Allegations made against Tasmania’s state-owned forestry company of unsustainable harvesting of its native forests. PEFC is now investigating whether the company has breached its standards on managing its forests sustainably.
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Collected news links from external sources related to topics concerning the Book Chain Project.
Probe into Forestry Tas over-cutting claims
ABC News, Australia, 5 Apr 2012
Is APP Closer to Throwing in the Towel After Losing 9 More Customers?
Triple Pundit, 5 Apr 2012
Summary of the latest developments in the Greenpeace APP campaign. It notes the change in tone in APP’s response: they have responded to the latest allegations regarding their use of ramin (a CITES-listed species) only by saying they are cooperating with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry’s investigation, and didn’t follow their usual line of defence which is to question the substance of Greenpeace’s allegations.