Responsible Use™: Forest Biotechnology Principles
The Institute of Forest Biotechnology launched its Responsible Use initiative in 2008 to develop guiding principles that can be globally applied to the use of forest biotechnology. As with all of the IFB's initiatives, Responsible Use will be a multi-stakeholder driven process. Experts from academia, environmental organizations, the forest products industry, and government agencies will participate in developing these guidelines.
The table below shows progress of the Responsible Use initiative color coded by status:
| Yellow = Planned | Blue = In Progress | Green = Complete | Red = Edited |
Date |
Description |
Link |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2008 | Solicing Implementation Committee members. Application description is available. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis. | Implementation Description and Application |
| April 28, 2008 | Expanded stakeholder engagement. | Draft 2 of RU Overview |
| April 21, 2008 | Review of initiative with IFB's Board of Directors. Initiative name changed to, "Responsible Use™: Forest Biotechnology Principles" to better describe the entire value chain this guidance will include. | IFB's Board of Directors |
| April 3, 2008 | Initial meeting of Responsible Use for invited stakeholders. Implementation process for the initiative will be discussed. By invitation only. | Meeting information for attendees. |
| March 12-13, 2008 | Overview document discussed at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Sustainable Forest Product's Initiative (SFPI) meeting in Montreaux Switzerland | SFPI information |
| February 1, 2008 | Draft stakeholder engagement framework and mechanism to engage our Forest Biotechnology Partners. | Forest Biotechnology Partners |
| January 1, 2008 | Responsible Use: Forest Biotechnology Guidelines is launched | |
Date |
Description |
Link |
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