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PEFC/30-31-215
Promoting Sustainable
Forest Management
www.pefc.org
PEFC, Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, is a worldwide non-profit, nongovernmental
organization for the promotion of sustainable forest management. Its ultimate
goal is the correct management of all forests in the world. By certification of forest management
forest proprietors can demonstrate that their forest management adheres to PEFC requirements.
A certified forest can yield PEFC certified timber. Further along the chain companies
that are certified Chain of Custody can process this timber into PEFC certified products. For
more information, see the PEFC International website: www.pefc.org or PEFC Nederland: www.
pefcnederland.nl
FSC, the Forest Stewardship Council, is an international non-profit organization, founded in
1993, in order to promote ecological, socially-conscious and cost-effective management of the
world’s forestry: FSC promotes sound forest management. For more information, see the FSC
International website: www.fsc.org or FSC Nederland:
www.fscnl.org. The 10 FSC principles for sound forest management can also be found here.
Why are PEFC and FSC successful?
By their working methods there is a balanced consideration of diverse interests – environment, man and economy. As hallmark model (with a
consistent, transparent system of standards and certifications) they are supported by all significant environmental and developmental organizations
in the world, trade unions and international business community.
How do they operate?
The nucleus of FSC operations is the provision of good management of all tropical and non-tropical forests. By the FSC hallmark system the forest
proprietors adhering to the agreements are can be discriminated from poor managers of forestry. In addition FSC provides recognition of timber to
the end user. The end user can be assured that this timber originates from well managed forests, since it has been followed through its entire trade
chain. The instrument that is used for this is certification of both forest management and the trade chain. Certification is performed by one of the
independent organizations accredited by FSC for this.
PEFC, however, hasn’t made any requirements for forest management in its own right, but contains more than 250 requirements from the international
Multi-stakeholder Initiative. These internationally formulated criteria are endorsed by 149 countries. In addition to economical and ecological
requirements the PEFC also proclaims social requirements for social working standards (International Labor Organization). The result must be that
we can rightfully say that ‘FSC or PEFC is only Fsc/PEFC when it is labeled FSC/PEFC’.
Assessment of the trade chain
Forest proprietors, timber traders, environmental groups and representatives of the local population should cooperate to improve forest management
worldwide. One of the most important objectives is to let timber production continue cost-effectively and by ecological and socially-conscious
methods. Both PEFC and FSC have set up individual worldwide standards for forest management in combination with their hallmarks. These
standards, which will be specified in each country or region, are based on PEFC’s and FSC’s own principles for good forest management as has
been employed by them. If forest proprietors abide to the PEFC or FSC standards, their forest can be certified. Independent inspectors supervise
the adherence to the regulations.
Tuindeco and FSC - PEFC
Tuindeco will make a contribution not to break the trade chain Chain of Custody (CoC);. It can be established that PEFC or FSC timber delivered
by us to the end user is guaranteed PEFC or FSC timber and complies with their requirements. Tuindeco will do its utmost to avoid wood and
wood fibers from following categories:
a. illegally gathered wood;
b. wood that is gathered while violating traditional and civil ;
c. wood that is gathered from forests where ‘high conservation values’ are being threatened by management activities;
d. wood that is gathered from forests being transformed into plantations or where the area is going to be used by other purposes than forestation.
e. wood from forests where genetically modified trees have been planted.
The KOMO hallmark
The Komo hallmark is used by the SKH, the Stichting Keuringsbureau Hout: The wood inspection agency foundation). This
foundation’s task is to issue quality certificates and to supervise the impregnation of wood under high pressure by used a
fungus, an insect-repellant and life-prolonging product.
Its objective is the certification of quality control in the timber industry during the process from basic material to final product according specified
guidelines. The guidelines for wood sustainability include the requirements to which impregnation agents, processes and products should comply.
Tuindeco always performs its impregnation processes according the latest guidelines.
Summarized:
A KOMO certificate warrants an ecological sustainability of the wood resulting in a well impregnated product. You can recognize the KOMO certificated
Tuindeco articles by the KOMO logo.
Properties of the timber:
Timber is a natural product. Drying can cause one-sided distortion. Additionally round wood can develop hair cracks. Both developments will aggravate
with the continuation of drying. Moist absorption will counter the one-sided distortion and hair cracks will close again. Properties regarding
construction and quality will not be influenced by any of these processes. Please consider the shrinking and expansion of wood in dry and wet
periods.
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