Marcação: Timber Trade

Development of the Brazilian timber Due Diligence tool for timber importers

Anniversary Project Case Study: Development of the Brazilian timber Due Diligence tool for timber importers

Promoting legal tropical timber trade – moving the focus to protect overused species in Ghana

Project dates: 2020-2021 Funder/s: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Collaborators/s: The Forestry Commission of Ghana, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG) Initiative type/s: Tool, Advocacy The Problem There are more than 50,000 species of timber in the world, but only a small proportion of these […]

Working with small operators to strengthen timber legality in Cameroon

Cameroon has vast forest resources that provide millions of people with jobs and subsistence products. The forest sector accounts for 8% of the country’s gross domestic product (FAO FRA 2015). Unfortunately, Illegal logging has long been recognised as a significant problem in the country, due to misuse of certain logging permits and lack of effective regulation and law enforcement (Hoare 2015).

Comercialização de produtos madeireiros de manejos florestais comunitários

Association of Public Attorneys awarded prize to iBVRio for its contribution to compliance with environmental laws

The night of last Wednesday in April (26) marked the recognition of the BVRio Institute (iBVRio) for its performance in the socio-environmental sector. Brazilian Association of Environmental Public Attorneys (ABRAMPA) committed the award “Troféu Entidade Amiga” at a ceremony held in São Paulo, during the 17th Brazilian Conference of the Environmental Public Attorneys. Since 2011,