Tougher FSC certification guidelines would make forest oversight more transparent in Brazil
- From
- 
          
            
            Published on
          
          19.11.18
- Impact Area
 
  Brazil – (Forests News) – An internationally recognized product labelling system designed to ensure consumers they are buying sustainably-sourced forest products is falling short of some of its intended objectives, according to new research.
Since 1994, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification framework of agreed indicators has encouraged companies to adhere to sustainable forest management practices, which are also aimed at simultaneously increasing financial profitability.
See the rest of the story at forestsnews.org
Related:
Forests in policy: A tale of three clusters
Rights in the DRC: What’s getting in the way?
Oil palm for the people
Related news
- 
  
      From bottles to solar pumps: how Cocoa farmers in Ghana are innovating to beat water stressSehlule Muzata28.10.25- 
            
            Environmental health
 Across Ghana's cocoa belt, the rhythm of the rains is no longer reliable. Once-predictable wet… Read more
- 
            
            
- 
  
      SOILutions for Security: CGIAR at the 2025 Borlaug DialogueMultifunctional Landscapes Science Program22.10.25- 
            
            Biodiversity
- 
            
            Environmental health
- 
            
            Environmental health & biodiversity
- 
            
            Food security
- 
            
            Nutrition
 From October 21–23, CGIAR will join global partners in Des Moines, Iowa for the 2025… Read more
- 
            
            
- 
  
      Advancing public private and people partnership (PPPP) for small scale mechanization in Tunisia: a milestone towards enhanced farm and landscape management.Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program07.10.25- 
            
            Environmental health
- 
            
            Environmental health & biodiversity
- 
            
            Food security
 The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA and its national partners… Read more
- 
            
            
