Forest Stewardship Council

FSC | Getting Involved | Use the FSC Trademark:

"FSC's mission is to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. FSC's main tool for achieving this mission is a forest certification and product-labeling scheme. The public face of this scheme is the FSC trademark."

Australia needs to adopt the FSC labelling system. Why? It will stop indiscriminate felling of trees. Trees should be felled if the sustainability rate is high. FSC supports sustainable forest management. We all need to protect our forests and our trees. We need them to keep our planet healthy and to provide homes for our wild life. Planting new trees can use more water resources than necessary and then put pressure on our water resources. We just can't keep logging because we feel like it. It's like the fish, fish, fishing till we run out of fish. We have to approach these things logically and, dare I say, in a mature fashion. Having it because it suits you isn't how we can live at the moment because we are running out of resources. US Home Depot, Ikea and Sainsbury's are board members and subscribe to FSC practices. We need to too. Is there a reason why we shouldn't?