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FSC
Family Forests Alliance
The FSC Family
Forests Alliance has been created to provide a national mechanism for bringing
together individuals and organizations committed to promoting responsible
forest stewardship through FSC standards. By creating a forum for communication,
cooperation, and information sharing, participants in the Alliance can pursue
issues of common interest, learn from one another, and enlarge the community
of landowners and small businesses practicing responsible forestry.
Alliance Organizers:
The
four primary purposes of the FSC Family Forests Alliance are to:
- Advocate for
FSC policies, public policies, and procurement policies that better
serve FSC-certified family forests.
- Operate as
a forum to share information and strategies for successful models of
certification, forest management, policy development, and market development.
- Provide more
visible networks and membership opportunities for family forest owners
who feel underserved by existing forest management models and landowner
organizations.
- Work collaboratively
to develop new resources and tools for group certification programs.
Alliance Partners:
Alliance
partners are individuals or organizations that support the purposes of the
Alliance and are currently involved with or pursuing the development of
an FSC certification program for family forestowners. Benefits of being
a partner include receiving notices and updates from the Alliance about
issues related to family forest certification, an opportunity to contribute
to the four purposes of the Alliance, and access to the other partners inthe
Alliance as resources for solutions to certification's technical challenges.
Alliance
Sponsors:
- Verso
Paper, First Founding Sponsor ("Verso
Paper Founding Sponsor of Alliance" click
here for press release)
- Fox Foundation,
Founding Sponsor
- NewPage Corporation,
Founding Sponsor
- Ford Foundation
- Flintridge Foundation
- Potlatch Corporation
- The Johnson Foundation
- Stora Enso
- Weyerhaeuser Family
Foundation
For more information about the FSC Family Forests Alliance and becoming
a partner or sponsor, please contact: Kathryn
Fernholz, Executive Director of Dovetail Partners and Secretariat for
the FSC Family Forests Alliance, info@dovetailinc.org
, 612-333-0430.
To download a one-page flyer about the
Alliance, click
here (pdf).
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- Headlines...
- FSC Prioritizes Needs of Small Forests
(5/5/08) The
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) will host a gathering of more than
60 international representatives in Lisbon, Portugal from May 7-10th.
The goal of the meeting is to identify expanded opportunities for meeting
the needs of small forest operations that are seeking FSC certification.
Read more...
- Alliance Sets National Strategy “The
conference participants have defined the need and opportunity,” says
Kathryn Fernholz, Alliance organizer. “This is the start of an
exciting time.” For more information
click here.
To view the 2008 Action Plan, click
here (pdf, 284 kb)
Aitkin SWCD Forestry Program Now Certified
(6/1/07) The
Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has been recognized
as meeting the forest certification standards of the Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) for their management of family forestlands in the county.
Read more...
- Resources...
Group Certification Resources Examples
of group certification programs, materials, policies and case studies.
Forest Certification and Nonindustrial
Private Forest
Landowners: Who Will Consider Certifying and Why?
David C. Mercker and Donald G. Hodges (pdf, 528k)
DOVETAIL
PARTNERS, INC.
528 Hennepin Ave, Suite 202
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-333-0430
Fax: 612-333-0432
info@dovetailinc.org
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