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Enforcement & Compliance Opportunities:
Procurement

Excluding Illegal Timber: Border Controls and Procurement - Making the System Work
These October 2003 workshop Proceedings present a discussion of measures to ensure the legality of timber procured by governments.

2005 G8 Environment and Development Ministers Conference
Commitments were made at the G8 Environment and Development Ministers Conference held in March 2005 regarding the development of government procurement policies for timber. These policies aim to increase the governmental role in consumer countries in the fight against illegal logging.

EU's Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan
The EU's Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan centers on a licensing system for legal timber exported from partner countries.

Movements Toward Responsible Timber Sourcing
Provides an overview of some of the major private procurement policies for forest products.

 

Resources

The Problem of Illegal Timber

As much as 15 percent of the global timber trade may involve illegalities and corrupt practices.

Half of all the logging activities in ecologically vulnerable regions may be illegal.

Hotspots of illegal timber activity include the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, Southeast Asia and the Russian Federation.

Compliance and Enforcement Toolbox
INECE, Principles of Enforcment
INECE, Multimedia Inspections
INECE, Deforestation Support Package PDF icon


Enforcement & Compliance Opportunities
Verification

INECE Conference Proceedings
INECE-EIA Southeast Asia Workshop on Controlling Trade in Illegal Timber
Forest Policy in El Salvador (1998) PDF icon
Using Coordinated Enforcement to Protect Forests from Illegal Logging in the Philippines (1998) PDF icon
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