More Than One Path to Better Forestry
I had an interesting meeting with a consultant recently who was doing market research, political searching, and some plain digging in the dirt of the forest certification world that, up until now, has been dominated by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). He was working for FSC’s new executive for U.S. operations. This consultant has done some pretty interesting consulting work, mostly in Africa, where, among other tasks, he’s working with local folks to set up agricultural cooperatives and forestry projects, both for-profit and non-profit. He said it was nice working on an issue where he doesn’t have to worry if the various factions he is dealing with have guns or not. I asked him if he was sure of that.
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