Carbon investors turn to forestry … At an Environmental Finance conference this month, financers signalled strong interest to invest in forest carbon …

Will the EU Timber Regulation be effective? … Tim Grabiel from the organisation of activist lawyers ClientEarth puts the EU Timber Regulation on trial: will it effectively exclude illegal timber from the EU marketplace? The answer rests in the detail …

Furniture design inspired by nature … The socio-environmental conditions under which wood is harvested are becoming increasingly important among furniture …

Carrefour commits to the FSC label … Today, Tetra Pak and Carrefour France announced the launch of 100 million FSC-labeled liquid food cartons on the French …

New FSC-standard for Sweden … A new version of the Swedish standard for forest management, replacing the 1998 version, has been approved by …

FSC adapts to climate change … During the FSC General Assembly held a year ago, the membership asked FSC to explore its role in climate …

PEFC logo usage rules … A new set of PEFC logo usage rules was adopted by the PEFC Council. …

New Spanish FM standard … FSC has approved a revised version of the Spanish forest management standard that finally allows plantations in Spain to become …

Deforestation obsevations from space … An international partnership of governments and organizations is building the first global monitoring system for producing annual assessments of forest carbon …

FSC survey on smallholder demands … FSC has launched a new survey in order to better understand demands for European FSC-certified wood, with a particular focus on supplies from …

Russian export duties postponed … According to the media company Forbes, Russia plans to postpone the introduction of higher timber export duties by one …

FSC contractor cert Latvia … The field test of a new model for the FSC certification of smallholders has been concluded with good results: A group of small private forest operations are now FSC certified, based on their use of certified …

CoC - extension of transitory period … FSC has extended the expiry date for two exemptions from the FSC chain of custody requirements by one …

Plant nurseries Advice Note … FSC has sent out a new draft advice note clarifying when tree nurseries are to be included in the scope of the FSC certificate held by an …

Forest footprint disclosure project … In future, investors may have easy access to information about companies' impact on the world's forests, and can rate the companies' future value …

Voluntary carbon schemes on the rise … The authoritative report "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2009" shows that the volume of forestry and other land-use emissions reductions in the voluntary carbon market has increased 14% to …

Wooden housing popular in Denmark … Wood is increasingly used for constructing houses in Denmark. …

VPA EU and Republic of the Congo … The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, is the first Central African country to conclude a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union to halt illegal logging and …

NEPCon expands in Western Europe … As of 1st of July 2009, NEPCon is taking over the management of the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood forestry program in all of Europe as well as Russia, Israel and …

Controlled Wood - new advice … A new advice note released by FSC seeks to strengthen the foundations of FSC Controlled Wood. …