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  • Satu Harapan Won the 2010 StoS Film Festival.

    On January 22-24, 2009, an environmental documentary film festival “South to South Fil Festival 2010” was held in Goethe Institute, Jakarta. The event was hosted by several NGOs namely JATAM, WALHI, Climate Justice, KIARA, Gekko Studio, Ecosist

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  • LEI Develops Marine Certification

    LEI’s Marine Certification Development Work Team was established by LEI executive Director on October 4. The work team was established as one of the results produced in the 2009 LEI National Meeting (Rakernas). The 5 LEI team members immediately co

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  • England — Government Initiative on Buying Sustainable Timber

    Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has announced that from 1 April 2010 new social criteria will be added to the UK Government's timber procurement policy, to add to the existing requirement that all Government bought timber is legal and sustainable.

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  • Againts LEI Certification

    The Japanese NGOs reject APP products. LEI certification is considered unreliable. Vested interest to block Indonesian pulp and paper products? GATRA, December 9, 2009: Twelve people bravely climbed a crane operating at a dock in Riau last Thursda

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  • LEI Certified Forests is Increasing in Number

    LEI-certified community forest area is increasing in number. Two other community forest management units in Sragen and Magetan have just been certified, and both areas encompass a total of 2,004 Ha of forest area located in in 11 villages. The certif

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  • APP obtained LEI-CoC certification, equivalent certification to FSC

    APP obtained LEI-CoC certification, equivalent certification to FSC, aiming to expand the certified paper into the Asia Market. Nikkan Shigyo Tsushin, 12 November 2009 (Tokyo Tsushin) APP obtained Chain of Custody (CoC) certification based

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  • How latecomer certification systems can succeed in the market.

    How latecomer certification systems can succeed in instilling their systems in the market. Kenji Kaneko Nikkei Ecology editorial staff On 20th October, 2009, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a major paper company in Indonesia, held a LEI certified pap

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  • Sustainable Forest Certification: The Answer to Market Failure?

    Purwadi Soeprihanto Forest Practitioner, Member of LEI’s Member Representation Assembly (MPA) In welfare economics, a competitive market will promote efficient resources allocation in an economical way. However, it is almost impossible to find

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  • International Market Accepts the LEI-COC Certified Wooden Furniture

    The LEI-COC certified wooden furniture has entered international market, which obtains positive responds. Several buyer networks indicate their interest in buying LEI certified wooden furniture as they consider the furniture as legal and coming from

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  • Regulation of Wood Legality Verification Commencing in 2009

    Jakarta, 12/9 (BISNIS INDONESIA): The government will endorse the Wood Legality Verification System (WLVS) in early 2009. The Working Team of WLVS Development and Formulation has submitted the final draft in early February 2007. “We hope that t

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