Gardening Events

But straight in times of the climate change and the economic crisis are demanded integrative solutions in handling natural resources. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a nonprofit organization, which uses itself for 15 years for a responsible use of forest and successfully one defines standards socially and ecologically fair forest management. The FSC strikes bridges between representatives from the economy, environmental and social federations, politics and science with the help of the FSC seal. For years the FSC trendsetter for the debate about lasting forestry and in Germany is world-wide.
To 18.06. the central FSC forum in Germany, the FSC plenary assembly of the working group Germany finds to 16. Times for FSC members and for FSC interested persons in Cologne instead of. On this meeting decision makers from forest enterprises, the industry, the trade, from federations, trade unions and environmental representatives meet, in order to discuss current topics approximately around the FSC. A goal of the meeting is it to develop together with decision maker solutions for the challenges about forest. At the plenary assembly 2008 in Berlin 170 participants knew Germany are out completely welcomed. Apart from interesting discussions and lectures takes place besides a Exkursion in the FSCzertifizierten Cologne city forest.
Further information finds you under www.fsc-deutschland.de/vollversammlung
Background informations: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-governmental controlling body with the goal, the receipt of the forests by its environmentalfair of ensuring socially compatible and economically load-carrying management. In addition the FSC created a world-wide valid test seal for wood products, which are based on the observance ten internationally obligatory principles and criteria. Way-preparing for the development of the FSC the formulation of the Agenda21 on the world conference for environment and development was in Rio de Janeiro 1992. The FSC working group Germany registered association converts the work of the FSC on national level. In the working group all large environmental federations, the trade unions for employees cooperate in the forest and timber economy, environmentally conscious owners of forest and federations of the timber economy in a national standard for lasting forest management in Germany.
Further information in the Internet under www.fsc-deutschland.de