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Welcome to PEFC website. The PEFC is committed to promoting sustainable forest management through independent third party forest certification.
Sustainable forest management is based on environmentally, socially beneficial and economically viable management of forests for present and future generations.

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| 2008/05/09
| PEFC Council relocates from Luxembourg to Geneva (Switzerland)
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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
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| 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
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| 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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| 2008/03/13
| PEFC Council Newsletter March 2008
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| PEFC Council: PEFC Council Annual Review 2008, PEFC Council Global Statistics, Guidance on the "Project" Chain of Custody, PEFC launches global Governance Review, Peer review up and running, PEFC commissions Social Criteria study, PEFC UK hosts high profile Westminster dinner, Chicago Carbon Exchange endorses PEFC, Xerox chooses PEFC, The Guardian uses PEFC paper, New PEFC position papers, Assessment of 7 national certification schemes, Revision of the international PEFC Chain of Custody standard, Revision of the PEFC Logo Usage Rules, New communication manager at PEFC Belgium, PEFC Council National Secretaries Meeting, Reports from the PEFC National Member Countries.
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| PEFC Governance Review - comments invited online
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As part of its ongoing Governance Review, PEFC is pleased to invite comment on the organisation, its structure, and Mission from its stakeholders, partners, and the general public through an on-line survey.
The survey can be accessed on-line here.
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