19 August 2009
- Market news
Extensive use of wood cellulose for car tyres opens up a whole new and significant business area for forest operations.
19 August 2009
- Feature
FSC has published a comprehensive review entitled "FSC reflected in scientific and professional literature".
12 August 2009
- Preferred by Nature news
The company SIG Combibloc has obtained FSC certificaction covering its four European production facilities, and may now start to offer FSC-certified packages to the marketplace.
12 August 2009
- Market news
The world's largest forest owner, Russia, is supporting responsible forestry as part of its environmental guidelines for the Winter Olympic Games 2014.
10 August 2009
- System updates
What are the risks of buying wood from grossly unacceptable forest management in Australia? Thanks to FSC-Australia, there are now clear and unified answers to that question.
10 August 2009
- System updates
FSC has extended the expiry date for two exemptions from the FSC chain of custody requirements by one year:
10 August 2009
- System updates
FSC has sent out a new draft advice note clarifying when tree nurseries are to be included in the scope of the FSC certificate held by an operation.
07 August 2009
- Perspective
While many FSC rules have changed rapidly during the last years, the FSC principles and criteria (P&C) for forest management have remained almost unchanged for the last decade.
07 August 2009
- Feature
- Market news
Forestry operations and tree nurseries now have the choice to grow their seedlings in FSC certified substrate pots - a green alternative to the commonly used plastic pots.
09 July 2009
- Market news
One of the large National Parks in Europe, the Czech Krkonose National Park, has obtained FSC certification for its 35 000 hectares of forest.