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"on-line Certification " Edition Nº24: October 2008

30/10/2008
PEFC COUNCIL 12th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The 12th PEFC Council General Assembly will take place in Canberra, Australia on October 31th. At this meeting will attend all member of PEFC and will be treated as the main themes PEFC Report 2008, changes in documentation PEFC, changes of the membership of PEFC, PEFC Accounts, Elections, among others.
Source: CERTFORCHILE As a result of the audit process conducted by the Certification Body Bureau Veritas Certification Chile in September this year, Forestal Anchile Ltda. and Maderas Anchile Ltda. have obtained the certification of Sustainable Forest Management and Chain of Custody CERTFOR respectively. The licenses numbers are valid E-11 and E-10.
Source: CERTFORCHILE The certifying body SGS Chile S.A. signed license with PEFC CERTFORCHILE. This will allow them to use the logo in either certificates issued, as well as promotional. Your License number is PEFC/24-44-300.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
Already is available the study realized by PriceWaterhouse Coopers “Global Forest Paper & Packaging Industry Survey” conformed by the 100 companies leaders in sales of the forest industry, paper and packing. The study mentions subjects associated to the changes that have taken place in the industry in last times as new business opportunities, and establishes the importance of the forest certification in order to achieve a more sustainable future, being an advantage competitive and a standard for the industry.
Source: CERTFORCHILE Forest certification has become a common practice for many forest product companies and forest management organizations around the world. There are approximately 310 million ha of forest certified to a variety of standards worldwide; and this represents approximately 10% of the world’s forests. Canada has 40% of all certified forest land in the world, more than any other country.
Source: CERTFORCHILE The workshop “Strategic Development Plan 2009-2013” was made on september 30th in the Corporation CERTFORCHILE. This workshop was attended by the constituent partners and set the main guidelines to be followed by the Corporation during the next few years. The plan will be approved at the next General Assembly of Members.
Source: CERTFORCHILE In recent times there have been some developments related to the sustainable production of wood, which is why the United Kingdom, United States. UU. and the European Union have been working to incorporate sustainable wood and control the illegal timber. The advantages of sustainable timber are: to be a rene-wable product, carbon neutral and potentially sustainable.
Source: The Timber Industry Magazine Talisman Print, Marketing and Design have wanted to reaffirm their environmental credibility with the certification of chain of custody PEFC and FSC. This type of certification has been very important because it allows them to differentiate themselves from their competitors.
Source: News Print Week
PEFC will support the British Wood Pulp Association (BWPA), which we will be an important platform to make concerted additional information about the forest certification scheme.
Source: News Print Week The world’s forests have a vast potential to contribute to tackling climate change, but unified global action is required now to realize this opportunity, according to a consensus by a diverse group of global forest leaders.
Source: PEFC Council

OTHER INTEREST NEWS

20/10/2008	EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACCEPTS PEFC; STRESSES NEED FOR CONSISTENT GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICIES Source: PEFC Council
18/10/2008	HISTORY OF FOREST CERTIFICATION Source: Print 21
14/10/2008	APP MILLS GRANTED PEFC CERTIFICATION Source: Print 21
14/10/2008	SFI® INC. LAUNCHES NEW ON-PRODUCT LABELS Source: Print 21
14/10/2008	REPORT: SUSTAINABILITY BEGINS IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Source: Print 21
14/10/2008	WELLS TIMBERLAND REIT EARNS SFI CERTIFICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FO-REST MANAGEMENT Source: Print 21

KNOWING THE PEFC FAMILY
PEFC Australia

The Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS) was launched in December 1999 with the support of the state and forest industries. The standards were developed under the Australian standards development process and included the participation of social, environmental and economic stakeholders.

The AFCS was endorsed by the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) during the General Assembly in October 2004, which was held in Santiago, Chile.

Australia is one of seven non-European countries that conform PEFC(Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Gabon, Malaysia and USA). At present, The AFCS is in the process of re-endorsement by the PEFC Council and now is being reviewed by an independent Panel of Experts.

The AFCS includes a national forest standard called the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) and a chain of custody standard. The AFS is applicable to both natural and plantation forests.

Currently, the Australian system has 7.884.291 certified hectares, 30 Chain of custody certificates and 49 PEFC Licenses.

The next General Assembly, will be held in Canberra, Australia at the end of October 2008.

Major information about the Australia scheme in www.forestrystandard.org.au

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