As part of efforts to protect the country’s hardwood forests, the Mozambican parliament unanimously passed a bill that will ban the export of unprocessed timber logs.

At a factory in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, workers steam-cook beans in big metal containers, before cooling and packaging them for sale. The beans can be reheated in 15 minutes or less, requiring far less firewood than the two to three hours it would take to cook them from scratch.

The FSC General Assembly is FSC’s highest decision-making body.
Every three years, members of the social, environmental and economic chambers of FSC come together to discuss a sustainable future for the world’s forests and the people who inhabit them.