WWF rethinks support of Samling certification in Guyana

By FSC-Watch

FSC-Watch

2007-05-04 | Back in January, FSC-Watch reported that the largest FSC certified tropical logging operation (Barama, in Guyana) had had its certificate suspended. One of the interesting aspects of this was that WWF had been working closely with the company for some time, providing technical advice and helping the company to get its certificate. This was clearly an embarrassment for WWF, who had only 9 months earlier breathlessly exclaimed that the certificate was a "record-setting accomplishment for tropical forest conservation in South America".

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• WWF decides that biggest tropical logging certificate was not such a good thing after all
• WWF Statement on Barama Company Ltd's FSC Certification