The New Approaches for Smallholders and Communities Certification (commonly named ‘New Approaches’) team and the Forestry Contractors International Working Group met at the end of October to explore new solutions to increase smallholder certification worldwide.

ADAM, born from the FSC Global Strategic Plan 2015-2020, will help standard development groups to focus on the issues that matter most to our stakeholders.

As part of its drive to reduce costs and increase credibility, FSC has taken the first steps to develop robust digital solutions to certification over the next five years