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2004/10/07

World Bank - WWF questionnaire hopelessly flawed - new approach offered by PEFC


PEFC Council:  After months of efforts to obtain information and to improve the methodology of the World Bank-WWF questionnaire for assessing forest certification schemes (QACC), the PEFC, the world's largest forest certification umbrella, has had no option but to reject the World Bank ? WWF invitation to participate in a biased assessment of forest certification schemes in Europe to be conducted this autumn.
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2004/08/16

Lack of multi-stakeholder participation in QACC continues


PEFC Council:  PEFC Council noted with disappointment that a new version of a World Bank / WWF Questionnaire for Assessing the Comprehensiveness of Forest Certification Schemes / Systems (QACC) has again been developed without any direct stakeholder consultation and participation.
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2004/08/03

PEFC Council comments on the Alliance QACC


PEFC Council:  PEFC Council's first review of the Alliance's internally developed QACC (Questionnaire for Assessing the Comprehensiveness of Certification Schemes / Systems) identifies over 60 areas of concern. Given the shortcomings of the Questionnaire PEFC Council considers field testing the QACC as premature and offers the World Bank/WWF Alliance joint consultations in an open dialogue process.
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2004/05/27

The 2nd draft of International C-o-C Standard available for comments


PEFC Council:  The PEFC Council has published the second draft of the international C-o-C standard and invites all interested individuals and organisations to send their comments.
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2004/02/11

Leadership Interview with Ben Gunneberg, PEFC's Secretary General


Forest Certification Watch / PEFC Council:  This is part 1 of a recent two-part Leadership Interview in which Forest Certification Watch TM discusses strategic considerations with Ben Gunneberg, PEFC's Secretary General.
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2004/02/10

The first revision of the FFCS up-dates the Finnish certification standards with the latest knowledge and requirements


PEFC Finland:  The standards of the Finnish Forest Certification System (FFCS) have just finished their first revision. Revisions of the standards, which take place every five years, facilitate the continuous improvement that FFCS has committed itself to.
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2004/02/09

Japanese certification body gains accreditation for PEFC Chain of Custody certifications


PEFC Council:  JIA has received official accreditation from SWEDAC - an official national accreditation body - to carry out chain of custody certifications according to the PEFC Council standard for the chain of custody of wood.
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2004/02/02

PEFC Brochures available in Finnish and Swedish languages


PEFC Council:  All three PEFC Brochures can be now also be downloaded from the PEFC Council website in Finnish ahd Swedish.

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2004/01/14

PEFC Seminar in Slovenia


The Slovenian Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry:  On January 14th 2004, the Slovenian Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry organised a seminar on Slovenian forestry certification.
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