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| 2008/07/23
| PEFC invites comments on Australian forest certification scheme assessment
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| PEFC Council: The PEFC Council is currently assessing the Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS) for re-endorsement and invites all stakeholders to comment on the scheme.
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| 2008/07/23
| Public Consultation of Malaysian forest certification schemes assessment kicks off
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| PEFC Council: PEFC International encourages all stakeholders to comment on the assessment of Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). This public consultation is an important aspect of PEFC's endorsement process, ensuring that all interested parties can input into the process.
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| 2008/07/21
| Governance Review identifies key issues and challenges for PEFC
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| PEFC International: The PEFC Governance Review, published today, outlines 39 recommendations aimed at further improving the effectiveness of the world’s largest certification scheme. The review will support the restructuring of the organisations’ governance to ensure that PEFC International meets its objective as set out in the 2007 Strategic Plan.
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| 2008/06/24
| PEFC assesses Belarus certification scheme, invites comments
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| PEFC Council: The Belarusian Association of Forest Certification was established in July 2005 with the aim of promoting sustainable forest management in Belarus and integrating the Belarusian national forest certification in the international PEFC Council framework. It is currently being assessed for endorsement by PEFC, a process that requires – and welcomes - comments and feedback by the public in order to ensure full compliance with the organisation's requirements.
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| 2008/06/24
| PEFC seeks public’s view on Chilean CERTFOR certification system
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| PEFC Council: CertforChile has applied for PEFC re-endorsement of its CertforChile Forest Certification Scheme. The scheme's conformity with the PEFC requirements is currently being assessed by an independent assessor.
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| 2008/05/22
| PEFC renews commitment to transparency and independence, publishes guidelines for Panel of Experts
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| PEFC Council: The PEFC Council has today published guidelines for the "Involvement of the Panel of Experts in the Endorsement of National Forest Certification Schemes". These guidelines further strengthen the transparency and robustness of the world's largest forest certification scheme and formalize the role of the peer-review process, which has been mandatory since October 2006.
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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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