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About Certisource
Certisource is an industry driven initiative established to enable clients to eliminate illegal timber from their supply chains through the provision of professional, credible and cost effective, independent verification services. Certisource works with any element of the timber supply chain that shows a willingness and commitment to achieving real and beneficial improvements to their operations. Our long term goal is to move interested parties towards sourcing timber from credibly certified forests, and in this way we see Certisource as being complimentary to accepted global timber certification schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
The primary aim of Certisource is to reduce the traffic in stolen logs. Our Chain of Custody verification systems enables legal and illegal timber to be differentiated within the market place by following procedures and standards recommended by the World Wide Fund for Nature's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) in its document 'Responsible Purchasing of Forest Products'.
Certisource verifies the source of timber using the best available technologies, including DNA, bar coding and RFID. These technologies are operated in partnership with other independent and professional organisations so as to maximize the transparency and credibility of our tracking systems. By verifying the source and tracking timber batches through the entire supply chain, Certisource aims to provide the most comprehensive chain of custody verification service available to responsible members of the timber supply chain. In turn, we believe that our methods and the technologies we employ ensure that the Certisource certificate carries a level of assurance unchallenged worldwide.
Certisource is working together with other industry representatives and prominent environmental groups to help curb illegal timber.
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CERTISOURCE UK
Certisource Organisation UK Ltd (Certisource UK) operates as a non-commercial administration centre for global timber verification services provided by Certisource Regional Offices.
In Summary, the primary aim of Certisource is to reduce the traffic in stolen logs. The use of DNA based Chain of Custody verification systems enables legal and illegal timber to be differentiated within the market place by following procedures and standards recommended by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) in its documents 'Keep it Legal' and 'Responsible Purchasing of Forest Products' (2nd edition). Our long term goal is to move interested parties towards sourcing timber from credibly certified forests, and in this way we see Certisource as being complimentary to accepted global timber certification schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
For details on the range of verification services available please visit certisource.net
Certisource UK plays two key roles in the verification and certification process :
VALIDATION OF FINDINGS - Once a Certisource Regional Office has completed verification work on a specific batch of logs an audit report is compiled. This is submitted to Certisource UK for review and validation. No Certisource certificate of legality can be issued unless approval from Certisource UK has been granted.
NGO LIASON - For Certisource verification services to remain valid it is vital that ongoing relationships are maintained with key NGO groups. Certisource UK fills this role as well as making critical reports and articles available to a wider audience.
Sydney, Australia - Certisource / Simmonds Lumber press launch 2007
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SOME ARTICLES OF INTEREST
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CERTISOURCE CORPORATE VIDEO HI-RES VERSION - DOWNLOAD HERE
AN INCONVENIENT FACT - BY PATRICK MOORE
INDEPENDENT CERTISOURCE REPORT SUMMARY
BENEFITS OF USING RESPONSIBLY SOURCED TIMBER
WOOD ANOTHER LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT SOLUTION
CIOB ICON MAGAZINE Q 3 2007 - A CASE STUDY
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CERTISOURCE ON SINGAPORE TV - VIDEO :
CERTISOURCE CORPORATE VIDEO 2007 :
FOR MORE CERTISOURCE RELATED VIDEO, News spots etc please visit the parent sites or our YOUTUBE Page
CERTISOURCE YOUTUBE PAGE
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OTHER 3RD PARTY LOGGING RELATED VIDEOS :
Ancient Forest Destruction FSC ( by Greenpeace UK )
Illegal Logging Part 1
Illegal Logging Part 2
Illegal Logging Part 3
Illegal Logging : A Road to Destruction
Kleenex: Flushing Ancient Forests Down the Toilet
Futurama..s Take On Global Warming
Futurama - Global Warming
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World Climate Day 7 ( Green Awards )
World Climate Day 07
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Fight Global Warming ( Greenpeace Campaign )
Fight Global Warming
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Al Gore - Global Warming Interview ( UK Channel 4 )
A Global Warning - Music and video
