‘Trans-Tasman forestry standard gains pace as New Zealanders embrace PEFC forest certification’ Speaking ahead of an extensive New Zealand outreach, Responsible Wood’s Simon Dorries and Jason Ross spoke glowingly of PEFC’s growing footprint in the forest products industry. ‘We have a busy itinerary, as it stands we are meeting with a variety of timber and paper based companies which…
PEFC provides a new pathway for agricultural landowners to achieve forest certification Long outside the scope of the PEFC ‘forest’ certification, low density trees on agricultural and settlement lands can be now assessed as part of the PEFC ‘Trees Outside Forests’ approach. For small scale forestry, the Trees Outside Forests initiative provides practical and affordable forest certification options for farmers…
‘Responsible Wood and PEFC certified timber featured at PTEC 2019 Conference’ Responsible Wood, the governing body for PEFC in Australia, was one of six key exhibitors at the 2019 Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019) hosted in Brisbane from July 10th to 12th 2019. With a collaborative mix of industry, academics and practitioners, the conference brought together professionals from across…
Indonesia in the spotlight as more than 8% of the world’s forests is now certified under PEFC forest certification… PEFC, the world’s largest forest certification scheme, provides a framework for communities to manage forests responsibly for multi-generational use. And according to a new video, produced by the Indonesian endorsed PEFC scheme (the Indonesian Forest Certification Cooperation), PEFC forest certification…
View from Frame Australia ‘Timber Off Site Construction’ conference… As one of 28 exhibitors, Responsible Wood’s Jason Ross witnessed first-hand the developments in the mass-timber construction market. ‘Mass-timber is revolutionising residential and commercial projects the world over, and Australia is no different with architects, designers, engineers and builders looking to offsite timber systems to take advantage of increasing returns.’ ‘But…
‘Japanese conference celebrates role of PEFC forest certification in protecting forests’ The PEFC family continues to grow from strength to strength with more than 150 delegates from across the Asia-Pacific region meeting at the 2019 SGEC (Sustainable Green Ecosystem Council) / PEFC International Forest Certification Forum in Japan. Hosted in Tokyo on Monday, the 24th of June 2019, the forum…