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Certification in the Congo: a cause for celebration or confusion?Tags: Congo, Tropical Forest Trust, Greenpeace, SGS Qualifor

Along with WWF, Greenpeace recently joined a 'love-in' with African rainforest logger, Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), to celebrate the arrival into Switzerland of the first shipment of CIB's FSC-certified timber.

But some people may be a bit surprised by Greenpeace's inclination to celebrate this event: in 2005, Greenpeace issued a detailed critique of CIB's plans to get their 267,000 hectare concession certified, which followed a multi-disciplinary visit organised by Greenpeace to the CIB concession in December 2004, as CIB were preparing to be assessed...[Continue]

Posted by FSC-Watch on 04 November 2006, 17:38 | Comments (0) | Backlinks (1)
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