Sustainable Forest Management

Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Afforestation - Agroforestry - Forest concessions - Forest governance - Forest industries - Forest management - Forestry education/training - Forestry research - Forestry services - Fuelwood/charcoal - Illegal timber trade & forest crime - Timber regulation - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

Call for tender: Facilitation services for FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements in Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo and Guyana

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The European Forest Institute has issued a call Facilitation services for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements in Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Guyana. The objective of the assignment is that an international service provider will provide a...

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Call for tender: National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The European Forest Institute has issued a call for tender for a National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia. The objective of the assignment is to support the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the EU, represented by EU Delegation to Indonesia and the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) of the...

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World Wood-Based Panels Conference addresses timber legality

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The legality of timber and timber products was a recurrent theme at the Fourth World Wood-Based Panels Conference that took place from 22-23 September 2017, in Linyi, China. The China National Forest Products Industry Association (CNFPIA) formally released China’s timber legality verification...

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Briefing compares Japan’s Clean Wood Act with the EU Timber Regulation

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing that compares two regulatory approaches that aim to prevent trade in illegally-harvested timber and timber products: Japan’s Clean Wood Act and the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). The EUTR is a mandatory piece of legislation and EU Member States lay down...

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New briefing introduces the Chinese Timber Legality Verification System

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing on the Chinese Timber Legality Verification System (CTLVS) and associated policies that China is developing to combat illegal logging and trade in illegal timber. The briefing outlines how the CTLVS might work in practice, describing roles of...

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APEC customs officials learn best practices for detecting illegal timber products

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 6 November 2017

More than 100 customs, forestry, and anti-corruption officials and civil society representatives from countries in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum met in Vietnam from 18-19 August 2017 to share best practices for identifying illegal timber and wood products. “Customs are at the...

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World’s largest set of forest-related risk assessments online

Albert Garduño updated the Information | 3 November 2017

NEPCon has published the biggest and most detailed set of risk assessments for timber, palm oil, soy and beef. Among other things, the Sourcing Hub is intended to help companies meet the due diligence requirements of market regulation such as the EU Timber Regulation. It includes assessments of the...

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Independent forest monitoring evolves, aided by VPAs

Albert Garduño posted Information | 3 November 2017

FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements are aiding an evolution in the implementation and impacts of independent forest monitoring in West and Central Africa, according to a new brief by the consultancy Palladium International. The report is based on inputs from 19 civil society organisations and...

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Comparison of illegal logging laws in the EU, the US, Australia and Japan

ClientEarth Forests uploaded a new Document | 1 November 2017

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As major timber consuming markets, the EU, US, Australia, and most recently, Japan, have all introduced laws to restrict the access of illegally harvested timber to their markets. While the laws are essentially addressing the same issue, there are some important differences. ClientEarth has...

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Grupo temático del proyecto IAPA intercambió experiencias sobre oportunidades de conservación del Bioma Amazónico

Proyecto IAPA posted news | 13 October 2017

El Proyecto Integración de las Áreas Protegidas del Bioma Amazónico, IAPA, lideró el Taller Regional de Oportunidades de Conservación el 21 y 22 de junio en Manaos, Brasil. Allí participaron delegados de los sistemas de áreas protegidas de Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú, además del equipo...

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