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- Hometown:
- Cologne
- Homecountry
- Indonesia
- Age
- May 7, 1978
- About Me:
- guys,
Well, I grew up in the tropical country which has 3rd biggest biodiversity in this planet. However the rampant illegal logging and demand of bio fuel degrade its diversity. I studied in the field of forestry (resources conservation) in Indonesia and after my studying at the Hohenheim University on Tropenmaster, Stuttgart, did a research at the Forest Stewardship Council, Bonn. Anyway thanx Agneska, my lovely EFEES collague 06 Sweden for connecting me with this network :). And Now (winter'08) have been trying to understand how such climate policy have been developed here at the Universitaet Zum Koeln.
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- University of Cologne
- Website:
- http://www.uni-koeln.de
- My activities / interests
- so much interest on climate change mitigation and adaptation, particulary on policy - preserving forest. I do interested as well in culture and tradition, understanding the way how people living
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yes, i do myself so glad to meet u here :) and so proud of u and ur activities :)
how's Cologne anyway?
yeah, unfortunately we did not meet at that time. actually that my second visit while my first visit to Germany was stayed in Cologne for a week and i couldn't forgot the great church of d city. what a picturesque spot! And i prayed that someday i can continue my study in part of this country :)
actually i am now living in Jakarta, since i graduated from IPB,
i am working for MoF and moving to East Borneo in next couple of months.
hopefully we can keep in touch and stay living green :) for greener planet.
ur sister
Nice that you have found me. Sure im here in Bonn. Where are you in Germany now? let me know your plans.
Cheers,
Grace
I am back after collecting sun shine in my lovely previous university and got my self trapped there. So here some comments about FSC articles but please consider that the opinion I writing down is my personal thought.
Well, I think we do have a same question mark if we read an article which is not scientifically proved or if “yes” spontaneous respond my say “Oh REALLY? “. So when I read the articles in the first time I came to broad view about certification mechanism; the idea why and how it is developed, as well as how does its mechanism work? Historically FSC was created in 1993 as a market-based tool for promoting responsible forest management in response to accelerating deforestation particularly in tropical regions. At its heart was the philosophy of finding consensus solutions through a multi-stakeholder approach. Currently there are 675 members, drawn from environmental NGOs, civil society movements such as indigenous peoples’ organizations and trade unions, and private sector companies, as well as individual members. After in-depth stakeholder consultation, the FSC sets standards to promote responsible forest management. There are 10 basic principles, with their associated criteria, with which forest operations must comply to obtain FSC certification. Please see the website below:
http://www.fsc.org/en/about/policy_standards/princ_criteria
And the Compliance with these principles and criteria to get the label is verified by independent third party certification bodies. Simple the process to get certified is
1. Forest owner request to certified body, certified send the information what are the requirements have to be fulfilled (it may take more than a year). There is also FSC National Initiative in ecah country where the national standard are created and It involves stekholders
2. Certified body certify whether the forest owner eligible to get certification, if not: the process must be repeated. If yes, certified body registers to executive body. The validation takes every 10 years
3. Accreditation of certified bodies done by Accreditation Service International every year
If we compare to CDM mechanism it is different where Executive board meeting has play role on project acceptance. At the FSC ther is complain department which all unsatisfaction process may be addressed where.
Anyway out of few case, the hotest new I got,there is 100 million forests certified under FSC mechanism. And I am pretty sure that FSC learns from the experience.
So I look forward to getting your responds and remember the view above is my own mind.
dian
I just got this mail about FSC. Since I do not know much about it, you might comment on wether this critique is justified or not:
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FOREST PROTECTION NEWS TODAY
FSC Failing the World's Forests
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Rainforest Portal and Forests.org projects of
Ecological Internet, Inc.
http://www.rainforestportal.org -- Rainforest Portal
http://forests.org/ -- Forests.org
Update of the "Stop the Forest Liars: "Certified" Old-Growth
Rainforest Logging Does NOT Protect Biodiversity, Ecosystems
or Climate" still current and able to be sent at:
http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=fsc_forest_liars
March 26, 2008
OVERVIEW & COMMENTARY by Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet
Mongabay reports below that the Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is coming under increasingly harsh criticism. Ecological
Internet (EI) and many others believe FSC is imploding as
claims of environmental and social benefits of ancient forest
logging and industrial monoculture plantations are exposed as
myths. FSC's future (if it is to have one) depends upon
changing its guidelines to end support for both business as
usual old-growth logging and large-scale monoculture
plantations.
If unwilling to end their involvement in ancient forest
logging, FSC and supporters must be protested until they are
shutdown. Global ecological sustainability depends critically
upon strictly protecting all remaining relatively natural
ecosystems, particularly primary forests. All ancient forests
are of high conservation value. There is no alternative to
continued logging of centuries old trees found in primary
forests. The era of ancient forest logging must end if global
ecological collapse is to be averted.
There may be a role for certification of plantations and
regenerating forests, yet these FSC certifications are also
troubled by conflicts of interests by certifiers, flawed
certifications in violation of guidelines, and terribly
insufficient standards for industrial monoculture-based
plantations. Only management of natural mixed species, toxic
free and community supported secondary and planted forests is
worthy of claims of being environmentally and socially
beneficial.
It is ludicrous to expect the public to differentiate FSC
certification from other "green" seals and business as usual
industrial ancient and plantation logging. A much more
truthful, ecologically sufficient and accessible public
message is that all ancient forest logging must end as a
matter of planetary survival, and we must meet our needs for
wood products from regenerating, ecologically managed natural
forests for the benefit of local peoples.
Once united behind a goal of ending ancient forest logging,
the forest protection movement can work to end all industrial
destruction and gain permanent protections for all remaining
primary and old-growth forests (with appropriate compensation
and continued small scale use for local peoples), promote the
ecological restoration and certified management of
regenerating and planted natural forest ecosystems, and assist
local peoples with community based eco-development projects
based upon growing secondary and standing ancient forests.
This is the sufficient, ecology and people based forest
protection agenda, and the only one worthy of your support.
g.b.
To comment:
http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2008/03/fsc_failing_the_worlds_forests.asp
To protest:
http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=fsc_forest_liars
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RELAYED TEXT STARTS HERE:
Title: FSC has 'failed the world's forests' say critics
Timber certification body under attack from environmentalists
for slipping standards
Source: Copyright 2008, Mongabay, http://www.mongabay.com/
Date: March 26, 2008
Byline: Jeremy Hance
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has come under
increasingly harsh criticisms from a variety of environmental
organizations. The FSC is an international not-for-profit
organization that certifies wood products: its stamp of
approval is meant to create confidence that the wood was
harvested in an environmentally-sustainable and socially-
responsible manner. For years the FSC stamp has been
imperative for concerned consumers in purchasing wood
products. Yet amid growing troubles for the FSC, recent
attacks from environmental organizations like World Rainforest
Movement and Ecological Internet are putting the
organization's credibility into question.
Last week the World Rainforest Movement released a scathing
press release calling a decision by the FSC to certify
eucalyptus plantations in Brazil its "death certificate." The
eucalyptus plantations are owned by Veracel, a partnership
between Aracruz Celulose of Brazil and Stora Enso of Sweden-
Finland, which has a shaky environmental record. The press
release alleges that Veracel "has a very well known record of
harmful actions, including violating local communities' rights
over land, to environmental pollution, water depletion and
ecosystem destruction." World Rainforest Movement's greatest
concern, however, is that by certifying Veracel's eucalyptus
plantations, the FSC is stating that large-scale monoculture
plantations are environmentally sound, socially responsible,
and beneficial to local people. Whereas research has shown
that monoculture plantations support little biodiversity,
result in CO2 emissions relative to natural forests, and
undermine the efforts of local people to manage forests in a
sustainable manner. In calling this decision the FSC's "death
certificate" the World Rainforest Movement asserts that "the
certification of Veracel is not an isolated fact, but the last
piece in a chain of failures."
As this press release emerged, the FSC was already under
criticism by another environmental organization, Ecological
Internet. In early March Ecological Internet began a campaign
stating that the FSC's support for logging old-growth forests
was completely at odds with its purpose. The campaign targets
some of the world's most influential environmental and well-
respected NGOs, asking them to withdraw their support from the
FSC. These include Greenpeace, WWF, Rainforest Action Network,
NRDC, Forest Ethics, Friends of the Earth and the Rainforest
Alliance. Ecological Internet claims that, much like
supporting monoculture plantations, the support of ancient
forest logging diminishes biodiversity, causes net carbon
losses, and harms the forest's ecology.
"It has become evident to environmentalists in the know that
FSC has become an obstacle to ending ancient forest
destruction, addressing climate change and biodiversity loss,
and promoting desirable ecologically based practices in
regenerating and planted forests," Ecological Internet founder
Dr. Glen Barry told mongabay.com. "The organization is plagued
with conflicts of interest, poor quality assurance mechanisms,
and generally has failed the world's forests. As such, we are
in the uncomfortable position of protesting greenwashing NGO
FSC supporters, who are finding it quite difficult to
acknowledge they have been critical in creating and
maintaining the FSC myth."
Dr. Barry's criticism of NGOs that support the FSC has touched
off sharp debates within and without these organizations. The
situation has become so tense that the Rainforest Alliance-
usually a group that does the pro-forest campaigns-recently
faced environmental protesters at a 'Green Leaders' cocktail
party for their support of the FSC and old-growth logging. The
Rainforest Alliance has said they will join in a debate
regarding their support of old-growth logging.
Both of the reports emerged after face-saving efforts by the
FSC in Indonesia where an inquiry by The Wall Street Journal
last year prompted the organization to effectively revoke
certification for a Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper Co.
(APP) project on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The
admission, which environmentalists said showed the FSC had
relaxed its certification standards to the point at which APP
could qualify for the eco-label despite a poor environmental
record, threatened to undermine the credibility of its
labeling scheme.
A report released this week by the Environmental Investigation
Agency (EIA) and Telepak on illegal logging in Southeast Asia
has provided further trouble for the FSC. The report uncovered
that corporations are getting away with lying about
certification. Furniture companies YourPriceFurniture.com and
Kybotech Ltd. both claimed that all their products were FSC
certified when the claim was patently untrue. Both companies
sell wood furniture that has never received FSC certification.
According to the report, Kybotech Ltd. when pressed admitted
that "certain furniture sets were not actually certified."
Such reports of FSC's difficulties-both globally and locally-
are not being ignored. In what may be the beginning of a
large-scale abandonment of the FSC, last Tuesday the Swedish
Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) withdrew its long-time
support of the FSC. In a statement the SSNC said that the "FSC
functions badly in Sweden. The standard is weak, the lack of
observance is substantial and the forest companies will to
improve FSC is weak." Sweden is not alone. Certification
practices in the FSC in Ireland and the US have come under
increased scrutiny, causing outcry amid many local
environmental groups. Last year Norway went as far as banning
use of all certified wood products in public buildings.
While its future seems increasingly precarious, the FSC still
possesses widespread support from large environmental global
players. Further no one has yet proposed a viable replacement
for the FSC should the organization not survive rising
criticism.
In the meantime consumers are left increasingly in the dark
when trying to purchase environmentally-sustainable and
socially-responsible wood products. Caught in an environmental
Catch-22, eco-conscious consumers who want to avoid supporting
large-scale monoculture plantations and old-growth logging,
seem forced to avoide both FSC certified and non-certified
furniture.
The FSC did not reply to Mongabay's request for comment.
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great you joined the network. Seems that more and more young forest experts are meeting here. My thesis on REDD can be downloaded from my office page: http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/~mhuettner/
...have a look at the bottom of the page, there is a link to download it.
Looking forward to hear your comments on this!
Best
Mika