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 …
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, …
FSC trademarks: simplify standards, boost the brand … Ultimately, it’s all about responsible forest management and credible eco-labelling. But we’ve come to a point where we can’t see the trees for the labels. Carsten Huljus, Director of GFA …
Rebooting FSC: a fresh perspective … After 20 years of reconciling interests, FSC is showing signs of fatigue. But surely the system will receive a vitalising injection of innovative thinking from its members this week. Before we leap into the future, …
From Copenhagen to Central Java: A junior researcher's journey with the Low Carbon Rice project … We talked with one of our junior researchers, Vittoria Giachino, who joined our Low Carbon Rice initiative in April 2023 as part of her six-month research …
从哥本哈根到中爪哇：一位初级研究员的低碳水稻项目之旅 … 我们与初级研究人员 Vittoria Giachino 进行了交谈，她与 Preferred by Nature 开展了为期六个月的研究合作，于 2023 年 4 月加入了我们的低碳水稻倡议。 …
Dari Kopenhagen ke Jawa Tengah: Perjalanan Peneliti Junior dengan Projek Beras Rendah Karbon … Kami mewawancarai salah satu peneliti junior, Vittoria Giachino, yang bergabung dengan projek Low Carbon Rice Project (LCRP) atau beras rendah karbon pada …
The Junior Talent Programme: How we are supporting interested students in their path to sustainability careers … Our new Junior Talent Programme aims to empower students on their journey towards becoming sustainability stewards through learning and …
初级人才项目：我们如何支持感兴趣的学生走上可持续发展的职业道路 … 我们新推出的初级人才项目旨在通过学习和创新，增强学生成为可持续发展管理者的能力。 …
Maliau Basin’s next decade: A strategic plan for Ecosystem Restoration Excellence … This decade-long strategic plan will restore degraded forest areas, strengthen ecological corridors, and establish Maliau Basin as a Centre for Excellence in tropical …
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Did you know that 85% of natural rubber is produced by 6 million smallholders? …