Forest For The Future - Podcasts

Title: Episode 88 – Fueling the Future — or the Fire? Biofuels, Energy Security and the Pressure on Forests Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode of Forest for the Future, we step a little outside the forest itself and into the world of energy policy. With oil prices volatile and supply routes like the Strait of Hormuz under pressure, governments around the world are racing to...

Title: Episode 87: The New AI Frontier in Forestry: Inside UPM’s Arnibot Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering the world of forestry. But what does that mean in practice? In this episode of Forest for the Future, we explore UPM’s AI-powered assistant, Arnibot, and what it reveals about the digital transformation of forest management. How can an AI a...

Title: Episode 86: Climate Change and FSC – Managing for Climate Impacts featuring Christian Messier, Amy Cardinal, and Vivian Peachy Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Climate change is no longer a distant risk for forests — it is already reshaping ecosystems, livelihoods, and forest management decisions across Canada and the world. In this final episode of the Climate Change and FSC mini...

Title: Episode 85: Climate Change and FSC – What Is a Climate Vulnerability Assessment? Featuring Dr. Sheri Andrews-Key and Kevin Gillis Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Climate change is often described as uncertain and complex, yet forest managers still need to make decisions today. In this second episode of the Climate Change and FSC mini-series, we move from framing the challenge to...

Title: Episode 84: Climate change and FSC – Setting the stage, featuring Subhra Bhattacharjee, Director General at FSC International, and Valarie Courtois from the Indigenous Leadership Initiative Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Climate change is already reshaping forest ecosystems around the world, with profound implications for how forests are managed, governed, and protected. In this...

Title: Episode 83: While we wait for EUDR - what could be done to get ready? Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: The EU Deforestation Regulation is entering a period of uncertainty, with discussions around timing and implementation still ongoing. Recorded just one day after a major announcement about a possible additional delay, this episode of Forest for the Future focuses on what companie...

Title: Episode 81: What Is Next in FSC Chain of Custody? A Glimpse Into the Revision Process (Episode 1 of 2) Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode of Forest for the Future, we explore one of the most significant ongoing developments in the FSC system: the full revision of the FSC Chain of Custody standard. This framework ensures that materials carrying the FSC label are track...

Title: Episode 82: Reclaimed Materials & Circular Models in FSC: What’s Next for Chain of Custody? (Episode 2 of 2) Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this second episode of our two-part mini-series on the revision of the FSC Chain of Custody standard, we turn our focus toward one of the most forward-looking elements of the revision: reclaimed materials and circular business models. Cir...

Title: Episode 80 – Circular economy in a volatile world: Building resilience through circular systems Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this special episode of Forest for the Future, we dive into the intersection of circular economy, forest resources, and global resilience. Host Loa Worm, in her role as leader of the FSC Circularity Hub, convenes an expert panel to discuss how circula...

Title: Episode 79: Next stop - circular economy in FSC? Legislative drivers, principles and how FSC connects Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Featuring: Morten Brodde, Senior Specialist, FSC Circularity Hub, FSC International & Sidse Jensen, Senior Specialist, FSC Circularity Hub, FSC International In this episode of Forest for the Future, we explore FSC’s expanding role in the circular...

Title: Episode 78: Greenwashing and FSC: Is there a limit to what you can say? Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Featuring: Trevor Armel, Marketing Director, FSC International and Ana-Maria Băban, Acting Commercial Director, FSC International In this episode of Forest for the Future, we get real about greenwashing—and about how even well-intentioned sustainability claims can fall into mur...

Title: Episode 77: Demystifying FSC Chain of Custody audits, Featuring César Gonçalves, Policy Manager for FSC CoC/CW, FSC International Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode of Forest for the Future, we go back to basics and dive deep into one of the most common—and critical—questions in FSC: How do Chain of Custody audits actually work? Host Loa Worm is joined by César Gonça...

Title: Episode 76: Exploring FSC’s Strategy on GIS-Based Technologies Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: Join us as we speak with Scot McQueen, Senior Technology Officer at FSC International, about FSC’s strategy to increase the use of GIS-based technologies. Scot explains the key steps in implementing this strategy, details our exciting new partnership with ESRI, and introduces our revamp...

Title: Episode 75: The Detail is in What We Measure: Making Impact Measurement a Reality Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode, we explore FSC's journey towards outcome-oriented approaches in sustainable forestry. Franck Trolliet and Arildo Dias share insights into how FSC is transitioning to an impact-focused system, ensuring that its standards lead to measurable and meaningf...

Title: Episode 74 – EU Taxonomy – The vehicle behind green finance? Featuring Asger Olsen, International Woodland Company, and Ondrej Tarabus, FSC International Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode of Forest for the Future, we explore a piece of legislation that has the potential to reshape how businesses approach sustainability: the EU Taxonomy. We sit down with Asger Olsen,...

Title: Episode 72 Circularity in FSC - How do we make a linear system circular? Featuring Loa Dalgaard Worm, leader of the FSC Circularity Hub Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: How does FSC go from being a linear system to being supportive of the circular economy? That is the focus of this special episode of Forest for the Future, where Loa Dalgaard Worm, global lead of the FSC Circularit...

Title: Episode 71: Can you count the impact of FSC on biodiversity? Featuring Joeri A. Zwerts, Assistant professor at Ecology and Biodiversity, Utrecht University Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: This episode delves into the tangible impact of FSC on wildlife and biodiversity. We explore the proven benefits and the methodologies used to measure them. Join us as we discuss a groundbreakin...

Title: Episode 70: A new era for FSC? The effect of technology releases and legislation featuring Michael Marus, Chief Information Officer, and Marc Jessel, Chief System Integrity Officer at FSC international Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode we are going to talk big picture. The thing is that FSC is on the brink of a new era of our existence. Or at least that is my feelin...

Title: Episode 69: Proof from the ground and sky - Combining forensic testing and earth observation, Featuring Scot McQueen, Senior Technology Officer at FSC International and Jade Saunders, Director of World Forest ID Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: This episode focus on origin verification and the tools companies, authorities and organizations such as FSC can use to prove that product...

Title: Episode 67: How can we help you? – How FSC is aligning to EUDR (Chapter 1) Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: CHAPTER 1 OF 2. The European Deforestation regulation is coming and companies around the globe are working fast to align to the new requirements. In these two episodes of Forest for the Future we dive into the details of the legislation and how companies might get to the lev...

Title: Episode 68: How can we help you? – How FSC is aligning to EUDR (Chapter 2) Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: CHAPTER 2 OF 2. The European Deforestation regulation is coming and companies around the globe are working fast to align to the new requirements. In these two episodes of Forest for the Future we dive into the details of the legislation and how companies might get to the lev...

Title: Episode 66: What can filtering water tells us about biodiversity? Utilizing new techniques like eDNA and bio-acoustics Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode we talk about biodiversity and how we might use new methods to new methods to monitor the health of biodiversity in certified and non-certified forests. FSC has embarked on complementing our standards with a robust...

Title: Episode 65:Joining forces from forest to ocean - Tropical timber in the Yachting Industry Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode we focus on how we through collaboration and innovation can improve the way entire industries source. More specifically we are going to look at how we through joint effort are trying to make the sourcing in the yachting industry more sustainabl...

Title: Episode 64: Getting rid of the bad apples – FSCs work on risk based interventions Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: In this episode we talk about risk or more specifically how FSC is increasingly transitioning toward being a risk-based system. This means diving deeper into, how we in FSC are developing a system, where we evaluate the risk profile of a certificate holders and presen...

Title: Episode 63: 1 + 1 = 11 – Partnerships as a catalyst for change Author(s): Worm, Loa Dalgaard Description: This episode is on partnerships – good partnerships, bad partnerships, failed partnerships and those tough partnerships, that might just surprise you. I’ve invited three people to have a conversation with me on this. Mette Boye, Conservation Director, WWF World Wildlife Fund in Denmark,...