FSC partners with the European Space Agency and joins new Bioeconomy Task Force

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world’s most credible sustainable forestry solution, is now looking toward outer space as a part of the European Space Agency (ESA) ‘s new Bioeconomy Task Force, including its working group on sustainable forestry. The initiative, led by ESA’s Business Applications and Space Solutions programme, will bring together private, public, and non-profit industry leaders to advance sustainability across Europe and beyond.

Space-based technology offers exciting opportunities for the future of sustainable forestry. It can help FSC measure ecosystem services – carbon storage, biodiversity health, and other benefits forests provide – to support Verified Impact claims for forest managers. Ben White, Ecosystem Services Technology Officer for FSC Investment & Partnerships, says, “We can leverage this resource to ensure sustainable practices, help meet regulatory requirements, and improve integrity and transparency. This is especially important in the face of increasing regulatory expectations, like the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR), which will require more verifiable data on forest health from companies bringing products into the EU.”
more at: https://fsc.org/en/newscentre/general-news/harnessing-space-for-sustainable-forestry

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