Ojon palm nut oil … The Ojon ® Corporation, a Canadian beauty care company within the Estée Lauder Companies, has teamed up with the Rainforest Alliance in order to ensure that the company's use of rare palm nut oil from Honduran rainforests is …
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 …
Precious woods FSC certified … Some companies ensure a steady supply of certified wood by producing the wood themselves. …
FSC certified gin from Belgium … Old but still developing: The Begian distillery Leukenheide, founded in1883, can now offer bottles of gin proudly carrying the FSC …
DK public bodies ask for FSC and PEFC … A Danish public partnership for green procurement, including the Danish Ministry of Environment and five municipalities, has announced its commitment to demand legal and sustainable timber, starting this …
Obama invitations on FSC-certified paper … Barack Obama sends out an important signal by choosing FSC-certified materials for the one million invitations to join his inauguration as president of the …
Lithuania re-assessments … During the period May to September this year NEPCon will be conducting the re-assessments for 20 Lithuanian state forests, covering a total area of close to 500,000 …
Liza Murphy … Have you ever met a person who would pursue a career in financial business with the ultimate aim of conserving the environment? Well, now you have: Liza Murphy, currently Director of the FSC business unit, FSC Global …
CPET reassessment endorses FSC and PEFC … The UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) recently reassessed five certification schemes for compliance with the UK criteria for the legality and sustainability of …
Poznan climate change … Should forests be part of the next climate protocol, should there be a parallel protocol or should forestry-based carbon credits remain a voluntary …
Contractor project in Denmark … In collaboration with the Danish Forest Contractors' Association and the Danish Forestry Extension, NEPCon is launching the project "Contractor Certification - a shortcut to certifying small scale forestry …
FSC NI Norway … The FSC National Initiative in Norway is now officially accredited. …
Panama … A broader inclusion of tropical forests in certification schemes seems more realistic as indigenous and local communities' land ownership rights are becoming …
EU countries committed to buying green … At least 50% of the public purchases in EU countries must fulfil green procurement criteria within the next year. The EU Green Public Procurement criteria are likely to include the FSC and PEFC labels for …
Dutch procurement … The Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Environment has accepted FSC as well as the national PEFC schemes in Germany and Finland as proof of sustainable forest …
Who owns the forests … Clarification and enforcement of forest ownership and user rights for local communities and indigenous peoples are important for the development of forest certification - especially in the tropical …
UNECE market report … While the general wood products market is losing ground , the commitment to certification in the marketplace for wood-based products remains strong in Europea as well as North …
Green building and fuel wood … The important role of forests as provider of ecosystem services, including mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, is highlighted in two recent press releases from the The Timber Committee of the United Nations Economic …
Gisbert interview … Interview with Gisbert Schlemmer, Special Representative International Affairs for the Woodbranches in IG Metall, Germany and former president of the Woodworkers' Union, Germany GHK Certified Wood Update: How big a problem is the …
FSC Germany perspective … Contribution by Uwe Sayer, Director of FSC-Germany The members took a big step towards a new era of our …