Czech National Park FSC certification … One of the large National Parks in Europe, the Czech Krkonose National Park, has obtained FSC certification for its 35 000 hectares of …

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 …

FSC certified insulation … Thermocell Denmark and its sister company Danish Wood Insulation (DWI) are launching FSC-certified wood fiber insulation on the Danish …

… Policy for avoiding greenwashing … FSC has released a new draft version of its policy for … companies - also known as the 'Policy for association with FSC'. …

Awareness of FSC in Brazil … In the course of just three years, the recognition of the FSC label among the Brazilian public has grown from only 1% in 2006 to 20% in …

PEFC beer … The Italian brewery Gino Perisutti now offers two types of speciality beer brewed on PEFC-certified ingredients. …

Pandora launches FSC certified jewellery … The globally successful jewellery company Pandora is now introducing Wood Beads, beautiful FSC-certified wooden beads made from lesser known timber …

New COO … NEPCon’s top management now includes Søren Dürr Grue, Chief Operational Officer in charge of business development in EU …

First US biomass pellet mill FSC certified by the Rainforest Alliance … As the first biomass pellet industry in the US to obtain FSC chain of custody certification, the US-based company Curran Renewable Energy is pioneering biofuel production that is …

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 …

LPS Guidance section … FSC has developed a couple of useful webpages supporting users of the FSC certificate and trademark databases available at …

Climate mitigation schemes may cause deforestation … A new study published in the Science Journal on 29 May shows that one-eyed focus on industrial carbon in greenhouse gas protocols may result in massive deforestation as well as inefficient carbon …

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

FSC Contractor certification … An innovative project towards certification of forest service enterprises has been awarded a 3-year grant by the EU Executive Agency for Competitiveness and …

Minor components - new derogation procedures … FSC-certified companies that are using minor components can apply for a derogation to use non-certified components, when these are not available as certified and when they make up less than 5% of the total …

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 …

… certification of forests: New rules under way … A new FSC standard for group certification of forest operations is …

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

FSC and PEFC certificates: Getting the figures right … Forest and wood industry certification is growing around the world, and so is the interest in the market for certified wood products and its …