Certifying timber gives some level of certainty that forest products are sustainable. CIFOR/Flickr The two international forestry certifications - Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Program for the ...

The FSC’s standards rest on some of the most enlightened forestry practices in the world. By creating a specific market for ethical wood, the FSC aims to create a world of ethically run and ...

Forest certification is a system of inspecting and tracking timber, paper pulp and other forest products to make sure they’ve been harvested according to a strict set of guidelines. Forest ...

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) announced in a release yesterday that the Iwokrama Forest has retained its Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) ...

A handful of credible and scientific studies have been conducted to assess the impact of FSC certification. A meta-analysis of these studies reveals that there is limited but concrete evidence ...

The UNFF Country-Led-Initiative (CLI) by the Government of India in support of the UN Forum on Forests was held successfully in Dehradun, India from 26 to 28 October. The meeting brought together over ...

A growing body of evidence suggests timber certification schemes aimed at minimising damage to the environment in Australia could be failing to protect forests. A sustainable timber certification body ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Quang Tri Smallholder Forest Certification Group has been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council certification making it the first group of small forest owners in Viet Nam to ...

India's environment ministry launches the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme, which aims to promote sustainable forest management and agroforestry practices. The scheme provides an ...

The Indian government has launched the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme to promote sustainable forest management and agroforestry practices. The scheme provides an environmental label, called ...

Forest certification is considered a promising tool to improve forest management, but there needs to be a robust evaluation of a complex web of factors to establish its true value for various ...