FSC
FSC was founded in 1993 to protect the tropical forests of the global south. The organisation has its headquarters in Mexico and Germany. Standards are usually developed by national working groups, but transitional standards can also be developed by audit firms if a country does not yet have a national working group.
FSC has hardly been introduced into Austria's forests, which is also due to the rural family forestry that prevails in the Alpine Republic. FSC is particularly suitable for larger forest owners and state forests, since in addition to integrative forestry, wilderness conservation areas are to be permanently taken out of use.
In the national risk analyses prepared by FSC, decisions are often not transparent and are not taken with sufficient stakeholder integration. In a joint dialogue with FSC, a commitment was made to jointly revise the risk analyses.