Did you know that rice farming is responsible for greenhouse gas emissions equal to the entire global aviation industry? …
¿Sabía que el cultivo de arroz es responsable de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero equivalentes a las de toda la industria aeronáutica …
Saviez-vous que la culture du riz est responsable d'émissions de gaz à effet de serre équivalentes à celles de l'ensemble de l'industrie aéronautique mondiale …
Big forest deal in Canada: boost or blow to FSC? … The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) is a truly big deal. …
Knowledge on FLEGT – first step to compliance … On 30 August 2016, NEPCon and our Vietnamese partner SFMI launched an online training platform on FLEGT - the EU’s programme aimed at combatting illegal logging, improving forest management and promoting …
Global Forest Risk Assessments: FSC announces 33 new countries in pipeline … FSC’s ambitious project to map the global risk of unacceptable forest activities has reached a new milestone. With the first 20 countries almost completed, FSC now continues with …
UK Timber Trade Federation requires panels to be species tested … The UK Timber Trade Federation decided in March 2017 to make it mandatory for all their members to get wooden panels from outside the EU independently tested to verify what species they are …
Supply chain mapping – a step to mitigate risks of illegality in the Malaysian timber industry … The study “Supply Chain Mapping of Malaysian Timber and Wood-based Industries” seeks to provide an overview of the Malaysian timber trade and offer insights …
The 2017 SAN Standard sets to curb deforestation and promote climate-smart agriculture … The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and the Rainforest Alliance (RA) have recently launched a revised agriculture certification standard. The Standard raises …
Cameroonian SMEs determined to enter the EU timber market … Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Despite tough challenges, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cameroon are working hard to deliver the assurance of timber legality required by their …
Risk profiles: New free tools for legal timber sourcing … NEPCon has published the first four in a series of free, user-friendly Forestry Risk Profiles. Each covering one country, the profiles include information helping companies to assess and address …
Russian Roundwood Act: implications for legality risk assessments … An analysis published by Forest Trends explores the ramifications of the recent Russian Roundwood Act with regard to legal timber …
New project to boost legal timber trade in Vietnam … On 1 March 2014, NEPCon and our Vietnamese partner Sustainable Forest Management Institute (SFMI) launched a new project. The aim is to equip Vietnamese small and medium sized enterprises with the …
Controlled Wood reinvented … The FSC Controlled Wood (CW) system is facing a major makeover that will align the FSC system further with legal frameworks such as the EUTR. It will also benefit companies sourcing CW through smarter and more streamlined …
Final guidance on the PEFC Chain of Custody requirements … PEFC has released the final version of its guidance on the PEFC Chain of Custody Standard PEFC ST 2002:2013. It includes several important amendments and …
Time to include the timber trade in FLEGT … After more than 10 years of implementation, the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan has achieved tremendous results. In particular, it has raised the global focus on illegal …
Tackling FSC fraud: will the Online Claims Platform fail or fly? … As the FSC system grows, so does the potential for false claims and labels. FSC’s answer is the Online Claims Platform (OCP), a system enabling users to record and confirm their FSC …
How to orchestrate the world’s largest FSC print run … Two years ago, sustainability specialist of Inter IKEA Systems Matthieu Leroy faced the daunting task of achieving FSC certification of all IKEA catalogues worldwide. Following a successful process, …