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After 15 years of effort, just 11% of the world's forests are certified as sustainable

Certified tropical hardwoods remain scarce

How risky is your timber?
Published:  08 August, 2008

The difficulties of achieving forest certification in certain regions and growing pressure on importers to eradicate illegal wood are making risk assessment of suppliers an increasingly important tool in timber procurement – and it may become a legal obligation in the EU. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports

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CIB in the Congo has achieved FSC certification

Turning up the heat in the tropics
Published:  22 February, 2008

Certification is developing slowly in the tropics, but it is not the only means of ensuring sustainable and legal supply. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports

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CPET rates SFI-certified timber as “legal and sustainable”

Transforming the landscape
Published:  07 December, 2007

In the third of a series on the various sustainable timber certification schemes, Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence examines the Sustainable Forestry Initiative

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The FSC logo is probably the most familiar forest certification brand in the UK

FSC makes a mark
Published:  01 August, 2007

In the second of a series of articles on the various sustainable timber certification schemes, Rupert Oliver examines the Forest Stewardship Council

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In terms of area, PEFC is the largest certification scheme with 193 million ha certified in 21 countries KRISTA KIMMO

Certified success
Published:  02 April, 2007

In the first of a series of articles on timber environmental certification schemes, Rupert Oliver looks at the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)

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CIB collaborated with a wide range of organisations to help raise its environmental performance

Making concessions
Published:  10 December, 2006

Achieving Forest Stewardship Council certification is no small challenge for a tropical hardwood producer. Rupert Oliver explains the lengths that CIB went to in the Congo Republic

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Category B forest and timber certification criteria are condemned as easy options by environmental campaigners GREENPEACE

Getting on the B list
Published:  23 October, 2006

Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence considers the implications of CPET's rating system for timber outside certification schemes

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Producers of softwood lumber, OSB and MDF in the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Finland offer UK distributors FSC- or PEFC-certified product without a price premium

Sourcing certified forest products
Published:  13 April, 2006

Independently-certified wood products are increasingly in demand in the UK, notably for government construction projects, but sourcing them isn’t always straightforward. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports

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