Search Results: 'Forestry Commission'

Guyana Joins the FSC Club
28 December, 2016
The Iwokrama forest in Guyana has achieved FSC certifi cation, a landmark achievement for the country. Stephen Powney reports

A position of influence
24 October, 2016
Confor’s chief executive Stuart Goodall turned his childhood love of forests and open spaces into a lifetime career. Sally Spencer reports

Onwards and upwards
20 September, 2016
The British-grown timber sector is determined to make the best of the decision to leave the EU. Sally Spencer reports

Time to fall in behind FLEGT
20 September, 2016
With the first EUTR-exempt FLEGT-licensed timber now set to arrive in the EU this year, European Timber Trade Federation Secretary General André de Boer says the industry should focus on making the most of its potential

Time to fall in behind FLEGT
20 September, 2016
With the first EUTR-exempt FLEGT-licensed timber now set to arrive in the EU this year, European Timber Trade Federation Secretary General André de Boer says the industry should focus on making the most of its potential

Scottish government consults on future of Scottish forestry
02 September, 2016
The Scottish government has opened a consultation on “The Future of Forestry in Scotland”.

TIMCON sounds forestry plea
26 August, 2016
A plea for the government to support British forestry has been sounded by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON).

A reason for being
19 August, 2016
Architect Peter Wilson’s career has taken him from designing new towns in the Middle East to championing timber as a construction material. Sally Spencer reports

Ghana’s FLEGT VPA progress impresses
19 August, 2016
Ghana’s programme to start EU FLEGT legality assurance licensing has already resulted in major forest and timber sector reform and the European trade needs to know about it, says TTF Head of Sustainability Mike Worrell

Ghana’s FLEGT VPA progress impresses
19 August, 2016
Ghana’s programme to start EU FLEGT legality assurance licensing has already resulted in major forest and timber sector reform and the European trade needs to know about it, says TTF Head of Sustainability Mike Worrell

Legality enforcement
21 June, 2016
EUTR Competent Authority enforcement agencies and counterparts from around the world regularly gather to share expertise and intelligence under the TREE initiative. Mike Jeffree reports

Wood for Good appoints new campaign director
22 April, 2016
UK timber industry promotional campaign Wood for Good has appointed Christiane Lellig as its new campaign director.

New voices speak out on forestry, environment and FLEGT
25 January, 2016
A technically aware, environmentally committed new generation in supplier countries is increasingly shaping the development of the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT VPA) initiative, and other forestry and timber sector legality and sustainability programmes worldwide. Mike Jeffree asked a range of them in VPA signatory countries worldwide about their views, outlook and aspirations. Here are the responses from Indonesia, Ghana and Honduras

PEFC chain circles the globe
25 January, 2016
The PEFC certification scheme is growing through combining a global and small scale local perspective, reports its UK executive director Alun Watkins.