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Independent forest monitoring by civil society can improve transparency and help strengthen checks on illegality in the forest sector in Africa, an international conference heard last month in Accra. Over 70 experts from ten countries including Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Liberia, Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo attended […]
On 21-23 June 2017, the European Commission met with stakeholders from across the world to discuss future work on tackling deforestation and illegal logging. The meeting, in Brussels, attracted more than 250 representatives from timber producer and consumer countries, private sector and civil society, indigenous and local communities, European Union […]
The Government of Myanmar has committed to improving the country’s timber legality assurance system following the release of a report that analysed the “gaps” in the system in the context of internationally recognised principles, requirements and best practices. The Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC) commissioned the gap analysis report in […]
Briefing note compiled by UNEP-WCMC as a consultant of the European Commission in close cooperation with the Member States Competent Authorities. The briefing note provides an overview of recent developments relevant to the implementation and enforcement of the EUTR, where specific attention of EU Member States is warranted and enforcement […]
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has invited councils, business and other professionals who work with the timber industry to sign up to its new ‘Timber you can Trust’ campaign, highlighting the need to source timber responsibly. As councils across the UK commit to build new homes in increasing numbers, the […]
From 8 – 9 June 2017 a workshop on “Identification of CITES timber species” is scheduled, jointly hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN; German CITES Scientific Authority) and the German Thünen Institute of Wood Research (TI). Background: Improving identification of CITES timber species is a vital […]