2001

Report PDF: T&E_Jan_2001

Contents:

1: Meetings
1.1: FSC and IFIR Working Group discuss Mutual Recognition
1.2: Future Meetings

2: Forest certification developments
2.1: Pan European Certification Scheme
2.2: Proforest - Another Mutual Recognition Iniative
2.3: FSC certified forest area rises by 800,000 hectares

3: Market developments
3.1: WWF's pragmatic approach to sourcing wood from Central Africa
3.2: Greenpeace policy on forest management certification and labeling schemes

4: Environmental issues
4.1: Greenpeace launch offensive against PEFC
4.2: Criticism of European forestry
4.3: World Bank Review of Policy on Tropical Logging

Finnish Companies Granted PEFC Logo-Usage Licenses - end January 2001

Report PDF: T&E_Feb_Mar_2001

Contents:

1: Meetings
1.1: Recent meetings
1.2: Future meetings

2: Forest certification developments
2.1: Pan European Certification Scheme (PEFC)
2.2: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
2.3: International Forest Industry Roundtable working Group
2.4: Eastern European Unions express support for mutual recognition

3: Market Developments
3.1: Rapid increase in FSC chain of custody certification
3.2: Veneer paneling manufacturer joins Belgium Buyers group
3.3: Nordic Swan recognizes PEFC alongside FSC

4: Environmental issues
4.1: WWF join in on the offensive against PEFC
4.2: Greenpeace maintain pressure on Finnish forestry
4.3: WWF focus on worlds largest wood companies
4.4: Environmentalists focus on forestry investors
4.5: Russia and Baltic States' campaign

Report PDF: T&E_Apr_May_2001

Contents:

1: Meetings
1.1: Recent meetings
1.2: Future meetings

2: Forest certification developments
2.1: ENGO's turn up the heat
2.2: Pan European Forest Certification Scheme

3: Market Developments
3.1: Ramin trade ban
3.2: Market study suggests weak UK demand for certification
3.3: Trade shows indicate limited interest in forest certification
3.4: German demand for forest certification
3.5: FSC Present in Finnish Stores
3.6: UK trade policy on forest certification supports mutual recognition
3.7: Pressure on PVC
3.8: Bolvian experience

4: Environmental issues
4.1: Greenpeace focus on Amazon once again
4.2: Amazonian deforestation on the rise
4.3: The Economist takes a look at forest certification in Brazil
4.4:  Indonesia reports slow progress on forest reform
4.5: Liberia - a forestry rogue state
4.6: asian companies' massive involvement in tropical logging
4.7: UK industry rebels against climate levy
4.8: World Bank Forestry Loan Signed
4.9: Russian Illegal Logging
4.10: Environmentalists recruit Santa Claus

Report PDF: T&E_Jun_2001

Contents:

1: Meetings
1.1: Recent meetings
1.2: Future meetings

2: Forest certification developments
2.1: Pan European Certification Scheme (PEFC)
2.2: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
2.3: Russia introduces a system of "mandatory certification"
2.4: New Zealand seeks to build forest certification consensus

3: Market Developments
3.1: UN/ECE Analysis of Certification Markets
3.2: Danish government commit to FSC
3.3: Keurhout assess Finnish scheme
3.4: Spanish importers report low demand for forest certificates

4: Environmental issues
4.1: Growing environmentalist disenchantment with forest certification
4.2: European timber companies in tropical Africa 

Report PDF: T&E_July_Sep_2001

Contents:

1: Meetings
1.1: Recent meetings
1.2: Future meetings

2: Forest certification developments
2.1: Pan European Certification Scheme (PEFC)
2.2: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
2.3: New Zealand
2.4: Australia
2.5: Brazil

3: Market Developments
3.1: German retailer boycotts PEFC system
3.2: IKEA's Purchasing Policy

4: Environmental issues
4.1: Mixed results for SFM from certification
4.2: Swedish FSC companies remain target for environmentalists 

Report PDF: T&E_Oct_2001

Contents:

1: Forest certification developments
1.1: Pan European Certification Scheme (PEFC)
1.2: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
1.3: Cross-Sectoral Discussions on Certification in Sweden
1.4: Changing ownership in Nordic countries

2: Market Developments
2.1: EU legislation to prevent discrimination on basis of production methods
2.2: UK Government clarify timber purchasing policy
2.3: Keurhout
2.4: German and Austrian PEFC labels begin to emerge
2.5: FSC certified teak markets in chaos

3: Environmental issues
3.1: World Bank leads forest strategy
3.2: FAO State of the World's Forests
3.3: PEFC Norway criticised for its handling of wolf populations
3.4: FoE Netherlands focuses on Russia
3.5: Finnish "old growth" forest campaign
3.6: Revivial of Brazilian mahogany campaign
3.7: Nordics are the greenest

4: Meetings
4.1: Recent meetings
4.2: Future meetings

Report PDF: T&E_Dec_Jan_2001

Contents:

1: Forest certification developments
1.1: Pan European Certification Scheme (PEFC)
1.2: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
1.3: Canada

2: Special Report: FAO Forest Resource Assessment 2000
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Summary of results from FRA 2000 for the world and USA
2.3: Highlights of FRA 2000

3: Special Report: Forests and the Kyoto Protocol

4: Environmental Issues
4.1: Greens maintain pressure on FSC
4.2: Illegal logging in Russia
4.3: Brazilian authorities make mahogany certification mandatory

5: Meetings
5.1: Recent meetings
5.2: Future Meetings