Major highlights include:
* Enabling Markets to Work for Forets: GFTN at the World Forestry Congress 2009.
* Africa: Study Reveals Importance of Certification in Survival of Great Apes
* B&Q Secures Biggest Volume of Tropical FSC-Certified Plywood in the World
* Showcasing GFTN's Certified Wood Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
* Harmonizing Policy and Practice in China
* Sustainable Timber Revolution at Bovis Lend Lease
* Planting the Seeds of Sustainability in West Africa
* And more on GFTN's vision in action
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Major highlights include:
* Responsible forestry takes root in São Paulo's local industry
* The role of business in building value in the Amazon’s forests
* GFTN-West Africa welcomes Ayum Forest Products Ltd
* Achieving growth in the face of adversity through responsible forestry
* GFTN-Bolivia links certified supply to responsible demand
* Certification driving change in Brazil's forestry industry
* Transforming markets to conserve Portugal's cork heritage
* And more on GFTN’s vision in action
Major highlights: expanding the reach of responsible forestry in India, certified Chinese forest surpasses 1 million ha milestone, GFTN-UK participant awarded largest UK CoC Certification, GFTN-Indonesia welcomes Sima Furniture and Integra, Wal-Mart committed to responsible forestry in the Heart of Borneo, influencing the future of the Malaysian timber industry, Tetra Pak reaches 100 million certified packs milestone, and more...
Forest Conversion News No. 22 - March 2009
Major highlights: Launch of GFTN-Iberia and re-launch of GFTN-France; Big wins and accolades in the Congo Basin, GFTN-NA innaugural meeting in Washington DC; GFTN-China's annual meeting in Shanghai; Reduced impact logging in Brazil; New GFTN Participants; GFTN-Peru international business roundtable event; Vietnam forest industry responds to new US legislation, and more...
Forest Conversion News No. 21 - December 2008
Major highlights: The development of GFTN in Laos and India; new Rules of Participation to further improve the programme; the need for a credible certification in India; how being legal is NOT always enough, the far reaching impacts of U.S. Lacey Act; and more on GFTN's global progress...