14.11.2011
IKEA supplier Swedwood in Karelia: TV documentary exposes impacts of FSC certified clear-cuts in HCV forests
ARD's Plus-minus programme travelled to Russian Karelia to inspect the forestry practices of IKEA subsidiary and timber supplier, Swedwood. |
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09.11.2011
New video exposes FSC failure to uphold the Principles and Criteria: 'Is FSC the right choice?'
FSC's flawed policies on the certification of plantations, and its inability to ensure that its accredited certifiers are respecting the Principles and Criteria, |
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29.10.2011
New Forests Company plantation in Uganda - FSC files a complaint against itself
FSC asking SGS to investigate itself? That is the job of the Accreditation Services International (ASI), the former part of the FSC Secretariat that was spun out to become an independent organisation some years ago |
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24.10.2011
What FSC, Greenpeace and Environmental Investigation Agency have to say about Rainforest Alliance's $390,000 'gifts' from Gibson
What FSC, Greenpeace and Environmental Investigation Agency have to say about Rainforest Alliance's $390,000 'gifts' from Gibson
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20.10.2011
Oxfam report: 22,500 people evicted to make way for FSC certified plantations in Uganda
Here's a short video produced by The Guardian and below that an article from REDD-Monitor about the certification. As mentioned in that article, the Oxfam report was widely reported. |
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13.10.2011
Gibson Guitars: where have all the fleas come from?
Most US environmentalists will no doubt dismiss this as yet more right-wing ranting, of which there has been much around the Gibson case, most of it aimed at "over-reach" of the Obama administration. |
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06.07.2011
The Orwellian world of FSC, plantations and 'Motion 18'
The FSC General Assembly passes Motion 18 calling for FSC to revisit and complete its Plantation Review |
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30.06.2011
Things not improving in Rio Platano, Honduras - more questions for Rainforest Alliance and FSC
In practice, right from the onset, RA interventions in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve put emphasis not on promoting and strengthening sustainable forest management but on assuring the production |
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28.06.2011
CIB - FSC certified forests in Congo to be felled for palm oil plantations?
Whilst the FSC Secretariat will no doubt continue to struggle vainly with such issues in the face of the overwhelming vested interests of its accredited certifiers, it could at least look closely at its rules concerning transfer of ownership of certified companies, |
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27.06.2011
FSC responds to departure of FERN; Secretariat still in self-denial
FSC's statement justifies its drift towards involvement in forest carbon certification by saying that "FSC's principal role in climate mitigation frameworks would be to ensure that the management, |
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25.06.2011
FSC's proposed change of rules on plantations "may be hard-to-stomach
Grant Rosoman of Greenpeace New Zealand, a former Chair of FSC, has seconded the motion. However, in the Mongabay article, he appears to dissociate himself from the proposed changes to FSC's rules, saying, |
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24.06.2011
SIFORCO in DR Congo: nice certificates, shame about the arrests, beatings, burning and rapes
SIFORCO was issued with Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood certificates by SGS in September and October 2010. But the company's operations have also been the focus of long-running conflicts with local communities and workers. In 2006, |
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23.06.2011
CIB - FSC's great African embarrassment
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22.06.2011
FSC allows continued slaughter of wild baboons in South African plantations
By not supporting a moratorium on the on-going trapping and shooting of baboons in FSC-certified timber plantations in South Africa, FSC |
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21.06.2011
FERN quits FSC over moves to certify carbon offsets
In a further serious blow to FSC's credibility, a long-term key NGO supporter of the organistion, FERN, has announced the resignation of its membership. |
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20.06.2011
FSC "Greenwashing" Forest Exploitation in Africa
"NGOs reckon that consumers get lost and are misled by the proliferation of eco-labelling initiatives. They point to the doubts one can have about the quality of the labels and the seriousness of the assessment procedures," she wrote. "A growing number of NGOs acknowledges that FSC is 'the most credible' forest certification system - but seemingly no longer credible enough to be associated with," she concluded. |
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15.05.2011
20,000th FSC CoC certificate marks the third milestone for FSC in two years
The 20,000th FSC chain of custody (CoC) certificate was awarded to the French company Oberthur Technologies on 18 March 2011. This is a significant milestone that marks the phenomenal growth of FSC certification in the past years. |
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09.05.2011
PEFC Making Great Strides in Asia
Covering Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, these meetings encouraged the increase in growth of PEFC Chain of Custody and fostering of productive, positive relationships. |
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14.04.2011
FSC certified forest area in Russia reaches 30 million hectares
The FSC certified forest area in Russia crossed the 30 million hectares milestone in March, up from 20 million hectares in 2008. Currently 30.5 million hectares are certified to the FSC standards in Russia |
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25.03.2011
Survey launched on Draft 4 of the revised FSC Principles and Criteria
The key issues identified through this survey will be taken to a workshop scheduled to take place on 25-26 June 2011 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, in conjunction with the FSC General Assembly. |
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03.03.2011
FSC certification will be free for Russian forest companies
he magazine offers for each advertiser (the wood enterprise) carrying out FSC certification free of charge. |
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01.03.2011
The Russian forestry against l National FSC standard
As a results of meeting there was Resolution explaining that performance FSC standard in region is impossible developed, since it contradicts the Russian wood legislation. |
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25.02.2011
Report Mainz about fraud with FSC certification in Germany
Natürlich reagierte der FSC verärgert auf diese Sendung. Schließlich ist der FSC in der Öffentlichkeit sehr bemüht sein grünes Image zu wahren. Seine angestrengte und großflächig angelegte Öffentlichkeitsarbeit wird durch Negativschlagzeilen empfindlich beeinflusst. |
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21.02.2011
FSC withdraws the appeal
The FSC was restrained by the action. It was shown that the FSC has to accept legitimate criticism. |
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21.02.2011
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) withdraws the appeal
The FSC was restrained by the action. It was shown that the FSC has to accept legitimate criticism. |
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08.02.2011
TV Channel Aljazeera has told about fraud with FSC certified production
"[LVM] ... have no FSC certificates issued to them that allow them to claim that their forests are either
FSC certified in full or are covered by a controlled wood forest management certificate. |
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07.02.2011
Video from Aljazeera chanel - People & Power - Latvia's pulp fiction
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02.02.2011
Green Building Market and Impact Report 2010
This report, created and researched by Rob Watson, executive editor of GreenerBuildings.com and a founding father of LEED, explores in great detail the growth of green buildings, and projects their impacts out for the next 20 years. |
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20.01.2011
Formal complaint to FSC about killings of baboons by FSC-certified companies in South Africa South
The environmental pressure group GeaSphere submitted a formal complaint to the FSC - Forest Stewardship Council |
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08.01.2011
Uruguay: Tree plantation workers and agrotoxic spraying
The research was carried out on plantations operated by FOSA (Forestal Oriental S.A.), a transnational company that is owned by UPM (formerly Botnia) and which among other things is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). |
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27.12.2010
SFI: Certified Greenwash - Inside the Sustainable Forestry Initiative's Deceptive Eco-Label
The authors claim that this report uncovers the Sustainable Forestry Initiative's (SFI) industry-sponsored greenwashing to market wood and paper products, and that SFI primarily serves the interests of the timber, paper, and forest products industries. |
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21.12.2010
Outcome of the fire forest season in Russia in 2010 (official version)
There were 33 571 forest fires which passed 2.1 million hectares of forests in Russian Federation,2010. . |
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14.11.2010
Does Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification Improverish?
FSC certification does nothing but create trade barriers, impoverish developing economies and boost labor unions. |
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20.10.2010
Room for Alternatives in Forest Certification
"It's good that alternative forest certification systems exist, as long as they are credible and the intrinsically-related verification process is done by an independent and competent assessor," says Toivonen. |
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10.10.2010
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) loses an action with them Trademark.
During the hearing all aspects of the conflict between FSC and Eurobinia Gerriet Harms were discussed. |
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25.09.2010
Australia 'Driver of Social Justice' in the Wood Certification Process
Australia globally has been recognised as a driver of social justice in the wood certification process, according to the research and education director of the largest labour union for timber workers in the US. |
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21.09.2010
Tanzania's Proposed Serengeti Highway Threatens Greatest Wildlife Migration on Earth
The government of Tanzania has approved a major commercial highway across Serengeti National Park. |
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13.09.2010
Australian Timber Giant Gunns to End Old Growth Logging
Shows strength of Tasmanian, Australian and global forest protection movements,
yet need firm dates for commitments, and assurances other bad forestry practices
will not be embraced.
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07.09.2010
The consumption of wood and paper products in the region
Annual Market Review, 2009-2010 recently released by the UNECE and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The region covers Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States. |
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01.09.2010
Brazil Adds Standard for Native Forests
The Brazilian Government, through the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), has supported the development of a national forest certification programme. |
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26.08.2010
Belorussia Achieves PEFC Recognition
Following a comprehensive, in-depth assessment, PEFC International has endorsed the PEFC Scheme of the Republic of Belarus, providing responsible forest enterprises and managers in the Eastern European country with access to global markets for certified timber and timber products. |
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22.08.2010
Global Recognition for Four National Forest Certification Systems
Forest certification systems in Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic meet its globally recognized Sustainability Benchmarks and have been re-endorsed, PEFC International, the world's largest forest certification organization, announced today. |
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18.08.2010
Unilever to sustainably source all paper and board packaging
The move means the logos of the acceptable forest management certification programs will begin to appear on the packaging of Unilever's brands as progress is made towards reaching the target, and in order to increase consumer awareness and promote the expansion of certified forests in the world. |
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13.08.2010
New FSC - Trademark was started to use in Germany
Moreover eurobinia admits to the refusal of certification schemes like FSC, since the FSC is neither a warrantor of legal forestry... |
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12.08.2010
The future of Bialowieza Forest lies in the hands of the Polish government
If Europe's can't or won't protect Bialowieza Forest -- their last primeval temperate forest -- no one can; and all the world's forests, climate and biosphere are doomed |
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05.08.2010
World's Largest Single Forest Certification Standard Applies for PEFC Re-endorsement
Panel Chair Michael Goergen, Executive Vice-President of the Society of American Foresters, called the review "a model of open, transparent, and responsible consideration of public input, scientific and economic factors, and conflicting demands." |
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31.07.2010
How does Russian forests burn
According to Russian Emergencies Ministry, over the last week ifrom the fires were killed 28 people, dozens of people are in hospital iwith serious condition, were destroyed about one and a half thousand houses, more than three thousand people left without shelter , several thousand people evacuated. |
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27.07.2010
PEFC Uruguay Seeks International Recognition
If approved, Uruguay would become the third Latin American country featuring a PEFC-endorsed national forest certification system. |
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27.07.2010
NASA plots first-of-a-kind map of the Earth's forests
The map is being used by scientists to calculate the amount of carbon released by humans every year that gets absorbed by the forests. |
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26.07.2010
Experts warn countries are still a long way from sustainable management
The report found that global production of illegal timber has fallen by 22 per cent since 2002, while countries that have taken a proactive approach to tackling deforestation such as Brazil, Cameroon ... |
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20.07.2010
Company Pfleiderer violates Russian environmental legislation.
Materials on the case sent to the territorial Department of Rosprirodnadzor, Rospotrebnadzor, Regional Committee for Nature Protection. |
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13.07.2010
Kyoto may push factories to pollute more: U.N. report
A Kyoto Protocol scheme may be encouraging projects to emit more greenhouse gases because of incentives to earn carbon offsets from subsequently destroying these, a U.N. report said. |
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11.07.2010
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) has decided to leave the FSC
The decision, to be effected immediately, came after an investigation about FSC and the role of SSNC in the forest certification organization. |
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02.07.2010
How is applied «Lacey Act" in America»
Speech of Mr. Thomas Firestone, Representative of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Justice of the United States of America.
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30.06.2010
In Russia were recognized the contradictions between the forest legislation and forest certification.
This meeting is the de facto recognition of the essential contradiction between the Russian forest legislation and the requirements of the voluntary forest certification. |
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23.06.2010
Rainforest Action Network Expands Misleading Greenwashing of Primary Forest Logging
Despite escalating international protest, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) continues to promote Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification of first time industrial logging of primary forests. RAN’s new “Rainforest Safe Summer Reading List” [1] and “Gucci Shopping Bag” [2] campaigns falsely claim FSC certified paper products are free of rainforest destruction. In fact, most FSC products come from the first time industrial logging of primary forests or from toxic, industrial monoculture plantations which displace old forests. Virtually all of FSC’s tropical timbers and fibers come from such sources. |
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21.06.2010
Company LVM (Latvijas Valsts meži) dissatisfied with the decision of the auditors
In company LVM many people dissatisfied with the decision of Smart Wood auditors and note that the FSC system of supervision is imperfect and overly bureaucratic. I |
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09.06.2010
Regular journal "Forest Certification" was issued
The magazine is issued since 2000 as international independent edition of forest certification and distributes by post. and internet (electronic). The magazine can be requested: |
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06.06.2010
Preference will not be given to FSC in wooden building in Russia
During press conference on April 26 2010 in St. Petersburg, which was devoted to the forthcoming International Exhibition and Congress on woodworking «Woodbuild, Energy & Technologies», was presented the point of view with regard to certification systems in the development of this direction in Russia |
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05.06.2010
How much money does Greenpeace have?
Most of this money comes from people who think that they are giving to save the rhino, panda ... |
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05.06.2010
How much money does WWF have?
WWF’s income 2003-2008 -$3.1 BILLION. WWF took this much money in recent years |
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25.05.2010
Russian Government plans to control the voluntary forest certification.
The speakers noted that environmentally responsible logging companies are not able to meet the environmental requirements of international standards for sustainable forest management in a lawful manner that hinders the passage and the development of voluntary forest certification |
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19.04.2010
Sustainable Forest Project on US Soil
"This is a fantastic project for ECO2 Forests, our land partners, associates and for our forests that are under threat from logging in the United States. |
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07.04.2010
First Estonian Forests Achieve PEFC Certification
"This group certification covers 44 forest owners and represents the first-ever PEFC forest management certificate to be issued in Estonia", said Mart Kelk, Secretary-General of the Estonian Forest Certification Council. |
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31.03.2010
Foreign companies force out Russian loggers
Big business coming to the forest industry of Leningrad region, forced out of small and medium Russian companies. But regional officials do not see in this some negative indication. |
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26.03.2010
Armed security force of Fibria (Aracruz) kills local villager in Bahia
In the face of what happened, one may ask: what is this social and economic development that destroys the life of local inhabitants?? That ignores the rights of communities and destroys the hope of the people? , |
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26.03.2010
Armed security force of Fibria (Aracruz) kills local villager in Bahia
In the face of what happened, one may ask: what is this social and economic development that destroys the life of local inhabitants?? That ignores the rights of communities and destroys the hope of the people? , |
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20.03.2010
USGBC Urged to Support Forest Certification
Studies estimate that CO2 emissions for wood-based buildings are 20-50% lower than emissions associated with comparable steel or concrete based buildings |
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10.03.2010
These cigarettes are know as "FSC Cigarettes."
FSC label for cigarettes is not demonstrates that cigarette paper was made from timber of sustainable forest management or electronic cigarettes. But the cigarettes charge US market more and more. |
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03.03.2010
First PEFC Certificate Awarded for the Sustainable Management Practices Upheld within Russian Forests
The certificate was awarded after independent review and field auditing verified the company's sustainable management of their forest area in Leningrad Province northeast of St. Petersburg. |
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28.02.2010
FSC (Forest Service Council) about Temporary Hiring Abuse
The NFFE FSC (Forest Service Council) released raw data and a preliminary report on the Council's survey on temporary employee hiring practices on January 6, 2010. |
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24.02.2010
In 2010 In Komi it will be certificated less area of forest
his year we expect that the part of the small tenants who have been not interested in reception, processing or sale of the certificated wood, leave groups. |
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18.02.2010
Forest Stewardship Council informs about quality of certification in Russia for 2009г.
Representatives of Forest Stewardship Council have published the message about quality of the certification in Russia (http://buratino.biz.ua/en/news-forestry/283). |
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08.02.2010
Criteria of voluntary ecological certification of objects of the real estate
Building under "green" standards means use of the technologies providing the minimum influence of elements of the erected building on environment. |
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31.01.2010
Analysis of certification market in UK (PEFC, FSC)
In December, the Timber Trade Federation published a report detailing the development of timber certification in the UK over past four years. The objectives of this DFID-funded certification study, conducted in 2009, were to |
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16.01.2010
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has terminated FSC certificate of "Terneyles" (Russia)
According to Forest Stewardship Council (Russia) from January, 14th 2010г (Woodbusiness.ru), FSC certificate has been terminated for the largest timber industrial company JSC "Terneyles" in Primorski region(Russia). Indeed, action FSC of the certificate has been stopped in November 2009г. Confidential disappearances of FSC certificates in the World became the style of Forest Stewardship Council |
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10.01.2010
Role of CIA in Russian forest management and USAID programs
Hundreds grants and programs on millions dollars which are connected with "improvement" forest management in Russia realises USAID (USA) via the numerous representatives. Below article, which is throwing light on the true purposes of "philanthropists": |
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09.01.2010
Market of forest certification in Russia. Prognosis on the followings 10 years
Auditor company LesTest has conducted market of certification services research in the forest sector of Russia for the last ten years (2000-2009). For probed period in Russia 237 certifications were conducted for forest industrial companies and organizations |
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30.12.2009
PEFC Certified Christmas Tree to Light St. Peter's Square
The tree was found in a PEFC certified, sustainably managed forest in Spa. It is a Norway Spruce and with a height of 30 metres, a trunk circumference of 2.65 metres, and branches at the bottom that spread out 8 metres. It weighs a massive 14 tonnes |
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20.12.2009
Subscription of journal “Forest Certification” was prolonged
Subscription for information analysis journal "Forest Certification" for 2010 was prolonged before 20 February. "Forest Certification" journal is issued from 2000 |
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14.12.2009
Rules FSC monopoly will replace
This will open up consideration to various "green" wood labeling systems that have sprung up in recent years, including SFI, as well as the American Tree Farm System (ATFS), the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) |
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04.12.2009
FSC's mysterious disappearing certificates #2: SEFAC, Cameroon
Another of the many deeply troubling but now, at least temporarily, vanished FSC certficates exposed by FSC-Watch is that of the rainforest logging 'SEFAC group' in Cameroon |
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26.11.2009
FSC's mysterious disappearing certificates, #1: Massachusetts state forests
The Massachusetts DCR certificate 'disappeared' in April 2009, without any explanation from the FSC or the certifier. DCR Commissioner Richard Sullivan has claimed that there was simply a 'gap', in reissuing the certificate and that "because of the timing for the application for re-certification, it was known from the outset that the certification would lapse. |
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26.10.2009
Regular issue of magazine “Forest Certification”
There was issued a regular information and analytical magazine “Forest Certification”. This number contains: Development of forest certification in World, Problems of development Russian forest certification, International news, |
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23.10.2009
FSC and Acer manages to Russian forests from pocket
This is important for preparation of company for forest certification, In particular for international FSC standards. The forest complexes were implemented in forth Russia regions and the promotion is improve. |
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21.10.2009
Kronozkie United States. Control quota for Russian areas.
So, a discussion about certification of fishing production from Kamchatka salmon with WWF stamp will be renovated and begin to dawn perspective of «withdrawal» regional fishing companies from traditional markets to European virtual markets. |
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17.10.2009
USGBC Revising Forest Certification Benchmark for LEED
A second public comment period for the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) treatment of forest certification in the LEED Rating System is open until October 14, 2009. At issue is a collection of criteria that the USGBC will use to evaluate forest certification programs to gain recognition in LEED.
The first public comment period attracted nearly 1,800 comments; guided by that input, the Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group revised, and the LEED Steering Committee approved, a new approach to the USGBC Forest Certification Benchmark. |
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04.10.2009
Debts of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) on “Frosty Friday”
The FSC started life as a do-gooder organisation back in 1993, but has since seemingly been steadily transformed into just another business corporation, with a few deluded 'corporate-type' NGOs blindly clinging to the sinking ship. |
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29.09.2009
Suspension of FSC certificate of Endesa-Botrosa in Ecuador
The reason was because of a technical "detail", the use of a forbidden pesticide. That's how the "logic" of FSC works. |
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26.09.2009
Another FSC certificate issued in Bulgaria
The certification was carried out by Russian auditor company LesTest for forest area 13 100 ha. Forest management of company was assessed for compliance of requirements FSC standard – FSC-STD-01-003 (Forest management). |
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23.09.2009
FSC seeks candidates to join international team
In addition to the positions offered in the Director’s Office, Communications and the FSC accreditation program, opportunities now exist in the Policy & Standards Unit (PSU) and FSC Global Development (FSC GD). |
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18.09.2009
UN strips SGS UK of accreditation for carbon project certification - FSC to follow for SGS-Qualifor?
The Times reports that "The legitimacy of the $100 billion (£60 billion) carbon-trading market has been called into question after the world's largest auditor of clean-energy projects was suspended by United Nations inspectors. |
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14.09.2009
FSC Ireland - the latest round in the decade-long fiasco
The intention is that it would become the National Forest Standard for Ireland. If it is not stopped in its tracks it will set Irish Forestry back by at least twenty years. |
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02.08.2009
Questions on FSC certification in Russia
Business Development team of Bayer Environmetal Science East Mediterrenian Area region requests information about FSC certification in Russia.
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26.07.2009
Local organisations criticise FSC certification of eucalyptus monocultures in Brazil
This is the case with FSC certification of industrial tree plantations. In fact, FSC's review of its plantations policy started in 2004 (after a motion was passed at FSC's 2002 General Assembly). Seven years after the motion was passed, FSC has no new plantations policy. |
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19.07.2009
Report urges forestry industry to tackle conflict with local people
Conflict between companies that profit from forests and local people who depend on them could be tackled by industry-led approaches, but too few companies use them, says a report published today (8 July) by The Forests Dialogue (TFD), an international group of forest experts from business, environmental, academic and human rights groups.
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22.06.2009
"Declaration about collaboration for promotion FSC certified production in Russia". Will be supported it by many forest industrial companies?
Many thousands Russian companies understand the problems and consider FSC certification as additional payment for export production. That is why, the declaration was signed only several foreign companies, which well know as sponsors of NGOs.
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20.05.2009
The revision of the PEFC Finnish forest certification criteria is completed
The PEFC Forest Certification Standard Setting Working Group approved the revised forest management requirements for PEFC forest certification in Finland unanimously. The Group, which consisted of 40 different parties with an interest in forests and their sustainable management (Annex 1), started the revision in September 2008.
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26.04.2009
In Russia confidence of FSC is falling dramatically
Development of FSC certification in Russia was started in 1998. In 2000 was issued first FSC certificate. From 2000 before 2004 was managed to involved into FSC certification 1-2 companies every year. |
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23.04.2009
Stakeholders picket FSC certified Mondi
Last week several representatives of Russian NGO,s picketed FSC certified company Mondi. The cause of the conflict between large forest industrial company Mondi and regional NGO,s is involvement many workers from abroad by Mondi. |
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25.03.2009
Friends of the Earth International do not support FSC
Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) greenwashing of first time logging of primary and old-growth forests", states Barry in a press release. (Ecological Internet's Action Alert, "Forest Liars" is available here and a discussion about this Action Alert is here.)
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18.03.2009
German NGO quits FSC in disgust at plantation certifications
Another long-standing European NGO member of FSC has announced its intention to withdraw its membership of the organisation in protest at what it sees as FSC's failure to prevent the certification of non-compliant companies. |
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14.03.2009
FSC's credibility in Sweden takes another pounding
FSC in Sweden has several serious problems. On the one hand, many FSC certified forest companies are violating the current Swedish FSC rules, and on the other hand FSC fails to follow up on companies violating the rules. |
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04.03.2009
Changes to LEED wood certification criteria
Forest News Watch previously reported, various forest industry associations lobbied the U.S. Green Building Council to get SFI and other PEFC-endorsed certification systems to be recognized. USGBC has admitted in the past that it was due to forest industry associations' pressure.
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27.02.2009
Results of struggle against forest corruption in Russia
For 2006-2008 results of struggle against forest corruption in Russia can be see... |
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19.02.2009
Assessment of forest certification schemes
The results of the 2008 review indicate that four of the five schemes -- FSC, PEFC, CSA, and SFI -- continue to deliver evidence of sustainability. |
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02.02.2009
Russian FAS will inspects forest projects in Republic Komi
The inspection concerning the prolonged conflict (2006-2008 годах) between Russian and foreign auditor companies during FSC certification. |
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27.01.2009
WWF pulls the plug on Barama, former FSC star performer
WWF has finalised its forced retreat from supporting one of South America's most notorious logging companies, and now says it believes that the Guyana-based Barama would not be able to regain the FSC certificate that was 'suspended' in 2007. |
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14.01.2009
FSC Certification of plantations in South Africa criticised
"Can the FSC forest certification model be used to demonstrate sustainability in large-scale agrofuel crop production?" |
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05.12.2008
Amazon deforestation on the rise; Government plan aims at 72% reduction by 2017.
The announcement of the national action plan on climate change came on the heels of the revelation by the country's space agency INPE of new deforestation figures, totalling 1,196,000 hectares from August 2007 to July 2008 |
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14.11.2008
Greenpeace exposes FSC's 'Controlled Wood' fiction: Finland logging 'Out of Control'
'Clear-cut in Ilosenkangas, eastern Finland. The forest had been identified as an intact old-growth forest with significant high conservation values.
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29.10.2008
FSC has some explaining to do about SGS's "moratorium"
SGS Qualifor In July 2008, FSC announced that "SGS South Africa, an FSC accredited certification body, has made a business decision to adopt an open-ended moratorium on the issuance of new FSC forest management certificates. |
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10.10.2008
Friends of the Earth: "FSC not recommended"
We cannot support a scheme that fails to guarantee high environmental and social standards. As a result we can no longer recommend the FSC standard".
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03.09.2008
FSC accreditation of EuroPartner was liquidated
Mr. Langus granted only one month to Mr. Knishc in order to settle the situation. |
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31.08.2008
FSC certified companies in Russia will meet to meet the requirements of ILO
Creators of national FSC standard received just another conditions, witch can turn out impracticable for Russian companies. |
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26.08.2008
FSC brings down felling in Russia
As a result, after the allocation of HCVF is expected some reduction of felling(calculating cutting) |
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05.08.2008
Greenpeace report torpedoes WWF's leading African FSC hopeful
According to Greenpeace, it's investigations have revealed that through various forms of false accounting, price fixing, profit laundering and suspected non-compliance with tax agreements, Danzer has evaded at least Ђ7.8 million of taxes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo-Brazzaville - equivalent, says Greenpeace, to the costs of vaccination for 700,000 Congolese children, or 50 times the annual budget of the DRC environment ministry. |
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03.08.2008
Russian losses from innovations
In comparison with this project (HCVF) activity of Mr. Khodarkovski ( “optimization “ of taxations) looks lake a childish sport.
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28.07.2008
GraphTec Continues Legacy Of Environmental Leadership with Triple Certification
“Three years ago, when we received our FSC certification, we were not hearing too much about sustainability. |
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20.07.2008
The 'many wrongs' of FSC in South Africa
Much of South Africa's climax grasslands have been destroyed, and the habitat is amongst the world's most threatened |
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13.07.2008
Millions of FSC certified trees to be uprooted as Brazilian court condemns Veracel
The Federal Judge decided, based on a civil public lawsuit against Veracruz Florestal (later it changed its name to Veracel Celulose), proposed by environmental organizations in 1993 and formulated by the Federal Public Prosecution Service, that: |
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07.07.2008
SGS halts all new FSC forest management certification activities
In a shock announcement, South Africa-based SGS Qualifor - FSC's second largest certifier - has said that it has taken a 'business decision' not to issue any further FSC forest management certificates, pending a 'review' of it's forest management certification processes |
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03.07.2008
What's the alternative? Reduce consumption
One of the questions that we receive on a fairly regular basis at FSC-Watch is, "What's your alternative?". There are several answers to this question. First, FSC-Watch exists to point out the flaws in the Forest Stewardship Council as it currently operates. Clearly, one "alternative" would be for FSC to address these flaws. For example, FSC could take seriously the problem that the certifying bodies are hired by the forestry company wanting to be certified. |
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02.07.2008
Karelian certificate challenged over damage to old growth forest
This is yet another example of an FSC certificate issued by Rainforest Alliance SmartWood having to be challenged by NGOs. The logging company in question, Zapkarelles, has a concession of over 800,000 hectares of old growth forest in Karelia. |
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06.06.2008
FSC suspends accreditation of two certifying bodies
Certifying body SGS Qualifor was suspended from performing new FSC certification evaluations, issuing, or reissuing FSC certificates in Poland as of 15 April. |
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28.05.2008
Another NGO quits FSC in protest against NORFOR plantations
ADEGA was the only major Galician NGO that continued supporting FSC after the Galician environmental movement as a whole withdraw its support to the certificate in 2006. |
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29.04.2008
FSC's greenwash at the Convention on Biodiversity
Of course FSC's problems are not limited to certification of plantations. Thies could have mentioned a Greenpeace report about problematic certifications. |
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06.02.2008
Control Union Forestry changes to own trustees
In February 2008 LesTest Fund has declarated about salling of their own share (34%) into auditor company Control Union Forestry (CUF) |
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04.08.2007
Review on a Project of Russian National Frame Standard. (for Forest management FSC certification)
The project of national frame standard for use in Russia was examined here. There are comments of Novgorod Region Group of Forest Certification below. A complete text of the review was published in "Forest Certification" magazine (#8, 2007)and was placed on web site fcp.ru. The Review was sent to FSC Secretariat (Bonn). |
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07.07.2007
"Secret" FSC project in Primorsky kray
The collusion, which take place between forest company, FSC auditors and NGOs is knew in the region very well and does no meet with FSC requirements absolutely. |
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02.06.2007
FSC's complaints procedures in chaos
It seems absolutely clear that FSC is not compliant with this 'Good Practice' - indeed, at the moment, it is not clear that FSC has any functioning complaints mechanisms at all. |
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14.05.2007
FSC in Russia: "sustainable forest management" or simply money and politics?
The report of a 2006 FSC Secretariat accreditation inspection of SGS,s certification of Terneyles has similarly failed to materialise. WWF has not stated publicly how much money it has received from Terneyles for its "membership" of the WWF Russia Forest and Trade Network. |
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13.05.2007
Forest Stewardship Counsil (FSC) and 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...? |
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25.04.2007
You can't certify a logging company without the chips flying
The competitors "have not divided" LESKOM, a large republican logging company, which in September 2005 was granted with the certificate of the Forest Stewardship Council(FSC) |
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21.04.2007
Magazine "Forest Certification" #8 2007
There was issued new information-analysis "Forest certification" magazine. You can read: The activity of auditor companies in Russia; Ecological audit and forest certification; Review on a project of Russian national frame standard (for forest management FSC certification); Komi republic (Russia) has lost virgin forests; |
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