Consultative Forums

The implementation of Motion 49/2021, “FSC Ecosystem Service Procedure as a mitigation mechanism to meet global market demand for net-zero and net-positive targets,” has now advanced beyond its conceptual phase and has been divided into two separate processes.

To learn more about these processes, please visit the process page. Key updates, information, and milestones will be regularly updated on this page. The Working Groups for both processes have now been approved and established:

1. For the development of FSC-PRO-30-007: Procedure for High-Quality Carbon Credits
2. For the development of FSC-PRO-30-008: Procedure for Biodiversity Credits

To further support the Working Groups, a separate Consultative Forum will be established for each. These forums will provide direct and meaningful input to their respective Working Groups and, at the discretion of each Working Group, may be consulted on specific issues to gather feedback and technical insights from the forum members based on their expertise.

For the development of FSC-PRO-30-007: High-Quality Carbon Credits
Interested stakeholders are encouraged to register according to their area of expertise related to forest carbon crediting projects:

• Forest Carbon Crediting Methodologies (e.g., Improved Forest Management (IFM), Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R))
• Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) (including GIS/Remote Sensing)
• Social Safeguards (e.g., FPIC, benefit-sharing mechanisms, grievance redress, etc.)
• Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC)

If interested, please register here.

For the development of FSC-PRO-30-008: Biodiversity Credits
Interested stakeholders are encouraged to register according to their area of expertise related to biodiversity crediting projects:

• Biodiversity Crediting Methodologies
• Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) (including GIS/Remote Sensing)
• Social Safeguards (e.g., FPIC, benefit-sharing mechanisms, grievance redress, etc.)
• Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC)

If interested, please register here.

Please feel free to share this announcement within your networks. For any queries, contact Mohammad Qasim (Products Manager – Carbon and Biodiversity, CES) at m.qasim@fsc.org.