Fabíola Zerbini of FSC Brazil tells us about COOPERFLORESTA – the first Brazilian cooperative of community groups to use the Small and Community Label Option.
Indu Bikal Sapkota, lead auditor for the Rainforest Alliance in Asia Pacific, shares his experiences of small forest user groups in Nepal and how they benefit from both being organized in a federation and from being FSC certified.
Joachim Meier-Dörnberg brings news of the upcoming Smallholder Support Program’s side event at the FSC General Assembly, which will have the title “From the forest to the markets – Challenges and opportunities for smallholders under FSC certification”.
Learn more about the Smallholder Support Program here, find previous Updateshere, or learn more about the Smallholders Fund here.