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  • Natural Resource Reform At Home – Not Walls – Will Stem The Tide Of Migrants

    by Michael Jenkins, Founding President and CEO of Forest Trends, and Emily E. Harwell, Advisor, Forest Trends, 21 April 2017
    The answer to stemming the flow of migrants from troubled countries is not concrete walls and stricter laws – as British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump would have us believe. There’s no silver bullet to this complex challenge, but a more promising solution is to help improve the economy and rule of law in the migrants’ home nations.
  • Briefing: Developments relevant to the implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation, December 2016 to March 2017

    by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 12 April 2017
    Briefing note compiled by UNEP-WCMC as a consultant of the European Commission in close cooperation with the Member States Competent Authorities.
  • Civil society sharing lessons on participation and forest governance

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 07 April 2017
    When civil society organisations in Indonesia began proposing ways to end illegal logging, they knew they had a mountain to climb. In 2002, some 80 percent of logging there was illegally. Corruption and conflict were widespread. Trust was lacking.
  • Briefing: Timber trade flows and investments between China and VPA countries

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 04 April 2017
    The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing based on research into flows of timber and investments between the China and the six countries that have signed Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with the EU.
  • FLEGT boosts civil society self-help

    by Mike Jeffree, 28 March 2017
    After playing a key role in implementing their country’s FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the EU, Indonesian civil society groups are sharing experiences with counterparts in other countries engaged in the initiative.
  • Danish regulator questions sale of Myanmar teak

    by NEPCon, 23 March 2017
    The Danish Competent Authority last week required seven companies to make improvements to their due diligence systems if they are to sell teak imported from Myanmar on the EU market. The case raises questions about whether it is currently possible to place timber from Myanmar on the EU market while meeting the obligations of the EU Timber Regulation.
  • Making Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) work for forests, people and the climate: Civil society recommendations on the future of VPAs

    by Fern, 17 March 2017
    By highlighting the decade of successes already achieved during the negotiation and implementation of Voluntary Partnership Agreements to end illegal logging, civil society from timber producing countries explain where EU policy should go next.
  • Briefing: Addressing illegal cross-border timber trade in South Asia

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 02 March 2017
    The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing based on research into cross-border timber trade in South Asia, and between South Asian nations and Myanmar.
  • Blazing a trail for timber traceability in Benin

    by Fiona Winward, 22 February 2017
    Every year, the National Timber Office of Benin (ONAB) produces around 50 000 cubic metres of logs from 14 000 hectares of state plantations. Local businesses buy the timber, mainly teak, before processing and exporting much of it to international markets.
  • Mist clears on China in African forests

    by Khanh Tran-Thanh, Seth Cook, James Mayers and Xiaoxue Weng, 21 February 2017
    Mists of uncertainty and misunderstanding have shrouded China's role in African forests in recent years. These are beginning to clear and, thanks to initiatives such as the China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform, the prospects for true China-Africa forest partnerships look more promising than ever.
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