As the first country in the Congo Basin, the Republic of the Congo has signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the EU. The aim of the VPA is to ensure that any timber exported to EU from Congo will be legal from 2011 Read more  

The final draft FSC standard for forest management group certification is now available for the last round of stakeholder comments. In this latest version, FSC has removed several obstacles to certification of smallholders Read more

FSC has issued helpful new procedures for handling of applications to use minor non-certified components in FSC-certified production. Certification bodies are now allowed to approve applications directly, and FSC has granted generic derogation for certain materials Read more

Once again, FSC-Germany is organizing a special FSC event in connection with a major trade fair. The second FSC Global Garden Furniture Forum is held at the international Spoga garden fair on the 7th of September in Cologne, Germany Read more

An intensive, two-day conference examining trends in legal and certified forests and markets globally and in China takes place on September 8 - 9, 2009 in Shanghai, China Read more

NEPCon is looking for candidates to fill the position as Chief Operational Officer (COO). The COO will join NEPCon's top management group and will be responsible for coordinating the activities of our Strategic Business Units (SBUs) across the EU. The position involves human resources management as well as overseeing and supporting the SBUs' quality and financial performance. The application deadline is 1st of June 2009 Read more

The interest in wooden housing is sky-rocketing in  Denmark. The popularity of wood as building material is partly based on a growing awareness of its environmental benefits - not least in terms of CO2 neutrality and energy efficiency  Read more

As the certified products market grows, access to relevant trend figures is becoming increasingly important. We provide guidance on how to find the most updated figures for CoC certificates and certified forest areas Read more