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| 2001/10/16
| Swiss Quality endorsed by PEFC - the world?s leading forest certification scheme
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| PEFC Council: "Swiss Q Label", the Swiss national forest certification scheme has just become the latest independent forest certification scheme to be endorsed by the PEFC Council ? the world?s leading forest certification scheme - following a rigorous assessment process. This brings to nine the number of schemes, which have been endorsed under the PEFC mutual recognition umbrella and which already account for over 38 million hectares of independently certified forests.
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| 2001/10/16
| Public encouraged to comment on UK and Spanish Forest Certification Schemes
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| PEFC Council: Both the UK Certification Scheme For Sustainable Forest Management and the Spanish Certification System for Sustainable Forest Management have applied to undergo conformity assessment by the PEFC Council and independent consultants have just been appointed to undertake this work. This now means that both schemes will undergo the same stringent process to assess whether they conform to the requirements of the PEFC Council. FORM Ecology consultants have been appointed to assess the UK scheme, while Indufor Oy Consultantswill assess the Spanish scheme.
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| 2001/08/02
| The World?s Biggest just got Bigger!
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| PEFC Council: PEFC, the international scheme promoting sustainable management of forests through credible independent third party certification, has just become bigger. Two more schemes, namely those from France and Latvia have just completed the thorough assessment procedure to become endorsed by the PEFC Council.
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| 2001/06/12
| Swiss and Belgium Forest Certification Scheme Public Consultation
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| PEFC Council: Two national independent forest certification schemes have been submitted to the Pan European Forest Certification Council (PEFC) for assessment against its strict requirements for credible forest certification schemes. Both schemes have been developed using as their basis the elements prescribed by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe to promote sustainable forest management.
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| 2001/05/22
| Behind the Logo? ? our forests deserve better!
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| PEFC Council: The report, "Behind the logo", by an ENGO umbrella organization is one more in a series of biased propaganda aimed at trying to discredit genuine attempts by all other stakeholders in society to promote sustainable forest management through a range of credible forest certification schemes.
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| 2001/05/08
| PEFC Council Position Statement on recent WWF Press Release on Austrian Forest Certification Scheme
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| PEFC Council: More info
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| 2001/04/02
| Initial PEFC Comments on the WWF Press Release of 2nd April 2001
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| PEFC Council: PEFC always welcomes constructive criticism and has a proven track record of acting quickly and positively on it. For example the inclusion of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) conventions as requested and advised by the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers. We are therefore very disappointed and surprised at the negative approach taken by WWF. Similarly, it is very surprising and curious, that at no stage in conducting this study, was PEFC contacted
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| 2001/03/29
| Latvian Forest Certification Scheme undergoes rigorous examinations
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| PEFC Council: The Latvian Forest Certification scheme, a national independent scheme developed by a broad range of stakeholders in Latvia, is about to undergo a rigorous testing and public consultation process to ensure that meets the requirements of the Pan European Forest Certification Council (PEFC). This independent not-for-profit organisation requires that forestry standards are developed on the basis of the criteria, indicators and operational level guidelines agreed by government ministers as part of the ongoing Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE).
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| 2001/02/16
| Public Consultation on Independent Czech and French Forest Certification Schemes assessment starts
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| PEFC Council: Two national forest certification schemes, namely those of the Czech Republic and France will be independently assessed against the requirements of the Pan European Forest Certification Council (PEFC). The schemes, developed by a wide range of stakeholders to help promote sustainable forest management, are expected to be applied to forests, covering some 17 million hectares over the next 5 years.
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