FSC GD / Milan Reška
Project Title
Development of Mechanism for the Operationalization of the FSC Policy on Conversion
Project Coordinator
Yan Li; y.li@fsc.org
Technical Coordinator
Loy Jones; l.jones@fsc.org
Project Supervisor
Maria Pilar Melero; m.melero@fsc.org
Start date
June 2019
End date
November 2020
Purpose of the project
Develop a mechanism to translate the FSC Policy on Conversion into operational practices.
Strategic alignment
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.
Technical working group
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)
15 April and 13 May 2020
Four webinars on FSC Conversion Remedy Procedures
1 April to 30 June 2020
Public consultation for the first draft of the FSC Conversion Remedy Procedure
21 – 24 January 2020
First meeting of the Technical Working Group in Bonn (Germany)
5 November 2019
Composition of the Technical Working Group is announced
15 July 2019
Open call for FSC members to join Technical Working Group for developing mechanism for the operationalization of the FSC Policy on Conversion
Read News item
9 July 2019
Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Technical Working Group approved by the Steering Committee
Read ToR