Panda

Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade

The GFTN and TRAFFIC framework for assessing legality, Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade, is aimed to support countries in their efforts to improve ...
Mongabay

EU ‘moving the goal posts’ with new timber requirement, Indonesia says

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2011, Indonesia began the process of ensuring that its timber exports to the European Union met strict legality verification standards, which ...
TASS

Putin instructs government to stop uncontrolled export of unprocessed timber

NOVO-OGARYOVO, September 30. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to stop uncontrolled export of untreated timber following a meeting on the development and ...
Mongabay

As Malaysian state resumes log exports, Indigenous advocates warn of fallout

Effective Jan. 3, the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo has ended a ban on exporting unprocessed logs. The ban was put in place in 2018 in a bid to bolster the state’s timber processing industry; ...
The Nation Newspaper

Abiodun seeks foreign investment in livestock, timber processing, others

The Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun said investment opportunities abound in the state that require the buying-in of foreign investors. Prince Abiodun spoke at a meeting with the President of ...
Traffic

Vietnamese authorities teamed up with TRAFFIC to tackle destructive illegal trade of African timber species

To safeguard the sustainability of supply in African tropical timber species, TRAFFIC and Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) provided Customs and Forest Protection officials with the most ...