GFTN in Latin America & the Caribbean

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03 Dec 2008
Industry Partnership Launched to Protect World’s Threatened Forests
New Delhi, India: An international partnership between WWF and the forest products industry - the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) - has today launched a new national arm, the Global Forest & Trade Network-India (GFTN-India).  » Read more

29 Nov 2008
Amazon deforestation trend on the increase
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday by the country's space agency INPE.  Brazil's government has meanwhile confirmed that it will be issuing forest related carbon emission reduction targets on Monday. » Read more

18 Nov 2008
FSC still the best
WWF recently commissioned an assessment of the two global forest certicification schemes, using the  Forest Certification Assement Guide (FCAG). Based on this latest FCAG assessment as well as other previous assessments, WWF concludes that FSC still best meets WWF's core requirements for forest certification.  » Read more