This document presents results from NEPCon greenhouse gas accounting for reporting year 2019. …

Brexit - Advice for timber importers and exporters … Updated: 16 October 2019  With less than a month to go before Brexit becomes effective, we are closely monitoring any changes that may affect timber companies and their operations. This article provides …

Have your say on open consultations on the Rainforest Alliance standards for Farm and Chain of Custody … The Rainforest Alliance is now conducting open consultations on the Rainforest Alliance for Farm and Chain of Custody standards until 31 August …

China, Africa and the Mukula tree … The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) recently made changes on international restrictions on trade in plants and wildlife. Among the changes related to tropical timber is to include the …

Ben has worked as a foreign correspondent, investigative journalist and editor for many years. He joined Preferred by Nature in September 2019. … Benjamin (Ben) is Preferred by Nature's Head of Press and is responsible for managing all media-related …

Polish Coalition pledges to achieve 100% uptake of sustainable palm oil in the country by 2023 … On 17 June 2019, NEPCon joined other eleven founding members to sign the Declaration of "Polish Coalition for Sustainable Palm Oil (PKZOP)". The group of …

Near record deforestation rates in the Amazon due to the agricultural sector … “Unchecked development” in the Amazon has pushed deforestation rates to near-record levels throughout the world’s largest tropical forest, says a new report titled “ Nearing …

His other responsibilities are to help Preferred by Nature establish strong internal controls, to ensure accurate finance information and to ensure compliance with accounting standards across all of our LATAM entities. Omar joined Preferred by Nature in …

… for NEPCon Interim Forest Management Standard in Ukraine … FSC Ukraine and NEPCon have been implementing a Pilot … Standard for Assessing Forest Management in Ukraine . The FSC Performance and Standards Unit approved this NTFP …

… in the forestry laboratory. He is a local expert in FSC certification and auditing in Ukraine. Leonid joined … by Nature in 2019. … Leonid is responsible for conducting FSC Forest Management, Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood …

Alexander graduated from the Biology Department of Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. After graduating from postgraduate degree at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, he worked at the institute for more than 20 years; …

Mai has over seven years of experience in the accounting industry. Prior to joining Preferred by Nature, she worked for a Japanese company for six years, which has equipped her professional knowledge, cautiousness, time management skill and to always keep …

… schemes including the Forest Stewardship Council TM (FSC TM ), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Programme …

… Jess is also familiar with certification schemes such as FSC, FSC CoC and PEFC. Jess joined Preferred by Nature in …

… auditing against the Forest Stewardship Council TM (FSC TM ) Forest Management standard. Aside that, Jose has …

… she worked on forestry certification development, performed FSC audits and reviewed reports. In that role, she was also …

Indonesia is the third-largest rice producer worldwide. At the same time, rice producers are among the most vulnerable to climate change. They struggle with drought, floods, high temperatures and rising sea levels, which are direct threats to their …

… Praveen has conducted more than 100 FSC Chain of Custody and five (5) Controlled Wood … 2019.  … Praveen is responsible for planning and conducting FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood assessments in …

… in timber legality related projects, especially in EUTR, FLEGT (VPAs) and China-EU Bilateral Mechanism related …

Jakob is a member of Preferred by Nature’s executive management group. He is a specialist in Sustainable Tropical Forest Management, including Community Forest Management, Forest Certification, Timber Legality, Agroforestry and Forest Monitoring. He has …