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  • Wood tracking is live

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    The introduction of Ghana’s online Wood Tracking System (WTS) has been challenging, but it’s now on course for full roll out, according to George Kuru, managing director of system provider Ata Marie
  • Ghana transformed and on target for licensing

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    Ghana’s confidence in its FLEGT VPA process is underlined by its eagerness to open it to scrutiny. Mike Jeffree reports
  • Certification and FLEGT – complementary potential

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    FSC Chief Advocacy Officer John Hontelez and PEFC Chief Executive Ben Gunneberg say certification schemes and the FLEGT initiative share goals and can be mutually beneficial
  • Communication is key, say ETTF members

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    ETTF member Federations view FLEGT licensed timber as a potentially major business and reputational benefit for the trade, but say communication will be vital for ‘smooth and credible market uptake'
  • Broad EU backing for legality assurance breakthrough

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    The ETTF Newsletter asked EU importers, end users, specifiers and retailers for views on the arrival of FLEGT licensing. Some questions and qualifications remain, but there’s widespread support for a legality assurance achievement that can be developed and built on
  • VPA global horizons grow

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements offer due diligence-free access to the EU market to timber from supplier countries which introduce comprehensive legality assurance systems and forest governance reforms. The EU’s VPA partners now span the globe
  • Licensing a huge milestone, says Vella

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    In this exclusive interview with the ETTF Newsletter, EC Environmental Commissioner Karmenu Vella describes the EU FLEGT Action Plan as making a major contribution to improving forest governance and combatting illegal wood worldwide, not least through the support of the EU timber trade. Indonesia's issue of the first ever FLEGT licences, he says, will be a further key moment in this effort.
  • Community spirit

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    Widespread engagement is vital for the credibility of FLEGT licensing, says Indonesian EIA consultant Mardi Minangsari
  • The VPA voyage is validated

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    The launch of Indonesian FLEGT licensing may not be a ‘magic bullet’ against illegal timber, but deserves recognition as a key step in the right direction, say participants in the initiative. Mike Jeffree reports
  • Indonesia gears up to deliver on FLEGT licensing promise

    by ETTF, 15 September 2016
    Indonesia issues a V-Legal legality assurance export licence document every minute, according to a live tally on the website of its SILK timber legality information system – www.silk.dephut.go.id
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