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| 2008/05/15
| PEFC Council appoints Head of Communications; relocates to Geneva, Switzerland
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| PEFC Council: The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes), the world's largest forest certification organization, has announced the appointment of Thorsten Arndt as Head of Communications.
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| 2008/03/13
| Public consultation prior to decision on PEFC Spain re-endorsement
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| PEFC Council: The PEFC Council’s international consultation of the revised Spanish Forest Certification Scheme started today. All interested organisations and individuals are invited to send their comments until the 13 May 2008 to FORM International, who are assessing the revised Spanish Forest Certification Scheme. The full documentation of the Spanish Forest Certification Scheme is available at the PEFC Council website > Members & Schemes.
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| 2008/03/12
| PEFC endorses Polish Forest Certification Scheme
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| PEFC Council: The Polish Forest Certification Scheme has been endorsed by the PEFC Council following a rigorous assessment process. The Polish system is the second new forest certification scheme to achieve PEFC endorsement this year after Estonia.
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| 2008/03/05
| PEFC endorses Estonia and re-endorses Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and UK
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PEFC Council: The Estonian Forest Certification Scheme has been endorsed by the PEFC Council. This decision was taken following a comprehensive standard setting process, public consultation periods that allowed numerous stakeholders to contribute to the development of the scheme and an independent assessment. This endorsement brings the number of PEFC endorsed national certification schemes to 24.
At the same time the PEFC Council re-endorsed four national certification schemes, namely the Belgian Forest Certification Scheme, the Danish Forest Certification Scheme, the Swiss Q-label Forest Certification Scheme and the PEFC UK Certification Scheme for Sustainable Forest Management, after their rigourous assessment.
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| 2008/01/31
| PEFC holds public consultation on Russian certification scheme
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| PEFC Council: The Russian National Council of Forestry Certification has submitted the Russian National Forest Certification System for PEFC endorsement. Its full documentation is available at the PEFC Council website www.pefc.org for public consultation and all interested individuals and stakeholders groups are invited to comment on the system by 30 March 2008.
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| 2008/01/17
| Public consultation prior to decision on PEFC Latvian re-endorsement
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| The Latvian Forest Certification Scheme has been submitted to the PEFC Council for re-endorsement. Its full documentation is available at the PEFC Council website www.pefc.org for public consultation and all interested individuals and organisations are invited to comment on the scheme by 19 March 2008.
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| 2007/11/01
| Cameroon joins PEFC
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| PEFC Council: The Cameroonian Association of the Pan African Forestry Certification (PAFC Cameroon) was unanimously accepted as the new member of the PEFC Council for Cameroon. Cameroon is the second member country from Africa after Gabon and its membership raises the number of PEFC member countries to 33.
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| 2007/10/07
| PEFC's vision for tomorrow: A world in which people manage forests sustainably
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| PEFC Council: The PEFC Council, the world's largest forestry certification organisation, launched its new strategy at its 11th General Assembly in Munich, Germany on 5th October 2007. The strategy is designed to deliver PEFC's mission, namely to give society confidence that people manage forests sustainably. In addition the strategy concentrates on growing the market for certified products; providing economic benefits for the sustainable forest management (SFM) community and promoting rural development.
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| 2007/08/21
| Comments welcome : Danish certification system up for public consultation
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| PEFC Council: The Danish system has been thoroughly revised over a one-year period in the light of latest scientific research and practical experience from the field. It has now been presented to the PEFC Council for international recognition and is undergoing a public consultation until 20 October 2007.
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| 2007/08/06
| Public consultation prior to decision on PEFC Belgium re-endorsement
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| PEFC Council: "Everyone can have their say on the revised Belgian forest certification system before PEFC decides whether or not to grant it PEFC re-endorsement", said Mr Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General of the PEFC Council. "Interested organisations and individuals can review the system's requirements at www.pefc.org and send comments directly to the external assessor by 4 October 2007."
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