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Edition N°39
January 2010

11/01/10
SUCCESSFUL COURSE FOR INTERNAL AUDITORS FOR CoC ARAUCO 2010
From 6 to 8 of January was held in Planta Nueva Aldea of Celulosa Arauco S.A.  the CERTFOR Chain of Custody for Auditors Training course. This course was targeted for those looking to become Internal Auditors and Leaders Auditors for the CERTFOR / PEFC Certification System.
CERTFORCHILE thanks each participant by the enthusiasm and have contributed to the pleasant atmosphere of learning and camaraderie that developed during the days of the course.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
 
20/01/10
SPAIN REACHED 1.1 MILLION HECTARES OF CERTIFIED FOREST WITH PEFC, LAST YEAR, 60,000 MORE THAN IN 2008
Spain closed the year with 1.1 million hectares of forest with the PEFC forest certification which is 60,000 more than in 2008. By Autonomous Community, Castilla y Leon is in the lead, with 498,190 hectares certified, 43.5 percent of the national total.
Source: Europa press

19/01/10
LIBERIA RETURNS TO EXPLOIT ITS TROPICAL FOREST
Liberia, West African country, is about to restart the exploit of its valuable tropical forest after the UN from seizing his holding in 2003. Its proponents say it will create 40,000 jobs and that the new legislation has become more strict and will prevent abuses. But critics are not so clear.
Source: Lainformación.com

10/01/10
SFI INC. LAUNCHES NEW STANDARD LEADS FOREST CERTIFICATION FORWARD
Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Inc. has released a new standard that reinforces its important role in supporting and promoting sustainable forest management as one of the world’s leading third-party forest certification programs.
Source: SFI Program

22/12/09
XEROX STRIVE TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE
One of the details, which has received most attention is in the paper business. One of the problems with printing, but Xerox is involved in the development of a sustainable paper cycle. Thus, over 90% of its paper has met the requirements of the company, holding various certifications as PEFC
Surce: Fundación Reduce tu Huella.

OTHER INTEREST NEWS

21/01/10	“A TREE UNDER THE ARM” Source: Agroinformación
18/01/10	VITACURA WILL SELL BONDS TO MOTORISTS TO OFFSET CARBON POLLUTION Source: Lignum
14/01/10	COPEC WILL INVEST AROUND US$ 700 MILLION AND WILL PRIVILEGE THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY Source: Lignum
13/01/10	GOVERNMENT GIVES THE OK TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT LOCAL DEVICE Source: Lignum
12/01/10	CHILE SHOULD MEET EIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS AFTER ENTRANCE TO THE OECD Source: Lignum

KNOWING THE PEFC FAMILY
PEFC Slovak

Hubert Palus
Slovak Forest Certification Association (SFCA)
Incorporation year 2002

The Slovak Forest Certification Association (SFCA) was established in 2002 and it became a PEFCC member in the same year. The development of Slovak Forest Certification System was completed in 2004 and the system was endorsed by PEFCC the 12 August 2005.

The founding members are state and non-state forest owners, representatives of industries and other stakeholders such as forestry associations, trade unions, research organisations, educational organisations and non-government organisations.

The objective is to promote sustainable forest management and consumption of timber and wood products as a renewable resource of raw material. Furthermore, it aims at the endorsement of nature conservation principles and sustainable development of the society as a whole.
In SMF the system uses regional certification – all country area is divided into 4 regions for which SFM certificates are issued. Participation of forest owners in forest certification is on voluntary basis.
The Slovak scheme uses the PEFC International Chain of Custody standard (Annex 4 of the PEFC Technical Document) for the purposes of chain of custody certification.
The Slovak Forest Certification Association has Certified forest area – 1 263 415 ha (over 63% of the total forest area), 18 CoC certificates and 57 PEFC logo Licenses.

National forest certification activities were mainly initiated and driven by the state forest sector, later on by big industries (pulp and paper, sawmills) that started to use available PEFC certified timber through tracing timber origin using international PEFC C-o-C standard. C-o-C certification in Slovakia is mostly driven by foreign demand as over 50% of wood products is exported from the country.

Some examples of companies that uses the Logo are Mondi Business Paper, Smurfit Kappa and Rettenmeier.

Previous Editions

2010
News N°41: March
News N°40: February
News N°39: January

2009
News N°38: December
News N°37: November
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News N°35: September
News N°34: Augost
News N°33: July
News N°32: June
News N°31: May
News N°30: April
News N°29: March
News N°28: February
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2008
News N°26: December
News N°25: November
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News N°23: September
News N°22: August