Welcome to the Forest Stewardship Council´s homepage

The Forest Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organization founded in 1993 to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.

It is an association of Members consisting of a diverse group of representatives from environmental and social groups, the timber trade and the forestry profession, indigenous people's organizations, community forestry groups and forest product certification organizations from around the world. Membership is open to all who are involved in forestry or forest products and share its aims and objectives.

For information about becoming an FSC member go to the Join us FSC Button.


An Executive Director and a highly trained staff run FSC on a day-to-day basis from a head office in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is controlled by an elected Board, which consists of people from industry, conservation groups, indigenous people's representatives and others.

Job Openings at FSC August 19, 2002

FSC New Members June 24, 2002

FSC News+Notes: (File PDF) June 19, 2002

"The FSC Percentage Based Claims Policy Discussion Paper (May 2002)". June 18, 2002

FSC News+Notes: (File PDF) May 10, 2002

FSC Receives Environmental Prize in Vienna

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FSC Brazilian National Initiatiave Appoints First Chairman of the Board November 1, 2001

New Executive Director in the FSC October 1, 2001

If you are interested in receiving regular updates about FSC, please subscribe to FSCNews, our electronic mailing list.

Members and other interested parties are invited to join e-mail discussions on policy-issues. Please check our forum page for the latest information and subscription.

Please note:
We are a new organisation with a small Secretariat. We would appreciate it if you could contact our national contact persons and the accredited certification bodies for further information in the first instance. If there is no local contact in your country, please e-mail us directly.