http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities Realising sustainable trade in African Blackwood Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-423 SOUND & FAIR PROMOTES RESPONSIBLE USE OF AFRICAN BLACKWOOD AT MUSIKMESSE 2011 | Sound and Fair Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:32:33 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-423 [...] Recent harvests of FSC-certified African blackwood have increased local income for forest dependent ... and these benefits are now being converted into tangible community development including clean water supplies and improved health care facilities. [...] [...] Recent harvests of FSC-certified African blackwood have increased local income for forest dependent … and these benefits are now being converted into tangible community development including clean water supplies and improved health care facilities. [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-353 PICTURES FROM FSC AFRICAN BLACKWOOD HARVEST IN KILWA, TANZANIA | Sound and Fair Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:37:10 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-353 [...] The total quantity of African blackwood harvested is yet to be confirmed but it is estimated to be significantly greater than the first FSC African blackwood harvest that took place in Kikole Village Land Forest Reserve in Decembe.... [...] [...] The total quantity of African blackwood harvested is yet to be confirmed but it is estimated to be significantly greater than the first FSC African blackwood harvest that took place in Kikole Village Land Forest Reserve in Decembe…. [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-342 NEW FSC TIMBER SUPPLY OPPORTUNITIES FOLLOWING >700% EXPANSION OF CERTIFIED FORESTS IN TANZANIA | Sound and Fair Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:29:23 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-342 [...] forest in particular holds good stocks of African blackwood, significantly more than Kikole, where the first FSC African blackwood harvest took place in December 2009, and both villages will earn good revenue from this [...] [...] forest in particular holds good stocks of African blackwood, significantly more than Kikole, where the first FSC African blackwood harvest took place in December 2009, and both villages will earn good revenue from this [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-268 FIRST FSC AFRICAN BLACKWOOD DELIVERED TO UK CLARINET MAKER | Sound and Fair Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:45:50 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-268 [...] members of the first village forest reserves to harvest African blackwood under FSC received an income increase of 40,000% over what they would have previous [...] [...] members of the first village forest reserves to harvest African blackwood under FSC received an income increase of 40,000% over what they would have previous [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-186 FIRST BATCH OF FSC-CERTIFIED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD PROCESSED AT TANZANIAN SAWMILL | Sound and Fair Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:27:00 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-186 [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-164 NICHOLAS DANIEL CONFIRMED AS SOUND & FAIR PATRON | Sound and Fair Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:35 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-164 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-131 JUST FORESTS PARTNERSHIP TO REACH IRISH AFRICAN BLACKWOOD USERS | Sound and Fair Wed, 19 May 2010 08:07:15 +0000 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-131 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/worlds-first-sustainably-harvested-african-blackwood-generates-new-income-for-tanzanian-forest-communities/comment-page-1#comment-108 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 http://soundandfair.org/?p=363#comment-108 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

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