Brazil is among one of the first developing countries to elaborate national
standards which fulfil the criteria of the FSC 'green seal' - one of the most
recognised internationally which affirms that the wood (or other resource) comes
from a forest which is managed in an ecologically appropriate, socially fair and
economically viable manner.
The group responsible for the development of the national criteria approved by
the FSC on 30 May was composed of the National Institute for Amazonian Research,
EMBRAPA, the Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture at the University of São
Paulo (Esalq/USP), the Holanda reforestation company and Friends of the Earth -
Brazilian Amazonia.
They began to work on the document, which adapts world criteria to Brazilian
reality, in November 1997. It was developed in consultation with 250 leaders in
the area and during a workshop in 1988. The aim was to check the viability of
existing indicators.
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