We bring participatory processes, field inventories and monitoring, and legality and due diligence together into one coherent approach.
Workshops, visioning, FPIC-style consent and feedback to local government. We help communities translate a shared vision into realistic action — what can happen in 3–6 months, what needs 12–18, and which conditions must be in place first.
Transects, inventories, data analysis and reporting, backed by permanent sample plots and continuous, high-resolution growth data from digital dendrometers. Field data becomes management decisions that hold up to scrutiny.
Chain-of-custody checks, document review, interviews, site visits, traceability verification and risk classification — under frameworks including the EUTR and the US Lacey Act. We lower risk and open access to international markets.
From youth visioning in Indigenous villages to FSC-context monitoring innovation and international supplier compliance.
A demonstration project for a market-driven transition to sustainable timber. FASS set up and quality-checked permanent sample plots and installed ten digital dendrometers in an FSC-certified concession — a proof of concept designed to scale.
Field data collected along transects with community participation. The clear conclusion: large-scale timber harvesting isn't sustainable short-term, while NTFPs — especially Podosiri (Euterpe oleracea) — hold strong potential.
Training in forest inventory and monitoring across five Indigenous villages in Para — combining theory and practice, a step towards local autonomy and verifiable community forestry.
Facilitated community visioning in Botopasi, Dan, Pikin Slee and Nieuw Aurora — making local priorities concrete and ready to feed planning, policy dialogue and project development.
A due-care assessment under the US Lacey Act covering two Surinamese suppliers — document review, interviews, site visits and traceability verification via national systems, with a clear risk classification.
Hands-on agroforestry training for young people (15–25) in Para, plus an EUTR legality assessment for Romar Timber B.V. — the foundations of FASS's community and compliance practice.
Tell us about your community, programme or supply chain — we'll tell you honestly what's realistic and how to get there.
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