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Belgium Publisher to Print on PEFC-Certified Paper
FEB 04 2010 | BELGIUM - One of the biggest publishers in Belgium, Roularta Media Group, will publish many of its magazines on PEFC-certified paper as…
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Increasing Availability of Certified Timber
JAN 29 2010 | INTERNATIONAL - In December, the Timber Trade Federation published a report detailing the development of timber certification in the UK over past…
MORE...PEFC Assesses Revised Luxembourg and Slovak Forest Certification Scheme and Invites Comments
JAN 28 2010 | INTERNATIONAL - PEFC Luxembourg and the Slovak Forest Certification Association have revised their forest certification schemes in line with PEFC's requirements of…
MORE...Increasing Availability of Certified Timber
JAN 29 2010 | INTERNATIONAL - In December, the Timber Trade Federation published a report detailing the development of timber certification in the UK over past…
MORE...PEFC Assesses Revised Luxembourg and Slovak Forest Certification Scheme and Invites Comments
JAN 28 2010 | INTERNATIONAL - PEFC Luxembourg and the Slovak Forest Certification Association have revised their forest certification schemes in line with PEFC's requirements of…
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PEFC Certified Christmas Tree to Light St. Peter's Square
DEC 10 2009 | ITALY - As is tradition at the Vatican, a Christmas tree arrived last Friday in Rome and will take pride of place…
MORE...Belgium Publisher to Print on PEFC-Certified Paper
FEB 04 2010 | BELGIUM - One of the biggest publishers in Belgium, Roularta Media Group, will publish many of its magazines on PEFC-certified paper as…
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Spain: Raising Awareness of Carbon Benefits of Certified Timber
DEC 03 2009 | SPAIN - "The tree, a perfect machine" was the theme of a series of workshops PEFC Spain organized at this year's Reciclamadrid'09.…
MORE...PEFC Stands in Belgium
NOV 09 2009 | BELGIUM - "The efforts made in informing the Belgian public about what a PEFC labelled product means has been a real success,…
MORE...PEFC International Announces Re-endorsement of Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS)
JUL 22 2009 | INTERNATIONAL - With the re-endorsement of the Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS), nearly half of all national certification standards have successfully completed…
MORE...Public Consultation on Revised PEFC Chain of Custody Standard Ongoing
JUL 10 2009 | INTERNATIONAL - The public consultation on the draft of the revised PEFC Chain of Custody standard (published on 5th June 2009) and…
MORE...Asian Stakeholders to Provide Input into PEFC Chain of Custody Revision
JUN 24 2009 | JAPAN - The third in a series of workshops aimed at gathering stakeholder input for the revision of PEFC's International Chain of…
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Forest owners: > 476.000
Companies (CoC): 6.171
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