Third-party certification confirms that science-based stakeholder developed forest management practices and continual improvement are occurring on all timberland across the Company. Third-party forest ...

The Forest Stewardship Council ® US (FSC ® US) today announced a $100,000 investment from PepsiCo to support the launch of the Responsible Forestry Accelerator, a new pilot initiative developed in ...

Certifying timber gives some level of certainty that forest products are sustainable. CIFOR/Flickr The two international forestry certifications - Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Program for the ...

Demand for wood products is ultimately one of the largest drivers of global deforestation through both direct clear-cutting and selective logging, which increases a forest’s vulnerability to fire and ...

The issue of forest certification for wood and paper products doesn’t dominate current headlines, but unwise government policies and destructive campaigns undertaken by environmental activists can ...

How can we ensure forest protection and sustainable forest biomass production at the same time? A first-ever global map of certified forest areas, based on a participatory and collaborative mapping ...

PotlatchDeltic is committed to independent certification of our forests to demonstrate that they are managed in a sustainable and responsible manner. Independent forest certification plays a vital ...

Washington state yesterday became the first Western state to earn “green certification” for its state lands, which Public Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland called an environmental seal of approval ...

Beleaguered paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper was sharply criticized Wednesday for its claims that its operations are certified sustainable by independent auditors. WWF said its survey of certifiers and ...

One of North America's largest producers of paper and other wood products has agreed to certify all of its forests and mills to FSC standards. Montreal, Canada – Domtar Inc. and WWF-Canada announced ...

The UNFF Country-Led-Initiative (CLI) by the Government of India in support of the UN Forum on Forests was held successfully in Dehradun, India from 26 to 28 October. The meeting brought together over ...

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) announced in a release yesterday that the Iwokrama Forest has retained its Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) ...