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 … standard that finally allows plantations in Spain to become FSC-certified. …

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 year: …

… 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 operation. …

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. …

Early impact of Lacey Act … The landmark US Lacey Act, adopted last year in its current form, has already shown that it is capable of transforming the approach of companies to make sure of the legality of traded wood …

Danish bindery FSC-certified … With an FSC chain of custody certificate in place, the bindery D. …