Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 19

The 19th Illegal Logging Stakeholder Update took place on Thursday 9th - Friday 10th February 2012.

The agenda, speakers presentations and a report of the meeting are all available below as pdf files.

LINKED PRESENTATIONS:
Assessing progress on the FLEGT Action Plan commitments and EUTR across the EU 27 Beatrix Richards, WWF-UK

Dynamics of India’s supply & demand : Needs, constraints and opportunities in the context of legal wood sourcing Chetan Agarwal

Establishing a European Information Platform on timber legality Julien Massetti, FLEGT Competent Authority, France

EU Timber Regulation: looking ahead - key issues for effective implementation Emily Unwin, ClientEarth

EU Timber Regulation: secondary legislation Svetla Atanasova, European Commission

Export market challenges for Indian timber products B H Patel, Capexil

Illegal logging and the issue of transparency in Nepal: civil society perspective Dil Raj Khanal, FECOFUN

Independent market monitor methodology Rupert Oliver & Emily Fripp

India's forest footprint: does this contribute to illegal logging? T R Manoharan, WWF-India

Market mechanisms to address commodity drivers of deforestation: achievements, challenges and new opportunities Nathalie Walker, National Wildlife Federation

Myanmar: same same, burn-out or great opportunity? Kerstin Canby & Kevin Woods, Forest Trends

Negotiations and action: the UK and forests - update on forest-related outcomes at Durban Philip Andrews, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK

Nepal's initiatives to reduce illegal logging Kiran Dongol, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal

Nexus between natural capital and financial capital: is there a role for private sector leadership? Andrew Hedges, Norton Rose

Norwegian woods: exploring Norway's contradictory financial incentives in South East Asia's land use sector Jago Wadley, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

Potential policy measures to promote sustainable commodity chains: a Dutch view Rob Busink, Department of Nature and Biodiversity, Netherlands

Poverty and social safeguards in VPAs Mary Hobley & Marlene Buchy

Responsible Asia forestry and trade Jack Hurd, The Nature Conservancy

Science and technology to meet legislative and market requirements: government perspective Shelley Gardner, US Forest Service

Science and technology to meet legislative and market requirements: producer country perspective Chris Beeko, Forestry Commission, Ghana

A scientific approach to timber identification and traceability Darren Thomes, DoubleHelix

Strengthening forest governance monitoring practice Herman Savenije, Tropenbos International & Arend Jan van Bodegom, Wageningen University, Netherlands

Swedish experience so far in implementing the EU Timber Regulation: remaining key challenges Stefan Karlsson, Swedish Forest Agency

Working with forest certification and experience of tracking within other sectors Tim Wilson, Historic Futures


Final Agenda
LINK TO AGENDA (215k)
LINK TO MEETING REPORT (385k)

edited:29/02/2012
uploaded:17/10/2011