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Long-Term Business Benefits Inspire Forest Concessionaires to Go Green
TFF Southeast Asia is Working with the Borneo Initiative to Assist Six Companies Working Towards Sustainable Forestry
January 25, 2010
Six timber concessionaires in Indonesia's Kalimantan are making a push for green certification, a move they say will not only help preserve the nation’s forests but also ensure their companies survive as viable long-term organizations.
“We don’t want to be a short-lived company looking for a quick profit,” Bambang Poerwanto, production director of PT Roda MasTimber Kalimantan, said recently. “The main benefit for getting certified as green is the long-term survival of our companies.” more...
TFF Unveils New Organization Website
Tools and Resources That Support Sustainable Forest Management
December 8, 2009
Alexandria, VA — The Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) launched a renovated, state-of-the-art website (http://www.tropicalforestfoundation.org/) today. The interactive format is more accessible and educational for its current supporters, prospective participants, contributors and media. The resources and robust research contained within the site will allow TFF to support its mission to increase sustainable forest management and conservation in tropical regions across the globe.
Increasing Demand for Legal Wood With a RIL Solution
February 25, 2009
Recent changes to the Lacey Act now provide for criminal penalties for any US company that knowingly imports illegally harvested wood. TFF has a program in place to deal with the risk by providing a standard for legality and help with independent auditing to confirm to customers and the authorities that wood products are legal for sale in the US.
Lacey Act Requires Legal Sourcing To Do Business in the U.S.
September 9, 2009
As a result of recent changes to the Lacey Act in the United States, most wood products imported into the United States now require a certificate of legal origin from the source country. The TFF has responded to a growing demand for proof of legality by making its Legal Verified program available to any wood supplier or importer that wishes to use an established, internationally recognized, system for documenting legality using an industry- standard chain-of-custody system.
TFF Surpasses 4,000 Trainees in Sustainable Forestry
September 9, 2009
TFF announced today that it expects to graduate its 4,000th trainee in sustainable forestry practices since the inception of the organization in 1991. “Our real strength has always been our ability to work with the wood products industry in tropical countries to assist them on the ground with training and our model forest system” said TFF President, Keister Evans.
