Technical Updates


Sunday, 01 January 2006
Review and Revision of FSC Controlled Wood Standards

FSC-IC Seeking Comments on Discussion Paper read more …


Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Notice of CHange of Implementation Dates Regarding Controlled Wood

The FSC International Board of Directors has approved the FSC International Center’s proposal to extend the deadline for compliance with the FSC Controlled Wood requirements for new certificate holders to January 1st, 2007. read more …


Saturday, 01 October 2005
Standards Review Process: Update

Phase 1 Complete, Phase 2 Nearing Completion read more …


Friday, 01 July 2005
FSC-US Standards Review Process - UPDATE

Thank you to all who have sent comments on the proposed methodology for the FSC-US Standards Review Process (SRP). The comment period on the methodology is ongoing—the document is available for viewing on the FSC-US website (http://www.fscus.org/standards_criteria/regional_standards.php). read more …


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 …