FSC – Greenwashing Illegal Timber

Name: FSC – Greenwashing Illegal Timber
Released: 2018
Duration: 100 min

The exploitation of the forests: Can an eco-label slow down the forest industry? (festival title) (more)
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Documentary

Germany, 2018, 100 min (Special edition: 28 min)

Directed by:

Manfred Ladwig, Thomas Reutter

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To stop the jungle dying, 25 years ago, an international organization was founded, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an association for the certification of sustainable forestry. The FSC seal should show that furniture, paper, decking, flooring etc. were made of “environmentally friendly” logged wood. But what is the ecological benefit of 25 years of FSC?. This investigative film reveals the links between FSC, illegal logging and the expulsion of indigenous people living in the forests. (Ekotopfilm)

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