Kimberly-Clark and WWF Work Together to Conserve the World's Forests
Washington, DC and Dallas, TX – Kimberly-Clark Corporation, one of the world’s largest producers of tissue products, has joined WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network and committed to increase its use of wood fiber from sustainable sources to help protect the world’s forests. Protecting the world’s forests is critical to addressing climate change as deforestation accounts for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
HP Joins WWF’s Global Forest and Trade Network
WASHINGTON, DC, and PALO ALTO, Calif. – HP today announced it has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network in North America (GFTN-NA), a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative linking more than 300 companies globally that share a commitment to responsible forestry. By becoming a member of the GFTN, HP has committed to progressively increase the amount of responsibly harvested fiber used in its paper products and sold globally.
Tetra Pak Inc. Joins Global Forest and Trade Network
WASHINGTON, DC and VERNON HILLS, IL – Tetra Pak Inc., a leading manufacturer of food processing and packaging systems, is joining WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network in North America (GFTN-NA) to promote trade of responsibly sourced forest products. The Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) is WWF’s initiative to eliminate illegal logging and transform the global marketplace into a force for saving the world’s valuable and threatened forests.
Unsustainable Logging Threatens Great Ape Populations
All species of great apes are (critically) endangered, and their continued existence depends on the conservation of the tropical rainforests. Recognizing that the majority of great apes live outside of formal protected areas, where logging is the most common land use, a new WWF report 'Great Apes and Logging' compares the consequences of different types of logging for a variety of species in general, and for great apes in particular.
Colombia commits to stop illegal timber trade
The Colombian Government signed a Pact For Legal timber in Colombia.
WWF, GFTN and ITC Join Hands to Promote Sustainable Forestry
ITC is the first amongst companies in India that have passed the rigorous criteria for being a part of this network which globally has over 350 companies enlisted as its members. These companies represent 15% of the Global trade in forest products.
WWF /GFTN Iberia: First Business Trip in Portugal Showed Importance of Cork Certification
Lisbon, Portugal – The GFTN-Iberia first Business Trip, dedicated to FSC cork and organized by WWF in Portugal, ended last week in Oporto after two days of visits: a first day devoted to the sector of cork production, where it was possible to see in loco the harvesting of FSC cork in Herdade dos Fidalgos (2204 ha FSC certified), Coruche region; and a second day devoted to the cork industry, with visits to the GFTN-Iberia members’ factories - Cork Supply (natural cork stoppers) and Amorim Revestimentos (cork flooring), both located in Saint Maria da Feira (Oporto).
Asia Pulp & Paper/Sinar Mas Group Set to Destroy Orangutan Reintroduction Site, Critical Tiger Forest
A massive logging operation planned by one of the world’s largest
paper companies will destroy the forest home of 100 great apes that are part of the only successful
reintroduction program for Sumatran orangutans, conservationists have learned.
Responsible Forestry Prevails in the Congo Basin
YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — Forest conservation in the Congo Basin passed a significant milestone in sustainable forestry management through the recent achievement of over 2 million hectares (ha) of forests managed by GFTN-Central Africa Participants receiving certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The certification consisted of forests managed by SEFAC, Transformation Reef Cameroon, PALLISCO and WIJMA in Cameroon and Industrie Forestière d’Ouesso (IFO) in the Republic of Congo.
Illegal wood soon excluded from EU markets
WWF has welcomed today’s decision by the European Parliament to support strict rules to eliminate illegally harvested wood from the European market.