Development of Mechanism for the Operationalization of the FSC Policy on Conversion
June 2019
August 2022
Develop a mechanism to translate the FSC Policy on Conversion into operational practices.
At the General Assembly 2017 in Vancouver, Canada the membership approved Motion 7 recognizing the strategic importance of addressing the issues around conversion of natural forest-related ecosystems to plantations and the need for alignment of the diverse ways in which conversion is treated in different parts of the FSC normative framework.
Caitlin Clarke
Senior Fellow, Supply Chains, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Karen Kirkman
ESG Consultant based in South Africa
Michael Allen Brady
Principal Scientist & Team Leader, Value Chains, Finance and Investment, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Vera Lex Engel
Associate Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
The Conversion Remedy Procedure and Policy for Association Remediation Framework have now been merged into one document: the FSC Remedy Framework.
The FSC Remedy Framework is now open for consultation, participate here.
For information on further developments on the FSC Remedy Framework visit the process page here.
Read the synopsis report of the consultation of the second draft of the Conversion Remedy Procedure here.
This process and resulting document has been incorporated into the FSC Remedy Framework. Please check the relevant process page here for updates.
Register for the webinar here
View the presentation in English.
View the presentation in Spanish.
Watch the webinar in English here.
Watch the webinar in Spanish here.
Read the public consultation materials here.
Read the revision crosswalk here.
Read the synopsis report here.
Read the second draft of FSC Conversion Remedy Procedure here.
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