Our mission is to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. FSC-certified wood, paper and other forest products are made with materials that support responsible forestry.
Snaizeholme
Many centuries ago, the glacial Snaizeholme valley was part of the Forest of Wensleydale but farming practices over generations have left it almost devoid of tree cover. Across the Yorkshire Dales National Park, tree cover is now less than 5%, of which only 1% is ancient woodland. Funding from the White Rose Forest Trees for Climate programme, part of the Government’s Nature for Climate fund, individual supporters, charitable trusts and corporate partners is enabling The Woodland Trust to move forward with an exciting plan that could set a precedent (and importantly provide the data) for climate-positive, mosaic landscape restoration in the UK’s deforested and degraded uplands.
FSC in Practice
Many different types of organisations use the FSC system to source and sell products that support responsible forestry.
Read about forest managers working to balance biodiversity, FSC-certified tools for gardening and artistic expression, forest-friendly fashion, innovative packaging, greeting cards, wellington boots, hairbrushes and more in our archive of case studies from FSC certificate holders and FSC promotional licence holders working in the UK.
FSC-certified forests are managed to strict environmental, social and economic standards. More than 160 million hectares of forest are managed to FSC standards around the world.
The FSC Principles and Criteria for Forest Stewardship, underpinned by International Generic Indicators, provide an internationally recognised standard for responsible forest management. These requirements are adapted at the national or sub-national level in order to reflect the diverse legal, social and geographical conditions of forests in different parts of the world.
FSC labels can be found on millions of products and items of packaging around the world. What does the label mean? Simply put: by choosing products with FSC labels, you are helping to take care of the world’s forests.
FSC owns five registered trademarks: the name "Forest Stewardship Council", the abbreviation "FSC", the FSC 'tick-tree' logo and the full and text-only 'Forests For All Forever' brandmarks.
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