Special
bulletin Nº 114 - January 2007 (complete
edition)
High
Conservation Value Forests (HCVF), is a conceptual tool originally
aimed at zoning forested landscapes in order to optimise forest
management. Born out of a voluntary certification scheme (FSC),
it is now being pushed forward by corporations, governments and
big conservation NGOs. Given that this tool raises a number of questions
regarding the benefits and drawbacks of its use, this bulletin is
aimed at providing information and analysis to facilitate informed
participation in the debate.
Special
bulletin Nº 108 - July 2006 (complete
edition)
Since
October 2004 the FSC has been carrying out a plantation certification
review whose outcome is yet unclear. The WRM has consistently raised
its concerns about the social and environmental impacts of certified
plantations, highlighting that certification was undermining local
peoples’ struggles and empowering plantation companies. The outcome
of the current review is therefore very important, both for the
FSC’s credibility and for local peoples opposing large scale tree
monocultures. We hope that the information and analysis provided
in this bulletin will be a useful input to this debate, both inside
and outside the FSC.
Special
bulletin Nº 64 - November 2002
(complete
edition)
The Forest
Stewardship Council will be holding its general assembly this month
in Oaxaca, Mexico and we wish to share our concerns regarding the
certification of plantations with FSC members, particularly from
environmental and social organizations.
The WRM has been campaigning
for many years against the spread of monoculture tree plantations
and has documented both the interests behind their promotion and
the widespread social and environmental impacts they entail.
Special
bulletin Nº 43 - February 2001
(complete
edition)
A troubling
fact has come to our attention: an increasing number of large-scale
tree monocrops are receiving Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification
throughout the world.
Among the plantations
recently given a "green" stamp of approval are Shell's
plantations in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay; SAPPI’s,
MONDI’s and SAFCOL's in South Africa; Klabin’s and V&M Florestal's
in Brazil; Perum Perhutani's in Indonesia; Fletcher Challenge's
in New Zealand/Aotearoa and many others (see details below). If
this trend continues, many more tree monocultures will also be guaranteed
"sustainable" by the FSC, an organization which enjoys
great credibility among the public.
