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Sustainable forest management is based on environmentally, socially beneficial and economically viable management of forests for present and future generations.

2008/05/15	PEFC Council appoints Head of Communications; relocates to Geneva, Switzerland
PEFC Council:  The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes), the world's largest forest certification organization, has announced the appointment of Thorsten Arndt as Head of Communications.
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2008/05/09	PEFC Council relocates from Luxembourg to Geneva (Switzerland)
As of 13 May 2008 the PEFC Council office will be located in Geneva (Switzerland) with the following contact details: PEFC Council World Trade Center 1 10 Route de l’Aéroport 1215 Genève, Switzerland. Tel: +41 (0)22 799 45 40 Fax: +41 (0)22 799 45 50 E-mail: info@pefc.org Due to the relocation, the office was closed during the week 5 - 9 May 2008. We thank you for your understanding.
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2008/04/08	PEFC Position Paper: Climate Change and Forest Certification
The PEFC Council has issued a position paper on the carbon issue and forest certification. The paper outlines possible links between the mitigation of global climate change and carbon emission and their interactions with forest certification activities.
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2008/03/28	Public consultation – revision of both the PEFC Logo usage and chain of custody rules
The PEFC Council invites users of the PEFC scheme as well as consumers of PEFC certified products, other stakeholders and its members to contribute to the revision of both the PEFC Logo usage rules (Annex 5 of the PEFC TD) and PEFC chain of custody standard (Annex 4 of the PEFC TD). Comments, experience and expectations relating to those key elements of the PEFC scheme should be submitted to the PEFC Council by 30th April 2008.
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