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This is an excellent article on the future of JD Irving's certification by FSC. cheers faisal --->>New Brunswick, Canada >>Thursday June 24,1999 >> >>New standards threaten J.D. Irving's 'green' status >>By MICHAEL TUTTON - Telegraph Journal >> >> >>HALIFAX - Trouble could be brewing for J.D. Irving, Ltd.'s prized >>status as Canada's largest supplier of environmentally certified >>lumber. >> [. . .] >> >>But now Canadian organizers of the FSC are suggesting that the company >>may have to further reduce clear-cutting and almost completely >>eliminate use of pesticide and herbicide spraying if it wants to keep >>using the green logo, which looks like a tree with a cloud on one >>side, on its lumber. [Paul interjects rudely: DOH! I'm afraid I had to censor the rest of the article, since it is copywritten, and I don't have permission of the owner to repost it. :( But it's an excellent piece. To get the full text, try asking Faisal at this address, or the Falls Brook Centre (below). To ensure that Big Brother doesn't have to step in again, i'd encourage people to paraphrase articles rather than reprint them in their entirety, or post a URL where we can access the original. You can send your flames in my direction ... :-p ] [. . .] >FALLS BROOK CENTRE >125 South Knowlesville Road >Knowlesville, New Brunswick >Canada E7L 1B1 >Tel: 506 375 8143 >Fax: 506 375 4221 >email: fbcja@web.net >http://www.web.net/~fbcja -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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