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june 2008 |
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| Certified wood update |
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| The WOrld | |
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Extreme growth of FSC continues, causes bottlenecks
The popularity of the FSC scheme keeps growing. New forecasts for 2008 show that the FSC system may exceed last year's record growth of 43% in number of certificates. The growth is now creating an unexpected bottleneck: Insufficient capacity among certification service providers. Fortunately, NEPCon continues to be able to accommodate companies’ wishes for certification services READ MORE FSC remains hot among paper and printing industries
The FSC Global Paper Forum 2008 showed that last years’ trend among the paper and printing sectors continues: Certification is high on the agenda, and in some areas demands for FSC fibres are already exceeding supplies. At the moment, the paper sector is the main driver for the fast development of the FSC scheme READ MORE |
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| Europe and russia | |
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Premium on FSC certified wood sparks interest among Swedish private forest owners
Many probably do it, but only few will admit it: Pay a price premium for FSC certified raw material. Swedish forestry group Sveaskog is one of the few actors on the market having made an open statement that they will pay an extra price for certified raw material. The ultimate aim of Sveaskog’s policy is to ensure that the value connected with the FSC brand benefits the primary producers directly Read more Comments invited for Belarussian PEFC scheme
The Belarusian Association of Forest Certification is currently being assessed for endorsement by PEFC. Comments and feedback on the scheme are invited until 22 August. The PEFC has more FSC national standard in Luxembourg endorsed
Luxembourg now has its own national Forest Stewardship Council standard, endorsed by the FSC. The FSC Board of Directors has also recently accredited the FSC Working Group Luxembourg. |
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| Standards and policies | |
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Controlled Wood: Updated advice from the FSC
In the last issue of this newsletter, we described the new FSC advice note on controlled wood. FSC has now published a new version of the advice note (version 1.1) with some important changes and corrections Read more |
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| notes | |
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New FSC homepage
FSC International has re-launched its homepage. With a new attractive design, efficient user interface and many new features it is worth while to explore. Among other features, the website now includes a business forum, a chatroom and a trademark section. Check it out at www.fsc.org |
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| NEPCon news | |
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NEPCon to participate in nature conservation project on Cyprus
NEPCon is involved in a project assisting the Turkish Cypriot community to prepare for NATURA 2000 implementation in the northern part of Cyprus. The project involves capacity building, management planning for six sites, development of infrastructure related to nature conservation, and stakeholder communication Read more |
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