Timber Log Articles & Analysis
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To combat such harmful practices, the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade1 (FLEGT) Action Plan was adopted in 2003 and subsequently the EU Timber Regulation2, prohibiting the trade in illegally-logged wood, came into full application in March 2013. ...
The Rudd Government has taken another step towards implementing its election promise to combat illegal logging. The Centre for International Economics (the CIE) today released its final report to inform the government's Regulation Impact Statement for the proposed new policy on illegally-logged timber. ...
SGS Forestry Monitoring Programme (GIS) is pleased to announce that, on January 20, 2010, it signed a five year contract with the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to initiate implementation of an integrated forest control system to monitor and verify forest logging, timber chain-of-custody ...
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New research describes a method for measuring tree growth and timber harvesting, which can lead to sustainable management of tropical timber resources. ...