"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." Winston Churchill

FSC certified wood is Good Wood. It is not a lower quality wood--in fact it is the same wood but better! FSC wood comes from forests that have been audited for good management practices so that we will have high quality musical instruments and other wood products for the future. The FSC structure is built upon the principles of participation, democracy and equity.

The idea behind the FSC is simple: bring together representatives from environmental, social and business communities to work together on appropriate standards for managing forests to ensure that logging is carried out according to the best available science and with the highest regard for the ecological, social and cultural well-being of the region.

Sounds easy right? Well, in fact it is a very successful system addressing a very complex set of issues. If a logging company passes "the test" through a very rigorous auditing process then its products can carry the FSC label. The thinking is that if consumers are informed about "Good Wood" they will chose products that carry the FSC label over products that don't. Only forestry operations certified by the Forest Stewardship Council provide the guarantee of long-term use.

Learn more at www.fsc.org