30 May 2011
- Market news
Sandwish wraps, fry boxes, takeout bags and trayliners.
26 May 2011
- Feature
- Preferred by Nature news
At an Environmental Finance conference this month, financers signalled strong interest to invest in forest carbon projects.
24 May 2011
- Market news
One of the world’s biggest sea carriers, Maersk Line, has announced an ambitious procurement policy for container floorboards. The aim is to ensure that any wood in the container flooring derives from responsible sources. The company plans to invest in 3 million new containers.
24 May 2011
- Market news
Earlier this year, IPA (Indústria de Pisos da Amazônia or Amazon Flooring Corporation) made the decision to engage with the Rainforest Alliance program for Verification of Legal Origin (VLO), based on two equally important reasons: environmental concern and market awareness.
16 May 2011
- Perspective
On the 4th and 9th of May respectively, Indonesia and Liberia signed Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with the EU, pledging to halt illegal timber harvesting in their countries.
19 April 2011
- Preferred by Nature news
Contractor certification is looking promising in Spain, and is likely to boost FSC certification among small and medium sized landowners.
18 April 2011
- Feature
The Australian government has released an "Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011" for public consultation. The proposed Act bans illegal timber products from entering the Australian market and importers of illegal wood products risk a penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment
29 March 2011
- Editorial
Tim Grabiel from the organisation of activist lawyers ClientEarth puts the EU Timber Regulation on trial: will it effectively exclude illegal timber from the EU marketplace? The answer rests in the detail where the interpretation of even a single word could be a determining factor
24 March 2011
- Feature
Portugal has joined Australia, Chile, Switzerland and more recently the UK to have a national FSC-endorsed Controlled Wood risk assessment in place, providing guidance for buyers of FSC Controlled Wood.
16 March 2011
- Feature
Rapid expansion of the FSC system combined with long-standing issues affecting the system’s credibility. That is a cocktail which stakeholders of the FSC system are increasingly unwilling to swallow. Greenpeace has reviewed FSC’s progress since its critical 2008 report "Holding the line…