New corruption figures: changes in Controlled Wood risk … The new Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International has implications for companies sourcing controlled wood from countries with a CPI fluctuating around …
FSC certification of 8,000 Swedish family forests … The great success of Swedish forest group Södra's FSC group scheme proves that large scale FSC certification of small private forest land In Europe is …
Biochar: New weapon to fight deforestation and climate change? … Among the numerous new approaches to mitigate global warming, some may open up new business opportunities for forest …
Belgian supermarket launches FSC certified till receipts … According to a press release from FSC-Belgium, the Colruyt group is switching to FSC-certified paper for its till receipts for a number of its …
EU Parliament votes to curb illegal timber trade … While the US Lacey Act adopted last year to curb illegal timber trade is already starting to have effect on the market, the EU is still in the process of developing similar …
Congo: Illegal logging in 13 million ha halted … A review undertaken last year as part of the World Bank-sponsored forest sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) showed that serious problems with illegal logging exist in a major part …
Agri-schemes top driver of forest loss in Cambodia … A recent study estimates that 90 % of Cambodian timber products are derived from forest conversion, a fact that speaks to the country’s rapid loss of forest cover. The main drivers of deforestation are …
NEPCon approved as Sustainable Biomass Partnership certification body … Today, the Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) announced its approval of NEPCon as the world's first SBP …
FSC system updates for FSC CoC certificate holders … Due to the alignment process of the FSC system with the EUTR, FSC chain of custody certified companies face a number of changed and new requirements. Several are effective immediately and need urgent …
New corruption figures: implications for legal timber sourcing … On 5 December 2012, Transparency International released the results of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) …
Revised FSC Chain of Custody Directive: key changes … FSC has published an expanded version of its Chain of Custody Directive (FSC-DIR-40-004), including three new advice …
FSC claims go digital: how will this affect business? … In the future, FSC chain of custody (CoC) certificate holders at all levels of the supply chain will use the Online Claims Platform (OCP) when trading certified products and wishing to make an FSC …
The EU Timber Regulation: check your suppliers now … Many enterprises trading in wood or paper products are about to enter purchase agreements with suppliers located outside of the …
New corruption figures: implications for legal timber sourcing … On 5 December 2012, Transparency International released the results of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) …
Revised FSC Chain of Custody Directive: key changes … FSC has published an expanded version of its Chain of Custody Directive (FSC-DIR-40-004), including three new advice …
FSC pushes forward on EU Timber Regulation alignment … On 31 October, FSC released an expanded version of the FSC chain of custody directive (FSC-DIR-40-004), including changes that are essential for the system's alignment with the EU Timber …
World Bank: time to get tough on forest crime … In recent years, a number of initiatives have been launched to address the problem of illegal logging, such as the EU FLEGT program addressing forest governance in tropical countries and initiatives in the …
Malaysian timber scheme rejected by Dutch Board of Appeal … The Board of Appeal of the Dutch Environmental Foundation has ruled to uphold a judgement made last year by the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC). TPAC found that the PEFC …
Rhett Butler: using the power of words to transform forestry … Over the past decade, a young man by the name of Rhett Butler has built what is perhaps the world’s most successful one-stop site on tropical forests, Mongabay.com. Attracting more than a …
New PEFC Chain of Custody standard soon mandatory … Reminder: PEFC certificate holders need to be aware that the transition period for phasing in the new PEFC Chain of Custody standard ends on 26 November 2011. After this date, all PEFC certified …