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Comment on HANSON CLARINETS COMPLETES WORLD’S FIRST CHAIN OF CUSTODY FOR SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD by FIRST BATCH OF FSC-CERTIFIED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD PROCESSED AT TANZANIAN SAWMILL | Sound and Fair

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:29:43 +0000

[...] Together with the Tanzanian Village Forest Reserves, certified under a FSC group certificate held by Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative, Hanson Clarinets, Klicksi and Sandali Wood Industries comprise the world’s first chain of custody for African blackwood. [...]

Comment on WORLD’S FIRST SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD by FIRST BATCH OF FSC-CERTIFIED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD PROCESSED AT TANZANIAN SAWMILL | Sound and Fair

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:27:00 +0000

[...] Sound & Fair campaign took a major step forward at the end of June 2010, when a batch of the world’s first FSC-certified African blackwood was processed at a Tanzanian [...]

Comment on GIBSON GUITARS RAIDED FOR USING ILLEGALLY-SOURCED WOOD by EU TO BAN ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPORTS BY 2012 | Sound and Fair

EU TO BAN ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPORTS BY 2012 | Sound and Fair — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:37:31 +0000

[...] It is hoped that the new legislation will have a similar impact in the EU as the Lacey Act has had on the timber market in the US, where high-profile companies including Gibson Guitars have face investigation. [...]

Comment on UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER by EU to ban illegal timber « Bottom Up Thinking

EU to ban illegal timber « Bottom Up Thinking — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:59:34 +0000

[...] Leave a Comment An update on my earlier post about the UK’s plan to ban illegal timber. As others have commented, this looks like it will happen through an EU wide process, that is at last ready to go before the [...]

Comment on WORLD’S FIRST SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD by NICHOLAS DANIEL CONFIRMED AS SOUND & FAIR PATRON | Sound and Fair

NICHOLAS DANIEL CONFIRMED AS SOUND & FAIR PATRON | Sound and Fair — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:35 +0000

[...] The world’s first harvest of FSC-certified African blackwood was carried out in December 2009 in Kikole village forest reserve in southern Tanzania. Kikole received a payment of around £1,200 in return for 15m3 of African blackwood, a sum 400 times greater more than they would have received before FSC-certification. [...]

Comment on UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER by UK to ban illegal timber « Bottom Up Thinking

UK to ban illegal timber « Bottom Up Thinking — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:44:57 +0000

[...] Hat tip: Sound & Fair [...]

Comment on EU LACEY ACT TO ILLEGAL WOOD IMPORTS by UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER | Sound and Fair

UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER | Sound and Fair — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:45:50 +0000

[...] EU is currently under-going a review process on similar legislation but it will be 2014 before the measures are implemented, assuming they are ratified by the member [...]

Comment on GIBSON GUITARS RAIDED FOR USING ILLEGALLY-SOURCED WOOD by UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER | Sound and Fair

UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER | Sound and Fair — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:44:27 +0000

[...] Act is already enforcing responsibility upon wood importers and famous users of timber, including Gibson Guitars, who recently fell foul of the Act after importing illegally harvested Madagascan [...]

Comment on WORLD’S FIRST SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD by JUST FORESTS PARTNERSHIP TO REACH IRISH AFRICAN BLACKWOOD USERS | Sound and Fair

Wed, 19 May 2010 08:07:15 +0000

[...] The world’s first harvest of FSC-certified African blackwood was carried out in December 2009 in a Village Land Forest Reserve managed by Kikole village, southern Tanzania, under the guidance of the Mpingo Conservation Project. [...]

Comment on WORLD’S FIRST SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD by HANSON CLARINETS COMPLETES WORLD’S FIRST CHAIN OF CUSTODY FOR SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD | Sound and Fair

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:04:22 +0000