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  • Ghana champions rights and fair compensation for forest communities

    by FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, 20 September 2017
    Ghana’s work to promote the legal timber trade, in partnership with the European Union (EU), strongly emphasizes involving local communities who live in or near forests.
  • EUTR News – June to August 2017

    by ClientEarth, 19 September 2017
    This issue of the EUTR News provides an update on the operation of the EU’s law to address illegal logging, the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), from June to August 2017.
  • Forest governance: how Indonesia and Vietnam are responding to illegal logging

    by Chatham House, 07 September 2017
    Illegal logging and the associated trade is a major cause of deforestation and forest degradation globally. Indonesian and Vietnamese experts from the government, private and civil society sectors speak to Gitika Bhardwaj about the state of the trade in both southeast Asian countries.
  • VPAs give communities a confident voice

    by Michael Jeffree, 01 September 2017
    FLEGT VPAs are not just about delivering legal timber to the EU, but ensuring greater stakeholder participation in timber sector decision-making in supplier countries to the benefit of ordinary people. Mike Jeffree reports on progress in Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Liberia and Vietnam.
  • Lessons learned from independent forest monitoring in Africa

    by FLEGT.org Info, 31 August 2017
    The nongovernmental organisation Fern and its partners in four African countries have reported how independent forest monitoring has had positive effects on forest governance. In a new brief, they share stories of impact and lessons they have learned.
  • APEC customs officials learn best practices for detecting illegal timber products

    by FLEGT.org Info, 31 August 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.
  • World’s largest set of forest-related risk assessments online

    by FLEGT.org Info, 25 August 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 risks of illegal timber production and trade in 62 countries, covering 87% of global timber production.
  • Briefing note on the implementation of the EU Timber Regulations, June 2017 - July 2017

    by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 24 August 2017
    Briefing note compiled by UNEP-WCMC as a consultant of the European Commission in close cooperation with the Member States Competent Authorities.
  • Independent forest monitoring evolves, aided by VPAs

    by FLEGT.org Info, 21 August 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 individuals, and it covers eight countries in West and Central Africa.
  • The EU Timber Regulation implementation and enforcement updates

    by ClientEarth, 01 August 2017
    ClientEarth is looking at how the EUTR has been implemented and is being enforced in each country, and has compiled info-briefings on selected Member States. The info-briefings set out key details of each Member State’s implementing legislation and enforcement approach.
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