Forest Certification Articles & Analysis
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Fiber Accounting Software ALDATA’s fiber accounting software is perfect for the forest industry. It’s configurable to match your business rules. ...
In 2014, Evergreen Packaging was recognized by the American Forest & Paper Association as the recipient of the Leadership in Sustainability Award for Sustainable Forest Management for its Certified Success – Evergreen Forest Certification Program. ...
Dismissed as a weed or marginalized in traditional forest management, bamboo could actually play an important role in forest and landscape restoration. ...
In high-risk regions, such as the Russian Far East, buy only material that is certified by rigorous third-party systems such as the Forest Stewardship Council or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification. ...
As the crisis of tropical deforestation reaches a new level of urgency due to forest fires raging in Indonesia, an important question is how can the world satisfy the growing demand for forest products while still preserving forest ecosystems? ...
A discussion about the challenges, impacts and opportunities for the Forest Product Chain-of-Custody (CoC). It is currently becoming more and more important to know exactly where your materials have come from. Added to that, mandatory requirements are becoming more stringent and consumers, aware of environmental issues, are demanding wood from well-managed ...
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Disney commits to maximize the use of recycled fiber, maximize the use of paper made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests (as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or an equivalent forest certification scheme), and maximize the use of paper products processed without chlorine or chlorine compounds. Disney will ...
Invest significantly in educating woodland owners about sustainable forest management certification and forest carbon offsets in order to build supply. One effective practice is to leverage existing woodland owner networks for educational outreach. Engage experts on both the forest certification and ...
Four types of forest carbon offset projects exist—reforestation, afforestation, forest conservation/avoided conversion, and improved forest management. Forest carbon offsets can create an incentive for southern woodland owners to engage in land management practices that retain or restore forests and ...
Decline is now limited to only a few regions and in some areas significant forest expansion has occurred. Around 3 % of European forests are protected for biodiversity conservation, 25 % of EU forests are excluded from wood harvesting, and forest certification schemes and sustainable forest ...
Over the longer term, developing alternative energy sources is the key to reducing forest pressure in developing countries. Despite the high value to society of intact forests, only about 290 million hectares of global forest area are legally protected from logging. ...
.: He may work in the pulp and paper industry, but Guy Tremblay prefers not to have stacks of documents and binders in his office. Today, the Forest Certification Coordinator at Abitibi Consolidated Inc. in Montreal keeps on top of all his compliance requirements with the Canadian enviroOSH Legislation Plus Standardsservice from ...
The aim of the paper is to analyse the consequences of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) on the forest sector and social welfare. In a context where buyers are free to choose an outside option (alternative material), we analyse the optimal management behaviour of foresters. A vertical differentiation set-up a la Mussa-Rosen makes it possible to ...
In most countries, forests are growing older and thus more valuable for biodiversity conservation, and a slightly decreased effect of air pollution has been observed. Conserving biodiversity has been gaining ground within the objectives of forest management, as has certification of the products of sustainably-managed forests. ...
One could argue that labeling systems like the Environmental Choice program, operated by Terra Choice, and various forest certification systems are also Level 1 tools. The caution is that many labeling programs focus on single attributes, or performance measures (energy use or recycled content, for example), and may therefore be misleading when they convey a ...