2004

AF&PA – Trade and Environment Program in Europe Reports

JANUARY-FEBRUARY

Report PDF: T&E_Jan_Feb_2004

Contents:

1: Forest Certification Developments
1.1: Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC)
1.1.1: Certified forest area
1.1.2: PEFC to draft international CoC standard
1.1.3: PEFC and GMOs
1.1.4: PEFC national developments
1.1.5: PEFC conference for ENGOs
1.2: Forest Stewardship Council
1.2.1: Certified forest area
1.2.2: Accreditation process
1.2.3: Chain of custody procedures
1.2.4: Protecting brand integrity
1.2.5: SMILF Initiative
1.2.6: Threatened breakdown in Swedish negotiations
1.3: Certification wars reignite
1.4: MTCC scheme criticised

2: International Arrangements and institutions
2.1: European Union
2.1.1: FLEGT
2.1.2: Eco-label on furniture
2.1.3: EU Procurement Directive
2.3: Convention on Biodiversity

3: National Forest Policy
3.1: Indonesia vs Malaysia (round 2)
3.2: Vietnam
3.3: Congo Basin
3.3.1: Management planning process
3.3.2: New monitoring system

4: National Timber Procurement Policy
4.1: UK
4.1.1: UK government procurement policy
4.1.2: BREEAM/Ecohomes
4.2: Ireland
4.3: FERN survey of timber procurement policies

5: Environmental campaigns and issues
5.1: Greenpeace focuses on Indonesia
5.2: WWF withdraw from Indonesian project
5.3: FERN campaign against recognition of forests as carbon sinks

6: Meetings
6.1: Future meetings in Europe
6.2: Future meetings outside Europe

APRIL-MAY-JUNE

Report PDF: T&E_Apr_Jun_2004

Contents:

1: Summary. p3

2: Forest certification developments. p3
2.1: Distribution of certified forest area and CoC certification. p3
2.2: Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes. p5
2.2.1: Response to QACC. p5
2.2.2: ENGO Symposium. p6
2.2.3: PEFC National developments. p6
     2.2.3.1: Schemes undergoing endorsement. p6
     2.2.3.2: PEFC UK Third AGM 07/07/2004. p6
     2.2.3.3: PEFC in the Czech Republic. p7
     2.2.3.4: PEFC in Germany. p7
     2.2.3.5: PEFC in Italy. p7
2.3: Forest Stewardship Council. p7
2.3.1: New FSC chain of custody standards. p7
2.3.2: FSC Plantations website. p7
2.3.3: FSC Certified Brazil. p7
2.3.4: FSC in the Netherlands. p7
2.3.5: FSC in the United Kingdom. p8
2.4: International harmonisation of chain of custody standards. p8
2.5: Legitimacy threshold model. p8

3: International agreements and institutions. p9
3.1: FLEGT. p9
3.1.1: European Commission finalise FLEGT regulations. p9
3.1.2: Russian FLEG process gets underway. p10
3.1.3: ODI look at role of independent monitors. p10
3.1.4: Assessment of existing EU legal frameworks for illegal logging. p11
3.2: Tropical Timber Trade Action Plan. p12

4: National timber procurement policy. p13
4.1: WWF Government Barometer. p13
4.2: United Kingdom. p14
4.2.1: UK announces appointment of timber experts. p14
4.2.2: British Woodworking Federation says certification policy on-target. p14
4.2.3: BRE decides to remove discriminatory certification policy.  p14
4.3: Danish government takes steps to implement procurement policy. p15
4.4: German Federal government policy still allied to FSC. p15
4.5: Spain. p16
4.5.1: Spanish public sector asks for FSC. p16
4.5.2: AEIM to strengthen code of conduct. p16
4.6: France. p17
4.6.1: France introduces tropical timber policy. p17
4.6.2: French trade association develops corporate social responsibility guide. p18
4.7: The Netherlands. p18
4.7.1: BRL, a possible replacement for Keurhout. p18
4.7.2: Vos Bill back on the agenda. p18
4.8: Ireland moves to inclusive approach. p19
4.9: Polish furniture sector interested in FSC. p20

5: Environmentalist campaigns. p20
5.1: WWF forest and trade network changes direction on FSC-only policy. p20

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER

Report PDF: T&E_Sep_Oct_2004

Contents:

1: Forest certification developments. p3
1.1: Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification. p3
1.1.1: Current status of PEFC certification. p3
1.1.2: PEFC national news. p3
1.2: Forest Stewardship Council. p6
1.2.1: 10th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Conference. p7
1.2.2: FSC Plantations Review. p7
1.2.3: Evolution of international framework. p7
1.2.4: FSC launches new chain of custody standards. p8
1.2.5: Accreditation of standards and certification bodies. p8
1.2.6: FSC Market Developments. p9
1.2.7: UK production of FSC certified timber. p9
1.3: Gabon leads expansion of PEFC into Africa. p10
1.4: Yale Symposium on certification in transition economies. p11

2: International agreements and institutions. p11
2.1: World Bank/WWF Alliance QACC. p11
2.2: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). p12
2.3: European Union Constitution. p12

3: National timber procurement policy. p13
3.1: WWF Barometer updated. p13
3.2: Netherlands. p14
3.2.1: Vos Bill. p14
3.2.2: Assessment of Certified Wood Products. p14
3.2.3: Illegal Logging. p14
3.3: United Kingdom. p15
3.3.1: Government procurement policy. p15
3.3.2: New law promotes sustainable building. p15

4: Environmental campaigns. p15

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER

Report PDF: T&E_Nov_Dec_2004

Contents:

1: Forest certification developments. p4
1.1: Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification. p4
1.1.1: Current status of PEFC certification. p4
1.1.2: PEFC chain of custody standard. p5
1.1.3: PEFC national news. p6
     1.1.3.1: Australian Forest Certification Scheme. p6
     1.1.3.2: PEFC Czech Republic. p7
     1.1.3.3: PEFC Denmark. p7
     1.1.3.4: PEFC Spain. p7
1.2: Forest Stewardship Council. p8
1.2.1: Current status of FSC certified forest area. p8
1.2.2: Current status of FSC chain of custody certification. p9
1.2.3: Plantation review. p9
1.2.4: ISEAL “peer audit” of FSC accreditation system. p10
1.2.5: South America focus of attention. p10
1.2.6: FSC given international award. p10
1.2.7: FSC certificate in British Columbia. p11
1.2.8: B&Q adopts FSC chain of custody. p11
1.2.9: HSBC’s preference for FSC reflects strong WWF links. p12
1.3: CEPI On-line comparative matrix of forest certification schemes. p12

2: International agreements and institutions. p13
2.1: Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG). p13
2.1.1: EU FLEGT. p13
     2.1.1.1: EU Regulation on Timber Import Licensing Scheme. p13
     2.1.1.2: ENGO position. p14
     2.1.1.3: CEPI position. p15
     2.1.1.4: Tropical Timber Trade Action Plan receives funding. p15
     2.1.1.5: RIIA studies highlight legality licensing problems. p16
     2.1.1.6: Development co-operation. p18
2.1.2: Africa FLEG. p18
2.1.3: East Asia. p20
     2.1.3.1: East Asia FLEG progress. p20
     2.1.3.2: Asia Forest Partnership. p20
     2.1.3.3: Inter-governmental MoUs. p21
     2.1.3.4: Indonesia-Malaysia cross-border trade. p22
     2.1.3.5: Workshop on Controlling Trade in Illegally Produced Timber. p23
2.1.4: Europe and North Asia FLEG. p23
2.2: EC Handbook on Green Public Procurement. p24
2.3: International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO). p25

3: National timber procurement policy. p27
3.3: United Kingdom. p27
3.1.1: Government procurement policy. p27
3.1.2: Chartered Institute of Building sustainable timber guidance. p28

4: Meetings. p29
4.1: CEPI Seminar on Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials. p29
4.2: Future meetings. p30

 

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