13 June 2009
- System updates
The PEFC Chain of Custody and Labelling working group started a comprehensive revision of the PEFC chain of custody standard.
06 June 2009
- Feature
The authoritative report "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2009" shows that the volume of forestry and other land-use emissions reductions in the voluntary carbon market has increased 14% to 5.
03 June 2009
- System updates
FSC has developed a couple of useful webpages supporting users of the FSC certificate and trademark databases available at www.fsc-info.org.
30 May 2009
- Feature
A new study published in the Science Journal on 29 May shows that one-eyed focus on industrial carbon in greenhouse gas protocols may result in massive deforestation as well as inefficient carbon emissions reduction.
27 May 2009
- Market news
Wood is increasingly used for constructing houses in Denmark.
26 May 2009
- Feature
- Preferred by Nature news
An innovative project towards certification of forest service enterprises has been awarded a 3-year grant by the EU Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.
23 May 2009
- System updates
FSC-certified companies that are using minor components can apply for a derogation to use non-certified components, when these are not available as certified and when they make up less than 5% of the total product.
22 May 2009
- Feature
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, is the first Central African country to conclude a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union to halt illegal logging and trade.
20 May 2009
- Preferred by Nature news
As of 1st of July 2009, NEPCon is taking over the management of the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood forestry program in all of Europe as well as Russia, Israel and Turkey.
20 May 2009
- System updates
A new FSC standard for group certification of forest operations is being finalized, and FSC sent out the final draft for public consultations.