Re: Certification gives the world's forests hope

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• From: "Roy T. Hagen" <ChapeauRed@AOL.COM>
• Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 08:53:29 -0400
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I would like to be able to answer your questions, but I am not the one who
wrote this posting.  I got it off of a WWF listserver, I think it is called
the PANDA listserver.  The author of the message is Francis Sullivan, but I
don't know who he is.  I forwarded the posting to the FOREST listserver
because I thought it may be a topic of interest.

I do happen to know a bit about the organizations that have been certified by
FSC.  There is one in California, forget their name.  Their is Smartwood run
by the Rainforest Alliance and there is SGS in Great Britain.  I think the
fourth is also British.  I believe it is a group that specializes in
certifying organically grown produce.

Cheers,

Roy Hagen

In a message dated 96-09-07 22:02:56 EDT, you write:

<< Hi Roy,

 In a message of <Wed 4 Sep 96 18:12> to Philip Hulsebosch (2:283/622.44),
you
 wrote:

  RTH> Certification gives the world's forests hope
  RTH> By Francis Sullivan*

  RTH> ... FSC does not certify the forest itself, but has already approved
 four organisations which are competent to do this work. Another four
 organisations have applied to be approved as "FSC endorsed certification
 bodies".

 Could you please give their names?

  RTH> To date about 2.3 million hectares of forest have been certified in
all
  RTH> different types of natural forests, from the USA to the Solomon
Islands.
  RTH> A wide range of timber products are now being sold from these
certified
  RTH> forests, and carry the `FSC Trademark', a seal of approval that the
  RTH> forest of origin is well managed......

 Could you please provide a list on this discussion group or put it in a
 Website?

  RTH> Producers and consumers of wood products alike are now seeing the
market
  RTH> as well as the socio-environmental benefits of the certification of
 forests and wood products. Well over a hundred companies (with annual timber
 product sales of over $4 billion) in the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
and
 Austria have already pledged their support to buy wood products which
 have been independently certified through the FSC process and demand is now
 growing daily.

 Could you make also this information public?

 Aggregated information only makes sense if the detailed is accessible.

 In awaiting of your information yours sincerely
 Philip.
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