FSC Needs You(th): Education, Research, and Expectations

FSC is evolving, and we want to be meaningful for younger generations, to cocreate solutions to tackle the crisis their future is facing. We want to understand what youth knows about FSC, and what FSC can give to motivate them to interact with FSC as members, in working groups, as researchers, as auditors, as future decision makers. We will give panelists and audience the floor to challenge FSC in asking why they should engage with FSC, this to help FSC to understand what we need to offer.

In this interactive session, the International Forestry Students’ Association will first present findings from their global survey to identify when, where and in which detail they learned about and studied FSC and certification in general. IFSA will engage the audience, so that they contribute to these findings. Jointly we want to identify where FSC must offer support to lecturers to teach about FSC certification.  

Young scientists from different disciplines will discuss why and what they plan to study about FSC, what their challenges are to invest time in FSC related research, in accessing data, funding and to find counterparts for interviews.  We want to hear from Indigenous Youth perspective what they expect from FSC to make it attractive for them to give their time to FSC. We will show examples of the broad scope of FSC related research topics, job and other engagement opportunities, and celebrate youth engagement successful for FSC and for them.