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LEGALITY VERIFICATION



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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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08/02/2013 NEPCon LegalSource Standard
The LegalSource (TM) Standard has been developed for evaluating and certifying due diligence in legal ... 		NEPCon

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15/03/2011 Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures
The summary points in this briefing paper are as follows:

- Consumer countries contribute to the ... 		Chatham House Briefing Paper (Duncan Brack & Jon Buckrell)

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01/02/2011 An Overview of Legality Verification Systems
There are several legality verification systems operating; these systems are not approved forest certification ... 		Proforest

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01/10/2010 TTAP News October 2010
This issues of TTAP News includes items on the first VLPO supply chain in Brazil, information on companies ... 		Timber Trade Action Plan

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01/10/2010 Review of Timber Legality Verification Schemes
This study was conducted to examine the characteristics of existing legality verification schemes covering ... 		Proforest (A.Cura & J. Lam)

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16/08/2010 TTAP News August 2010
This edition of the TTAP Newsletter includes items on the new EU Timber Regulation and the first VLO ... 		Timber Trade Action Plan

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01/07/2010 Market Requirements for Legal and Sustainable Timber and the Implications for Chinese Suppliers
This report provides information for anyone involved in the timber trade on the emerging market requirements ... 		Proforest (Cura, A. & Lam, J.)

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01/06/2010 Exporting in a Shifting Legal Landscape
The authors describe this document as a guide for organisations that currently export, or intend to export, ... 		WWF GFTN (Global Forest & Trade Network)

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10/03/2010 Private Sector Forest Legality Initiatives as a Complement to Public Action
Over the past 20 years a number of public and private sector forest products and forest-related legality ... 		Rainforest Alliance (Richard Z. Donovan)

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18/01/2010 SmartWood Generic Standards for Verification of Legal Origin (VLO) and Verification of Legal Compliance (VLC)
In November 2007 the SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance finalized two standards for legality ... 		Rainforest Alliance

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10/11/2009 Briefing Note on: ASEAN Criteria and Indicators for Legality of Timber
The ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry adopted on 27 June 2009 the ASEAN Criteria and Indicators for ... 		The ASEAN German Regional Forest Programme (Alexander Hinrichs)

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01/11/2009 EU market conditions for 'verified legal' and 'verified legal and sustainable' wood products
This report provides an overview of the European market for 'verified legal' and 'verified ... 		Rupert Oliver (Forest Industries Intelligence Ltd, for UK Timber Trade Federation)

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16/12/2008 Response to NGO Claims on the SGS TLTV Service and the TLTV Statements issued to Saban Enterprises Ltd. in PNG
Following the issuing of the TLTV Statements to Saban Enterprises Ltd., a number of concerns and criticisms ... 		SGS Forestry Monitoring Services (Bruce Telfer)

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01/07/2008 European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (English Version)
An updated series of documents (also see EC ... 		European Commission

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01/06/2008 SGS Statement in response to Greenpeace LVS Assessment
SGS response to the Greenpeace Wood Products Legality Verification Systems ' An Assessment report ... 		SGS

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01/04/2008 VERIFOR Newsletter - April 2008
VERIFOR is a research project on the verification of legality in the forest sector. It aims to work with ... 		VERIFOR

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30/01/2008 Wood Products Legality Verification Systems: An Assessment
Assessment of seven timber legality verification systems ' Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF), Tropical ... 		Greenpeace International

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01/11/2007 Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 1
TTAP News is a monthly report, to highlight TTAP news, regional progress towards producing verified legal ... 		Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)

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06/09/2007 The Verifor Project: Update for the third EC Projects meeting
Update of the Verifor project, which enables producer countries to develop their capacity to verify their ... 		Verifor

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01/07/2007 Price Premiums for verified legal and sustainable timber
These studies have been commissioned by DFID and the UK Timber Trade Federation. They form a regular ... 		Forest Industries Intelligence Ltd for UK Timber Trade Federation/DFID (Rupert Oliver)

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01/05/2007 Verifying the legal origin of Russian timber: A checklist for companies trading in Russian timber
This checklist for verifying the legality of Russian timber has been developed within the framework of ... 		WWF Russia and WWF Denmark

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05/04/2007 SmartWood standards for verification of legality and origin
The Rainforest Alliance SmartWood program has developed two standards to address verification of legality. ... 		SmartWood

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01/03/2007 European Commission FLEGT Briefing Sheets (French Version)
An updated series of documents ( ... 		European Commission

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01/10/2006 Linking Timber Trade and Forest Practice: How the UK Uses Market Power to Tackle Illegal Logging
With this new Information Brief, Forest Trends looks at demand-side measures taken by the UK and other ... 		Forest Trends

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01/09/2005 Information Leaflet: The VERIFOR Project
VERIFOR is an ODI-led research project on the verification of legality in the forest sector. It is working ... 		ODI

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09/06/2005 The Global Impacts of SmartWood Certification
This final report by the Rainforest Alliance examines the changes that 129 SmartWood-certified operations ... 		Rainforest Alliance (Deanna Newsom and Daphne Hewitt)

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20/05/2005 Chain-of-Custody Certification: What is It, Why do It, and How?
Most certification systems are designed to operate as market-based incentive programs that hope to attract ... 		Dovetail Partners Inc. (Jeff Howe)

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01/01/2005 WBCSD and WWF pilot project: Developing best wood tracking practices to verify legality of wood origin in Latvia
Under its Collaborative Framework Agreement, the WBCSD and WWF undertook a joint pilot project on wood ... 		WBCSD

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02/06/2004 UK Timber Trade Federation Common Auditing Framework (CAF)
The UK Timber Trade Federation proposal for the development of a Common Auditing Framework to provide ... 		UK Timber Trade Federation

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01/04/2004 European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (English 2004 version)
These are the original versions of this European Commission series (also ... 		European Commission

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01/04/2004 European Commission FLEGT Briefing Sheets (Indonesian Bahasa 2004 version)
A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Indonesian Bahasa. The briefings describe the main aspects ... 		European Commission

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01/04/2004 European Commission FLEGT Briefing Sheets (Russian 2004 version)
A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Russian. The briefings describe the main aspects of the ... 		European Commission

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01/04/2004 FLEGT Briefing Sheets (Spanish 2004 version)
A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Spanish. The briefings describe the main aspects of the ... 		European Commission

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01/04/2004 European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (French 2004 version)
These are the original versions of this European Commission series translated into French (also ... 		European Commission

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01/04/2004 European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (Portugese 2004 version)
A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Portugese. The briefings describe the main aspects of ... 		European Commission

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06/10/2003 SGS Paper on “Implementation challenges”
SGS Paper on “Implementation challenges”, a contribution to the fourth session of the workshop ... 		SGS (Antoine de La Rochefordiere)

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01/06/2003 Legal Origin of Timber as a Step Towards Sustainable Forest Management in Africa
Argues that although voluntary partnerships may produce some positive outcomes at the local level, real ... 		SGS for the WWF/World Bank Alliance

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01/12/2002 Technologies for Wood Tracking: Verifying and Monitoring the Chain of Custody and Legal Compliance in the Timber Industry
Surveys the vast array of systems and technologies that can support wood tracking and represents one ... 		World Bank (Dennis P. Dykstra et al)

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01/02/2002 Controlling the International Trade in Illegally Logged Timber and Wood Products
Examines the means by which importing/consuming governments can establish and operate systems for denying ... 		Chatham House/RIIA (Duncan Brack, Kevin Gray and Gavin Hayman)

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NEWS

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19/06/2013 Australia: New Measures to Stamp out Illegal Timber Trade
Importers and processors throughout Australia will have to observe new beefed up assurance measures to ... 		Design Build Source

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17/02/2013 Myanmar timbers to be exported to EU earliest June
Timber from Myanmar will be exported to the European Union (EU) from June and EU delegates will visit ... 		Eleven, Myanmar

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12/02/2013 Standard for legal timber sourcing launched ahead of EU Timber Regulation
NEPCon unveiled the LegalSource ... 		NEPCon

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22/01/2013 Indonesia and the EU adopt new timber trade legality rules in a move expected to boost bilateral timber trade
Since January 1st, 2013 Indonesia requires the export of timber products to be accompanied by V-Legal ... 		European Commission/Indonesian Ministry of Forestry

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19/01/2013 Export decline feared if EU timber trade deal is delayed
The Association of Indonesian Forest Businessmen (APHI) has said that Indonesia may see decreasing exports ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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18/01/2013 Government plans to build wood terminals to curb illegal logging
In an effort to curb illegal logging and prevent illicit woods from entering the market, the government ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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26/12/2012 Paper giant breaks pledge to end rainforest logging in Sumatra, says group
Pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) continues to destroy large ... 		Mongabay.com

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13/11/2012 Asia Pulp and Paper achieves highest standards of timber legality certification
Jakarta, Indonesia - Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has received the SVLK timber legality certification ... 		Times Colonist, Canada

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10/10/2012 Australia attempts to stump illegal loggers
The Australian Senate is about to take on the task of stopping illegal logging, with legislation banning ... 		The Conversation, Australia

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26/09/2012 Logging certification reorganized after illegal logging accusations
Jakarta - The Forestry Ministry says it is trying to convince the world that logs sold in Indonesia are ... 		Tempointeractive

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07/09/2012 SCS brings environmental sustainability certification to Africa
Leading global third-party environmental and sustainability certification organisation SCS Global Services ... 		Ventures Africa

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03/09/2012 Reputations put at risk by illegal timber trade
International governments are waging war on illicit forest products and certification is their key weapon.

By ... 		ProPrint, Australia

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30/08/2012 Australia's ban on illegally logged timber upsets Jakarta and PNG
Timber exporting countries, including Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, say a proposed law to stop illegally-logged ... 		ABC Radio Australia

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07/08/2012 APP meets tough new standards on wood legality
Jakarta - Asia Pulp & Paper Group's (APP) announcement that its production mills are achieving ... 		APP

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03/08/2012 Govt helps small timber product firms get SVLK certification
Small-scale businesses that work with wood, such as handicraft producers in Bali and furniture makers ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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01/08/2012 The Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia launches the 'Timber Legality Information System'
Jakarta, Indonesia - Today, H.E Zulkifli Hasan, Minister for Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia launched ... 		ACN Newswire, on The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch

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26/07/2012 Timber companies asked to obtain certification
Jakarta - Indonesia urges the national timber industry to immediately verify their timber production. ... 		Tempointeractive

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13/07/2012 “Bootleggers and Baptists” coalitions will help forest certification schemes expand
Rio de Janeiro - The forestry world is currently witnessing the birth of a new coalition for change, ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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04/07/2012 An Industry First: Asia Pulp & Paper Mills Achieve SVLK certification, Indonesia’s new world-class legality verification standard
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) today announced that three of its mills have secured SVLK certification, ... 		APP, via MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal

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30/04/2012 How to make stronger trade links between UK and Indonesia a reality
Earlier this month, many of us were among the Indonesian business community which welcomed British Prime ... 		Purwadi Soeprihanto, Executive Director, Association of Indonesian Forest Concessionaires (Letter)

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16/04/2012 The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG
Bogor, Indonesia - The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway has been “the single most ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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26/03/2012 Indonesian forestry sector sets out eight practical steps to achieving ‘world-class’ production
Jakarta, Indonesia - All major trade associations representing the forestry sector have together launched ... 		MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal

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24/03/2012 Half of RI’s major timber companies legally certified
Local timber producers have stepped up their efforts to comply with a government-backed legal verification ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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18/01/2012 New timber regulation to force companies away from business-as-usual practices
Beijing, China - New regulations banning sale of illegal timber in consumer countries will force companies ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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09/11/2011 Governments need to deal with corruption to further curb illegal logging
Beijing, China - The fight to curb rampant illegal logging in the Asia Pacific region has come a long ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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13/05/2011 Regulation role model
The EU Timber Regulation means the wood industry is again leading the way in developing responsible procurement ... 		TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK

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05/05/2011 Chinese delegates want to learn from RI on timber regulation
China wants to follow Indonesia’s regulation of logging practices to create wider trade opportunities ... 		The Jakarta Post

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04/05/2011 Timber trade transformation in Asia
In September 2001, Indonesia welcomed countries from across the region to the Forest Law Enforcement ... 		The Jakarta Post

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28/03/2011 Controlled Wood risk assessment for the UK Approved
FSC has agreed a Controlled Wood risk assessment for the United Kingdom. This is one of the first ever ... 		FSC

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22/03/2011 Behind the music: Gibson Guitars’ timber sourcing debacle
As the legendary guitar riff of “Sweet Child of Mine” blared through Cowboys Stadium at this ... 		Triple Pundit

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22/03/2011 Legality verification system to protect RI timbers: Minister
Siak, Riau province - Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) ... 		Antara News, Indonesia

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17/01/2011 Brazilian manufacturer earns first LegalHarvest verification
Brazilian Timber company GOLF Indústria Comércio E Exportação De Madeiras ... 		SFGate, San Francisco, US

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12/12/2010 S’wak committed to curbing illegal logging
Tokyo - Sarawak is committed to curbing illegal logging and its associated trade, said Sarawak Forestry ... 		The Borneo Post

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18/10/2010 Are you ready for the new EU Regulation on illegal timber?
If you are trading in wood or paper products, then you should act now and start preparing for future ... 		PR Web

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20/08/2010 Saving forests with carrots as well as sticks - part 2
Part 1 of this blog overviewed ... 		The Huffington Post, US

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19/08/2010 Newly launched forestry standard combats illegally harvested timber
Emeryville, California - Illegal logging damages forest ecosystems, local communities and the economies ... 		PR Web

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17/08/2010 Sarawak’s efforts to meet JFA guidelines
According to some sources, the Sarawak Chain-of-Custody (CoC) has been approved by the Japanese Forestry ... 		ITTO Market Report

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03/08/2010 STA: Japan recognises Sarawak's timber and timber products
Kuching - Japan has recognised that timber and timber products imported from the state under the Sarawak ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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11/06/2010 Fueled by concerns of illegal logging, Forest Trust helps UK firm import first-ever legal plywood from China
Nanjing - The Forest Trust (TFT) announced today that a Chinese factory has for the first time produced ... 		The Forest Trust

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26/01/2010 New Rainforest Alliance standards verify companies' wood purchases as legal
According to a statement released by the Rainforest Alliance, illegal logging throughout the world’s ... 		Furniture World, UK

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06/12/2009 EFPI introduces Code of Conduct on sustainability
The pressing problems of illegally logged and traded timber and sustainable forestry are at the heart ... 		European Federation of Parquet Importers (EFPI)

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16/05/2009 Twenty-five percent of European timber imports certified but gaps in demand remain
New research indicates that around 25% of solid timber products imported into the EU-25 is likely to ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report

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08/04/2009 Three Verified Legal Origin certificates issued in Indonesia in a TFT member supply chain
Jakarta - Two Tropical Forest Trust (TFT) supported forest projects and one factory have been issued ... 		Tropical Forest Trust

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26/01/2009 Furniture group refuses to sit back while illegal timber trading goes on
Central Java is a long way from recessionary, wintry Teesside. In the sweltering forests of the former, ... 		Times Online (UK)

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15/12/2008 Press Release Regarding NGO Claims on the SGS TLTV Service and the PNG TLTV Statements issued to Saban Enterprises Ltd
On 2 December 2008 SGS awarded two Statements to Saban Enterprises Ltd (an affiliate company of the Rimbunan ... 		SGS

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02/12/2008 Inspectors confirm PNG logger Rimbunan Hijau's ops are legal
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Heavily criticised logging giant Rimbunan Hijau (RH) has been awarded ... 		Trading Markets (USA)

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02/12/2008 NGOs in PNG Sceptical Of New Timber Legality Scheme
A timber legality scheme announced today by Rimbunan Hijau (RH) and the Papua New Guinea Forest Industries ... 		Mongabay.com (USA)

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03/11/2008 Anderton's stand against illegal logging backed
(NZ Forest Owners Association Press Release) A government plan to require all lumber and wood products ... 		Scoop (New Zealand)

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31/10/2008 Call for proposals under the ITTO initiative on innovative timber tracking systems
Private sector forest companies operating in ITTO producer and developing consumer member countries are ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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30/06/2008 Asmindo and Senada encourage use of verification stamps for market access
The Jakarta Post reported that Asmindo (the Indonesian Furniture producers Association) and Senada (a ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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30/05/2008 Timber Trade Federation meet Chinese Producers To Promote Market for Legal and Sustainable Timber Products
Getting credible evidence on the origin of timber and timber products was a key message to Chinese plywood ... 		UK Timber Trade Federation (UK)

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28/05/2008 Crackdown on illegally logged timber wins support
The timber import industry has backed government moves to stop illegally logged wood from entering New ... 		Radio New Zealand (New Zealand)

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15/05/2008 EU considers green label to halt illegal imports of Amazon timber
According to O Estado de Sao Paulo, the European Union (EU) intends to tighten its timber import laws ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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17/03/2008 Ghana: Certify to Maintain Market Share, Wood Industry Players Told
Players in the Ghanaian wood industry have been urged to certify their wood as a means to sustain their ... 		AllAfrica.com

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06/03/2008 Protected by bars
Liberia - A groundbreaking computerised forest-protection system is up and running. If all goes according ... 		Economist (UK)

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05/02/2008 SGS and Helveta announce agreements for a nationwide forest and timber chain-of-custody monitoring system in the Republic of Liberia
Geneva, Switzerland - SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A. (SGS) announced today the signature of ... 		SGS/Helveta (Switzerland/UK)

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01/11/2007 Liberia: Swiss Firm Manages Chain-of-Custody in Forest
With a chain-of-custody in managing Liberian forest, it is expected that "there would be no illegal ... 		AllAfrica.com

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10/10/2007 SmartWood calls for input to the public review of its SmartLogging Generic Certification Standard
The SmartWood program of the Rainforest Alliance is seeking input on the SmartLogging Generic Certification ... 		Rainforest Alliance (USA)

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24/09/2007 ALPI and Tropical Forest Trust Work Together to Enhance Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon
Modigliana, Italy - ALPI, the largest forest and wood processing company operating in Cameroon, has agreed ... 		Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)

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18/07/2007 SmartWood verification scheme: Stakeholder consultation
Contribute feedback on the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood verification scheme ... 		Rainforest Alliance (USA)

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09/05/2007 New UK-Funded Report Says Consumers in US, Europe Hold Key To Transforming Chinese Attitude Toward Use of Illegal Timber
(Press Release) London, UK - Responding to concern that China's massive appetite for raw timber ... 		Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)

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15/04/2007 PNG industry moves towards legality verification
The PNG Forest Industry Association (PNGFIA) is working with the Swiss firm SGS (Societe Generale du ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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30/03/2007 DNA test to stem illegal timber flow
Australia has introduced the world's first DNA timber test to stem the import of illegally-logged, ... 		Cosmos (Australia)

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21/03/2007 Tracking system aids fight against illegal logging
London, UK - A global computerized system that tracks wood from stump to store is aiding the battle against ... 		Washington Post (UK)

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19/01/2007 Get legal or lose markets
Malaysian Timber Council, Netherlands Timber Trade Association and UK Timber Trade Federation Joint Press ... 		TTF, MTC and VVNH

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27/10/2006 Laos: What did Smartwood know when it issued the certificate?
Last month I wrote an article about FSC certification of 'village forestry' in Laos. The article ... 		WRM Bulletin (Uruguay)

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11/10/2006 How People suffer when journalists get it wrong
A comment on the quality of recent NGO reporting on Laos Village Forestry. By Scott Poynton on behalf ... 		Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)

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02/10/2006 Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood Response to WRM Allegations that Communities in Savannakhet, Laos are involved in Illegal Logging
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16/09/2006 Verification system for timber products being crafted
Guyana - New Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday launched the process for a legal verification ... 		Stabroek News (Guyana)

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13/09/2006 SGS 'Validation of Legal Timber Programme' (VLTP) development in the Russian Far East
On 11.09.06, based on the results of the audit, that was conducted in the frames of Validation of Legal ... 		SGS (Russia)

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07/08/2006 Helveta and Intel work towards a national strategy for timber traceability in Bolivia
Supported by the Tropical Forest Trust (TFT), Helveta, Intel, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the US ... 		Helveta (UK)

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01/08/2006 Forestry meets forensics in battle against illegal logging
Paternity tests for trees might seem a strange idea but an innovative pilot project launched this week ... 		Environmental Data Interactive (UK)

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29/07/2006 DNA technology to curb illegal timber trade
Kuching , Malaysia - The United Kingdom (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) ... 		Bernama (Malaysia)

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14/07/2006 Now available worldwide: CIEarth ' the premier application for forest inventory and community resource mapping
Helveta has released its exciting new mapping application ' CIEarth. CIEarth enables interactive ... 		Helveta (UK)

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12/07/2006 Status of SGS implementation in the Russian Far East
Review of SGS design and implementation of the Validation of Legal Timber Programme (VLTP). ... 		SGS

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05/06/2006 Poor image spoils it for legal loggers
Malaysia - Illegal logging has soiled the names of many a timber exporter, and affected their trade. ... 		New Straits Times (Malaysia)

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19/05/2006 UK traders ahead of users' interest in certified wood
An ongoing study for the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Department for International Development ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report

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15/05/2006 Guyana audits its timber tracking system
The Guyana Forestry Commission has engaged UK's PROFOREST to conduct a comprehensive audit of the ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report

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13/04/2006 Perum Perhutani uses latest technology to monitor timber
Perum Perhutani, Indonesian 57 site plantation operation commence use of TracElite for timber traceability ... 		TracElite (UK)

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01/02/2006 Concession in R. of Congo passes legality audit
The German Danzer Group has informed that one of its subsidiaries, Industrie Forestière d'Ouesso ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report

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13/10/2005 WBCSD/ICFPA joint position paper calls on governments to combat illegal logging
Geneva, Switzerland - "Preventing illegal logging in forest areas where timber harvesting is strictly ... 		WBCSD (Switzerland)

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25/08/2005 APP & Rainforest Alliance Sign Landmark Agreement to Monitor Conservation of Biodiversity
Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. (APP) and the Rainforest Alliance, a leading international non-profit ... 		APP

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11/07/2005 Soil Association and Tropical Forest Trust join forces
Following the launch of TracElite Always On, the online application service for chain of custody, traceability ... 		Green Building Press (UK)

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07/07/2005 Helveta and Tropical Forest Trust announce Soil Association Woodmark as an exclusive audit partner
Following the launch of 'TracElite Always On', the online application service for analysis ... 		Blitz PR (UK)

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29/06/2005 European timber buyers warns Ghana's timber industry
Kumasi, June 28, GNA - European timber buyers have told the timber industry in Ghana to get its products ... 		Ghana Web (Ghana)

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01/06/2005 Legality Trial: Only 5 days in the field, NGOs ask for retrial
SAMARINDA, Indonesia - The system for verifying the legality of timber known as the legality standard, ... 		Kaltim Post (Indonesia)

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30/03/2005 EU Rejects Ghana Timber Certificates
The European Union market is rejecting certificates accompanying Ghana's timber products because ... 		Ghanaweb

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29/03/2005 Computerized Log Tracking System For Forestry Commission
Accra, Ghana - The Forestry Commission, under its new Validation of Legal Timber Programme (VLTP), would ... 		GhanaWeb

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14/12/2004 Federation wins Government Approval and EU Grant
UK - The Timber Trade Federation has had two major successes recently in both the public affairs and ... 		Timber Trade Federation (UK)

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06/12/2004 Fingerprints for Timber
With sophisticated labelling, the origin of timber can now be traced - virtual fingerprints against illegal ... 		Tempo (Indonesia)

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07/09/2004 Malaysia calls on PNG govt to get tough on logging
The Chair of the Malaysian Timber Certification Council has recommended the PNG government take tough ... 		Scoop (Malaysia)

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19/05/2004 Tree DNA marker may curb illegal logging
A new high-tech tool, using DNA markers, may be the answer to Indonesia's massive illegal logging ... 		The Jakarta Post

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11/03/2004 Good Wood - The new webguide
A comprehensive on-line guide on how to buy, sell and trade timber responsibly, based on the work of ... 		WWF

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07/02/2004 Transcript from BBC Radio Programme
BBC Correspondent Roger Harribin investigates the trail of illegal timber from Indonesia's forests ... 		The Today Programme, Radio 4

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24/01/2004 E.U. pushes certification system for Indonesia's timber exports
The EU has stepped up efforts to ensure that Indonesia is exporting legal wood. ... 		Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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13/01/2004 Bar-Coding Trees Isn't As Silly As It May Sound
Environmental activists and corporate giants are teaming up in an unlikely alliance to harness the power ... 		Far Eastern Economic Review

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14/10/2003 EU Aims to Stem Illegal Rainforest Timber Trade
EU countries plan to deal a blow to a billion dollar trade in illegal logging in endangered rainforests ... 		Reuters

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PRESENTATIONS

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08/02/2013 VPA Legality Assurance Systems - emerging challenges in implementation Thomas de Francqueville, European Forest Institute (EFI)

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08/02/2013 What certification/verification schemes can ensure legality in the context of the EUTR? Sofie Tind Nielsen, Proforest

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18/01/2013 Certification and legality verification Rachel Butler, Independent Technical Advisor to the European Timber Trade Federation

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18/01/2013 Forest Legality Alliance: Timber sourcing compliance tools Caitlin Clarke, World Resources Institute, Washington DC

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21/06/2011 Agriculture and legality: building on experience from the forest sector Ruth Nussbaum, Proforest

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20/06/2011 The role of FSC in legality initiatives Phil Guillery, FSC International Centre

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15/06/2011 Tropical timber and traceability James Hewitt, Independent Consultant

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28/01/2011 China timber legality practice Shengfu Wu, China National Forest Products Industry Association

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24/06/2010 Update on timber legality verification schemes in China Dr Chen Yong, Chinese Academy of Forestry & Joyce Lam, ProForest

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24/06/2010 Beyond solid wood - TFT & partners deliver VLO plywood from China Alastair Herd, TFT

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21/01/2010 Is There a Need for a Global Legality Verification System? Richard Donovan, Rainforest Alliance

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20/01/2009 Certification of sustainability or verification of legality Saskia Ozinga, FERN

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20/01/2009 The European market for verified legal and legal and sustainable wood products Rupert Oliver, Forest Industries Intelligence Ltd

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18/06/2008 Verification of Legal Origin - A Method to Improve Legal and Sustainable Wood Trade Rainforest Alliance SmartWood Program (Xiao Jianmin)

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09/06/2008 Status report on Rainforest Alliance legality/verification work: seeking a common international starting point Richard Donovan, Rainforest Alliance

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18/01/2008 Finance for verified and certified operators John White, UK Timber Trade Federation, TTF

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17/01/2008 Fitting the pieces of the jigsaw together: Legality and sustainability Verifor and Timber Trade Action Plan (Neil Bird, Jon Macartney and Caroline Stein)

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01/11/2007 Legal Wood Verification: Approach of a private sector inspection company SGS Forestry Monitoring Services (Bruce Telfer)

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01/11/2007 Promoting responsible wood trade through 3rd party legal origin verification and CoC certification Rainforest Alliance China Project Office (Xu Bin)

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01/11/2007 Validation of Legal Timber Programme (SGS VLTP): Russia, Far Eastern Region SGS Forestry Monitoring Services (Andrey Zakharenkov)

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02/10/2007 FLEGT: Product traceability and Chain of Custody Jussi Lounasvuori, Indufor

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09/07/2007 Developing timber legality verification in Indonesia LEI (Taufiq Alimi)

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27/04/2007 China's efforts for timber verification Chinese Academy of Forestry (Lu Wenming)

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26/04/2007 Developing a legality standard and timber tracking system & promoting forest ceritifcation for timber products from Indonesia TNC Indonesia (Yudi Iskandarsyah)

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26/04/2007 Promoting trading of legal and sustainable wood through third party certification/verification Rainforest Alliance (Xiao Jianmin)

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22/02/2007 Forest certification and legality verification: implications for public procurement policy CPET (Kate Bottriel)

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22/02/2007 Forest certification and legality verification - policy implications Proforest (Neil Judd)

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22/02/2007 Certification: Industry Case Study Finnforest UK (Rachel Butler)

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26/01/2007 Chinese response to market demand for legal timber - update on SmartWood approach to verification of legality SmartWood Program Rainforest Alliance (Jeff Hayward)

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26/01/2007 Indonesia Civil Society Groups role in relation to the coming EU-Indonesia VPA: notes on the development of verification standard of timber legality in Indonesia Telapak (Arbi Valentinas)

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21/07/2006 VERIFOR Update: Phase One Review and VERIFOR in Latin America ODI (David Brown and Hans Thiel)

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03/04/2006 Verification of wood origin: Russia case study Stora Enso Wood Supply (Anna-Liisa Myllynen)

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03/04/2006 Supply chain management and illegality risks Chatham House (Jade Saunders)

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24/03/2006 Timber legality verification system (Indonesia) Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute (Alan Purbawiyatna)

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20/01/2006 Validation of legal timber programme (VLTP) in the Russian Far-East SGS (Andrey Zakharenkov and Antoine de la Rochefordiere)

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EVENTS

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Thursday 6th December 2012 Illegal logging and legality verification - the FLEGT / VPA as new modes of governance
In 2003 the EU adopted its Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). In order ...

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Tuesday 7th September 2010 The 3rd International Conference on Forests, Markets, Policy & Practice
Hosted by International Forestry Cooperation Center of Chinese State Forestry Administration (IFCC-SFA), ...

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Monday 9th July 2007 Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 10
The tenth in a series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the update was held ...

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Thursday 22nd February 2007 Forest certification and legality verification policy implications
The credibility of forest certification is central to consumer confidence and to market mechanisms aimed ...

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Tuesday 12th September 2006 Helveta exhibition at The Timber Show in London
Helveta will be exhibiting their Control Intelligence System with live demonstrations of TracElite and ...

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Thursday 2nd February 2006 Public hearing: voluntary certification and verification of legal timber
More than 120 students from the Vyazemsk Forest College worked on identifying measures to control illegal ...

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Wednesday 27th July 2005 Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 6
The sixth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...

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Tuesday 22nd March 2005 Illegal Timber in your supply chain; how to spot it, how to stop it
TFT have arranged this workshop in response to many requests for them to share their expertise on this ...

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Thursday 2nd December 2004 Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 5
The fifth in a series of policy update meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...

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Monday 9th June 2003 Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 2
Second in the regular series of meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. Discussion covered ...

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LINKS

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Certisource The primary aim of Certisource is to reduce the traffic in stolen logs. Its Chain of Custody verification systems enables legal and illegal timber to be differentiated within the market place by following procedures and standards recommended by the World Wide Fund for Nature's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN). Certisource verifies the source of timber using the best available technologies, including DNA, bar coding and RFID. Broken link

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Helveta Helveta is the developer of CI World software, a technology providing fully auditable traceability and chain of custody control for extended supply chains in the timber and food production sectors. CI World and its components ' TracElite and CI Earth - have won a number of awards as innovative technologies for the timber sector. Broken link

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Rainforest Alliance The Rainforest Alliance's certification program, SmartWood, was founded in 1989 to certify responsible forestry practices and now focuses on providing a variety of certification tools. Broken link

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SGS SGS is a major global verification, testing and certification company. SGS' Sustainable Forestry Programme includes services for forest management auditing and monitoring, certification and independent verification of legal timber. Broken link

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SGS Verification of Legal Timber Programme The VLTP implemented in the Khabarovsk region in the far east of Russia is based on the creation of a unique public-private partnership between the regional Government, SGS as independent verifier and a local partner. Broken link

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The Forest Trust The TFT (formerly Tropical Forest Trust) works to conserve threatened tropical forests through sustainable management. TFT member companies are committed to sourcing wood from TFT forest projects and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forests. TFT is funded through a combination of member contributions, grants, contracts and donations. Broken link

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Track Record Track Record provides a range of products and services that enable their customers to exert a much greater degree of control over their supply chains. Track Record and the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) have signed a joint MOU whereby Track Record will provide online support for the TTF's Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP). Broken link

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VERIFOR Project VERIFOR is an ODI-led research project which will work with partner institutions in tropical countries to ensure that timber and forest products are legally harvested. It will help producer nations put in place verification systems with high national and international credibility. Has worked in Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal, Brazil, Costa Rica and Ecuador. Broken link

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WWF Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) The GFTN - a WWF-led partnership - links more than 360 companies, communities, NGOs, and entrepreneurs in more than 30 countries around the world. The goal is to create a new market for environmentally responsible forest products. Since 1991, market-driven demands from GFTN participants have increased the economic incentives for responsible forest management. This is helping to ensure that millions of acres of forests are independently and credibly certified, a guarantee that the forests are well managed and that their products come from legal and sustainable timber harvests.

Click here for GFTN's Guide to Legal and Responsible Sourcing, which includes details on national legality frameworks and guides to legal documentation. 		Broken link

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