[Greenbuilding] ***Forest Stewardship Council: A list oftheirlatest lying certifications!***

[Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance]

Thanks, Lawrence--that's only a partial list of RECENT challenges, by the
way--the challenges extend for years back, equally and more egregious, such
as PT Diamond Raya in Indonesia. Also, please check out the world-wide
condemnation of FSC-certified PLANTATIONS (for paper, not wood) in the World
Rainforest Movement's July bulletin at http://www.wrm.org.uy/index.html In
it are challenges of FSC-certified plantations in 11 countries (see
below)...


      THE FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: FSC's PLANTATION CERTIFICATION REVIEW

        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.

      OUR VIEWPOINT

        a.. Plantation certification review process: The future of the FSC
at stake

      CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVISION PROCESS

        a.. FSC Plantations Review: Raising the Bar or Lowering Standards?
        b.. The rot at the core of the FSC apple: Vested interest and
so-called 'independent certification'
        c.. Brazil: Asking explanations from FSC, Imaflora/Smartwood and
Aracruz

        d.. Certified plantations in Uruguay: Can the FSC really guarantee
peace of mind to consumers?
        e.. The power of corporate groups. The case of the local Ecuadorian
FSC

      RESEARCH ON CERTIFIED PLANTATIONS
        a.. Brazil: Certification of V&M and Plantar plantations
        b.. Ecuador: Zero community benefits from FACE PROFAFOR certified
plantations
        c.. South Africa: Research views FSC certified tree plantations as a
legacy of apartheid

        d.. Swaziland: Impacts of Mondi Peak plantations certified by FSC

        e.. Uruguay: Four companies that should not be certified

      OTHER CHALLENGED CERTIFIED PLANTATIONS
        a.. Australia: Certified monoculture tree plantations challenged for
aerial spraying and loss of biodiversity
        b.. Colombia: The incredible and sad certification of Smurfit
plantations
        c.. Ecuador: Endesa-Botrosa's certified plantation in Rio Pitzara
(*)
        d.. Ireland: Coillte's FSC certified plantations questioned
        e.. Spain: Spanish groups withdraw from FSC
        f.. Venezuela: A Chilean company's plantations certified by
SmartWood are challenged


Mary Bull, Co-director
Greenwood Earth Alliance, Save the Redwoods - Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick, San Francisco, CA 94117 http://www.gapsucks.org
Chalice Farm and Sustainable Living Center, 748 Montgomery Rd, Sebastopol CA
95472
415-731-7924 - 415-509-1188 chalicenew at earthlink.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Lile" <LLile at projsolco.com>
To: "Greenbuilding" <GREENBUILDING at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] ***Forest Stewardship Council: A list
oftheir latest lying certifications!***


> Thanks, Mary.  The specific allegations of FSC fraud at the end of this
> email really help us to understand why you are so passionate about this
> issue.
>
> --Lawrence
>
>
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