were recently updated include: Rocky Mountains, Northeast, Lake States, Southeast, Pacific Coast, and Southwest. read more …
Wednesday, 01 December 2004
From the President
Reviewing Our Regional Standards read more …
Monday, 01 November 2004
FSC International Update
Controlled Wood Standard Explained read more …
Friday, 01 October 2004
FSC Launches New Chain of Custody Standards
New FSC Labels Arrive on Shelves by Year End read more …
Sunday, 01 August 2004
Appalachia and Ozark-Ouachita Standards Accredited by FSC International
On July 07, 2004, the Standards Committee for the FSC International (FSC-IC) Board of Directors accredited the Ozark-Ouachita and the Appalachia regional standards. Due to the hard work of Dr. Jeff Stringer, Working Group Coordinator for the Appalachia standard, and Kent Landrum, Working Group Coordinator for the Ozark standard, the Appalachia standard was accredited for five years while the Ozark standard was accredited for three years. During the next year, FSC staff and the working group coordinators will be working to meet the conditions issued for each of the standards. read more …