What do you think what do you get for 50 such. Big fish that i. Know a lot. Of the big deal about it which. Is a few stinking caulfields. Did you know it cost 0. 50 to feed a long hungry child for. If you want to. Have. A game oh no horse at all with this shouldnt be you can share your children with just 0. 50 and a tap on your smartphone together we can and Global Hunger please tell me of the hour. We were in hanover at the dome a tax trade fair which features state of the art flooring concepts the exhibitors at the purple 1000000000 offer top quality products and claim that they meet strict environmental standards. One stand belongs to the bows of each company the wood for bows of each has products comes from the Primeval Forests of the Amazon Region. The company assures consumers who are concerned about the environment that they can buy its products with confidence. Those of it has earned a seal of approval from the Forest Stewardship Council or if a see a Nonprofit Organization that promotes responsible management of the worlds forests. But can logging in rain forests ever really be environmentally sustainable. Trunk mel is a German Government expert on the sourcing and purchasing of tropical timber. Then
as if the most excited eyes of all when german consumers buy tropical Wood Products that are certified by the f a c they are making a contribution to the preservation of the rain forests and by supporting Sound Timber Management policies mr sufficient of the set us up for this year. But can buying products that have the f. S. E. Seal it really stop the excessive exploitation of Primeval Forest. The bows of each Company Harvest wood in the forests of peru to make flooring products. This is the author on go forest a pristine paradise in the amazon basin. We
want to find out where bows of itch and f. O. C. Certified Company Harvest timber for its wood floors are. And this local manager says the f. S. E. Has imposed strict guidelines on harvesting. In an area the size of a Football Field only one tree may be removed in 20 years. This process is called selective cutting. This is the tree theyre going to cut down today. There are 3 out of all the tree over there back there up the one in the middle the white one. Which is about. 20 meters high. Maybe a big. Boulder looming its about 60 years old and has been producing seeds for 50 years from the trunk is particularly straightforward and so we get a lot of what you are. Selective cutting is considered a sustainable procedure the f. S. E. Has given its seal of approval to the bows of each company for several years now. Thanks. Bowser bitch believes its taking a responsible approach and the German Government claims that the f. S. E. Is helping to preserve the rain forest fire. But is that really true to find out more we travel to Vancouver Canada for an f. A c. Conference. The organizations motto is forests for all forever. Will be your 1st sea has invited 1st Nations Peoples who live in the rain forests of southwestern British Columbia to perform as conserving forces also about the
estimated 100000000 people worldwide who call these areas home. Where were at risk from all sorts of conflicts Kim Carstensen is Director General of the f. S. A. And im so thrilled to be here with you. Its a conferences like this one to 3 future of the worlds forests is largely determined the f. S. E. Has members in 85 countries those. Who live in the forests members of the w w f and greenpeace and Industry Representatives all Share Responsibility for preserving our forests but while some want to protect nature others here want to cut down trees and f. S. E. Promotional video and there is the tree. In the forest where the tree ground. And the warming who cares for land. There is the
man who listens to the point to make sure it wants to sound. We asked him carstensen what his organization stands for. F. A c. Is about responsible Forest Management that means that this is a Forest Management that ensures that the forces that are now but there would also be the next year and the year after that for the next generation so if a city is very much about maintaining for this carbon maintaining force quality and to make sure that the forest is that also for the next generations. To ensure this Forest Management policies are regularly reviewed f. S. E. Conferences 3 groups are allowed to vote. For us dwellers environmentalists and the Timber Industry green. As usual in politics much of the policy work is done out in the lobby. Indigenous Forest Inhabitants fight to
preserve their Habitat Environmentalists aim to save Primeval Forest and industry wants to cut down as many trees as it can well keeping the f. S. E. Seal of approval. Image matters to Multinational Companies and f s c approval helps them look good. When it comes to forest certification. F. A c. Is the most rigorous and accepted system on the market right now. In theory all 3 groups have equal voting rights. But Greenpeace International a Founding Member of the f. S. E. Claims that environmentalists are being pushed around by the Timber Industry. And as well see later during this film Shoot Greenpeace took drastic action. At a conference in vancouver the f. S. E. Claim that under its leadership the worlds forests are in good hands what is the German Government say about that. Consumers alone should not have to bear all the
responsibility for preserving the forests its good for us we have to make sure that the companies that make wood and wood base products dont source wood from Primeval Forests in a non Sustainable Way that could destroy these would have been least 100. 00 tickets cost which often. Weve come to london to meet one of the sharpest critics of the f. S. E. Simon council was a cofounder of the organization but soon quit over policy disputes he believes that the f. S. E. Gives the Timber Companies too much power the Timber Industry itself has brought in as one of the Key Stakeholders of this body and part of the Decision Making process which we felt was strongly felt was flawed because the whole system was to be there to inspect and since regulate the tender industry so it shouldnt really have been involved. Council says the Timber Industry influence prevents the f. S. E. From making truly independent analyses. We want to find out whether thats true. We return to timber land licensed or concession to the bows of each company in peru. How do they make sure that f. N. C. Guidelines are followed. It this is proof of origin. We use these markings to keep track of this one from block 4. By line 33. Number 20. These markings are on every tree that ends up in a sawmill. Wood from f. S. E. Approved selective cutting is marked in red the f. S. E. Calls this controlled wood. Lumber from other suppliers that dont have the f. A c. Seal is marked in blue. In theory the red and blue stacks should stay separated as they are here but sometimes they get mixed together by mistake. Control is one of the big controversies inside if for some its always been a big controversy the good news i think is that we have to strengthen the Control Board stand up and i think everybody agrees now that there is a level of control. But what exactly does level of control mean. We travel to the Peruvian Capital Lima to meet an expert on the countrys Timber Industry. Who works for the Environmental Investigation Agency or an Advocacy Group shes just finished a report that indicates that many Timber Companies falsified documents on the origins of trees as shown by government investigations. Well there it is reports i dont see these are there or good movies before the show the largest number so. Thats ok because theres a lot of visits for years right so thats thats not
a surprise but the growth here is that they consistently keep showing large numbers of the papers. And then from there now 490 papers of the use of that where some both here at least 62 are you know i dont meant to be official i mean by the government when i buy people from a kid i think incredible and thats what we do. Because we think we want to think that we do something and so i actually feel very frustrated about it you know being able to believe or to the rough words not in my country. The wood from the peruvian forests is transported to the river ports of call kulpa. The tree trunks are tied together there are hundreds and probably thousands of logs here waiting to be shipped to lima for processing. A
local boat captain has some disturbing news. I think. All these logs have been cut down illegally. And everyone around here knows that. It is known as the hub of the illegal timber trade in peru is from here that illegally sourced logs gets shipped to Timber Companies. And the e. I. A. Says many will go to pose of it. Local insiders tell us where in the forest Illegal Logging is currently taking place. We plan to fly over those areas to capture aerial footage. We head toward the 1st location. After about an hour we see a recently logged area its been clear cut. A blue tent stands in the corner of the
bald patch in the middle of the jungle. A little while later we spot something that looks like a transport dock. Tree trunks line the waters edge they were probably brought here from the forest. It doesnt seem as if the f. E. C. Has managed to stop Illegal Logging here in peru. Regarding both revenge we are aware of the i. A. E. A. Reports we are aware that on phones for both the us will throw 2 shots you know into some of these cases to our knowledge none of that material were sufficient surety for her if she were to our knowledge then maybe astonishes with it but its not officially sure different therefore were still interested in the company because if the company is involved in the gun that she had one way or the other then thats of course an issue for us. Back in lima weve come to blows of Riches Log Processing Complex this is where the wood is prepared for export. Company
c. E. O. Drug oboes of it shows us prime lumber thats 100 percent f. A c. Certified. Although he also says logs do come in from known f. S. E. Suppliers. So that means you never had programs was illegal. Looks good we are having problems we are seeing problems everywhere we just try to be ahead of the borders. You know what do you know voter introversion. He says almost wherever did you cross to be security fired. So hes also a switcheroo youve got to be able to prove if you can. Go in with a secret. No you see that. Anywhere on you. So the f. S. E. Checks on the origin of the word but seems to ignore the fact that both of each has
traded in timber that may have forged origin documents. So how credible is the f s c seal of approval we asked Simon Council in london so one would think if youre buying a product with an f. S. B. Label that would be a quite simple message to the the would inside this product is all from an acceptable source that has been actually inspected by fs the audit is and guarantee to be from an acceptable source f. S. E. 100 percent in which the Label Product contains only f s e certified timber is actually just a very small part of the picture and the others are from what i call euphemistically controlled wood and controlled wood is that which. Hasnt actually been controlled so instead of. On behalf of fs the going into
the forest to inspect the Logging Operations its basically done from a desk somewhere else in born or in london ok so we have some examples of f. A c. Certified products here lets have a look at these labels. This paper if they see paper from responsible sources but importantly you see this word mix on here this particular product itself may have no f s e certified material in it so in that sense this label is misleading to the consumer in letting us believe that it is from responsible sources it may not be at all. So you may hear this product f. S. E. Mix toilet paper. Interesting here a box of. Watches. The knicks again some of the all some of these f. S. U. Certified from acceptable souls is in some of them not impossible to know from the
after seeing valuable. So what do you have to seize Director General have to say about the Organization Certification system. Theres no other system that works better than the system of certification theres no other system that is able to get together stakeholders and from an organization and social groups trade unions and the companies who are managing the forest to agree what do we mean by responsible Forest Management what are the standards that we want to set for how we define this no other system does that we in addition i have Quality Control which we have ordered set happen after companies such as. And if the Certification Team is meeting at this hotel in vaughan. Part of their work today will involve checking to see whether Timber Companies active in the worlds great forests are complying with the organisations guidelines. We want to find out how the Certification Process Works and file requests to accompany 10 different verifications but the f. S. E. Turns down our requests so we continue with our research. In the Congo Basin Forests EuropeanTimber Companies have permits that allows them to cut down trees in given areas with f. A c. Certification. In the capital brazzaville were meeting a man whos been approving those permits for years. Weve agreed to protect his identity. And were not going to specifically name the companies that hes going to talk about. I want to withdraw the certificate from a Certain Company but when i met with the boss of that company he got so angry i left the hotel immediately. That night i feared for my life when i told my boss about the meeting he also got angry and said i was no longer to inspect that Forest Concession the Timber Companies pay money to keep their certification we checkers are independent in theory but not really. Because in practice we go to a site do
a check and afterward nothing changes the companies go back to cutting down many more trees than theyre allowed to do. In such a situation you see what its like to see its its its really just. I think weve seen a situation where its absolutely possible to take action related to the certified operations in the congo basin one example would be that we disassociate it from interim across 4 years ago theyre now back in again because they improve their performance and all of that and this is sort of in the past but we could disassociate and it didnt create problems of that nature i dont. Weve come to the northern jungles of the Republic Of Congo to meet some of the local residents. They belong to a group of seminomadic Hunter Gatherers called the bug. In this area or sell in some of her Friends Girl Manioc and other crops from which they are now living. The
congo based company a subsidiary of the Swiss Company into hole co has purchased a permit to cut down trees here. The backup people say evil is making their lives difficult because Companies Security guards have imposed strict controls on the amount of crops they can grow within each of those concessions. The evil Forest Concession covers an area of about 11000 Square Kilometers massive logs get transported out by trucks the company says it takes a selective approach to cutting down the trees. The post says this selective cutting complies with f. A c. Guidelines. And the f. S. E. Says the logging roads dont harm the local environment. Matthew hansen is a geographer at the University Of Maryland in the us he uses nasa Satellite Maps to
keep track of how logging affects various regions around