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28.09.2010

FSC in Russia - ten years against State forest management.

In March 2000 was issued first FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certificate for Russian forest industrial company.During ten years in Russia has been issued more than 200 such certificates, but the majority of forest experts still do not understand the "Mexican testimonials'. More...

07.07.2010

Here so much money are given "for tigers" that everybody even can not steal for enough time before the end

In the past 10 years, periodically in the media everybody can see the messages lake: "Environmentalists have rescued Amur tiger from extinction " ," Amur tigers have been saved from extinction," "Scientists hope to save the tigers More...

06.07.2010

What Russian FSC certification means?

But there is one question, what to develop another �?mafiya’ into Russian forestry for? Why the �?corruption’ will settle a survival of forest companies. Today the survival in Russia cost one million dollars, how much the cost tomorrow? More...

02.05.2009

In Russia confidence of FSC is felling dramatically

Fall into breakdown of confidence in FSC certification in Russia was started in 2006 after several serious scandals between auditor companies and NGO,s. The scandals showed much negative information about NGO,s business in Russia which has to do with FSC certification More...

08.02.2009

How get FSC certificate?

Процедура получения сертификата существенно не отличается от получения сертификатов в других сертификационных системах, т.к. все сертификационные системы разрабатываются и продвигаются на рынках услуг в соответствии с общепринятыми международными стандартами(ISO). More...

24.01.2009

A Monopolist in the Trees?

Webb writes that “FSC dislikes this trend in part because it sees its standard as being better than the others.” More...

17.04.2008

An interview with Simon Counsell, Director of Rainforest Foundation UK: The FSC is the 'Enron of forestry' says rainforest activist

Simon Counsell responds to an interview from the forest certification group, FSC. More...

13.05.2007

High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) in Russia

The declaration of large areas of forest as "virgin forest" by Russian NGOs is giving rise to more and more conflicts. Underlying this conflict is "research" into the forest which seems to serve the interests of specific interests. How this works...? More...

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