2002
January
11 PEFC-certified Finnish state forestry: clearcutting in habitats
of endangered species
Helsinki/Taivalkoski, Finland. Finnish environmental NGOs protest
against ongoing clearcutting in old-growth forests in northeastern
Finland. Finnish state forestry enterprise is clearcutting old-growth
forests with habitats of endangered species. Destruction of ecologically
valuable olf-growth forest is certified by PEFC.
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Press releases, photographs and background information by Finnish
Nature League January 8
2001
September
10 Finnish
state clearcutting ecologically valuable old-growth forests. Beware
of PEFC-certified Finnish forest products, says Greenpeace >>>
more
August
21 High
conservation value forests being clearcut in Finland. The PEFC-certified
destruction of high conservation value forests continues in Finland.
The state enterprise Metsahallitus (Forest Service) has logged several
forests of high conservation value in the spring and summer of 2001.
>>> more
July
26 NGOs reject Italian PEFC. Greenpeace
and WWF raised concerns over the sustainability of PEFC and underlined
the importance of rigorous certification. >>>
press release 26 July
May
21 Behind the logo: new studies on PEFC.
Why
PEFC is not a credible certification system? >>>
available at http://www.fern.org
May
7 WWF: Dubious Eco-Label on the Austrian
Wood Market. PEFC contradicts the law.
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For more information see panda.org
April 10 Finnish environmental organisations
publish new information on PEFC certified logging in Finnish old-growth
forests
PEFC -certified logging of Finland's last old-growth forests continues.
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more
April
2 PEFC
Stands on Shaky Ground, a New WWF Report Shows
Zurich,
Switzerland - The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) today released
a new report "PEFC - An Analysis", which shows that the Pan European
Forest Certification (PEFC) system does not comply with the basic
requirements for forest certification.
>>> Read the press release and report by WWF at http://www.panda.org/forests4life
February 19 Environmental
NGOs call for credible forest certification and reject IFIR mutual
recognition proposal
WWF
and Greenpeace reject the proposal by the International Forest Industries
Roundtable (IFIR) for mutual recognition of forest certification schemes.
"We reject the IFIR mutual recognition proposal as fundamentally flawed
and a significant step backwards for forests, forest certification,
and consumers."
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Press release by Greenpeace and WWF
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Photos of the meeting in Rome
February
1 The
Nordic Swan ecolabel loses its credibility
Nordic
Swan Backs From Credible Forest Certification Demand
17 Nordic organisations criticize the Nordic Swan ecolabel
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summary IN ENGLISH at www.taigarescue.org
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Lehdistötiedote IN FINNISH by the Finnish Association for
Nature Conservation: Pohjoismainen ympäristömerkki menettää uskottavuuttaan
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Pressmeddelande IN SWEDISH by WWF Sweden Jan 26: Svanen släpper
sitt ansvar för skogen! 17 nordiska organisationer starkt kritiska
till Svanen i gemensamt brev
January
31 AUSTRIA
Holz-Zertifikate:
Ja, aber richtig! Um die Urwälder zu schützen, sind Holz-Zertifikate
sinnvoll und notwendig. Doch vor Missbrauch ist zu warnen und vor
dem PEFC-Gütesiegel.
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Press release by Greenpeace Austria
January
30 Industry
driven forestry certification won't fool market-certifies forestry
practices not forests
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Press release by Greenpeace International
January
29
FINLAND Suomalainen
metsäsertifiointi ei vastaa markkinoiden toivomuksiin - Arvometsien
hakkuut jatkuvat
>>> Press release by Greenpeace
Nordic and the Finnish Nature League
NORWAY
Skogsindustrins sertifisering klarer ikke markedets miljøkrav
>>>
Press release at www.greenpeace.no
SWEDEN
Skogsindustrins certifiering klarar inte marknadens miljökrav
>>>
Press release at www.greenpeace.se
SWITZERLAND
Greenpeace-Bericht demontiert das Pseudo-Waldlabel PEFC
>>> Press
release at www.greenpeace.ch
