Events
ICCF Summit on Illegal Resource Extraction
Washington DC, USA
Competition over natural resources and pollution of our oceans, forests, and air threaten America’s national security and economic interests and damage the health of the planet. The ICCF Group will convene a summit in Washington, DC with the purpose of exploring the issue of illegal resource extraction and highlighting bipartisan efforts to address it. The […]
Extent and Nature of Illegal Deforestation for Commercial Agriculture
Virtual
June 21, 2021 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET In this Forest Legality Week side event, authors will present on the study “Illicit Harvest, Complicit Goods” Forest Trends’ recent report on the extent and nature of illegal deforestation for commercial agriculture in tropical countries – including the finding that 69% of agro-conversion was illegal. Speakers: […]
Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange, Singapore
Singapore
Forest Trends has been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies over the last few years to further understanding of complex high-risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act. This process, known as the Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange (TREE), […]
Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange, London
London, UK
Forest Trends has been working with officials from the EU Member States, Australia and the United States (US) Lacey enforcement agencies over the last seven years to further understanding of complex high-risk supply chains for wood products and to support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (ILPA), […]
Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange, Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Since 2012, Forest Trends and Chatham House have been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies, to further understanding of complex high-risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act. These two workstreams have merged into a process called the […]
Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange, Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Since 2012, Forest Trends and Chatham House have been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies, to further understanding of complex high-risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act. These two workstreams have merged into a process called the […]
Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Since 2012, Forest Trends and Chatham House have been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies, to further understanding of complex high-risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act. These two workstreams have merged into a process called the Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange (TREE), an ongoing series of networking and information-sharing meetings, which bring the growing group of officials together every six months.
Myanmar and the Role of Natural Resources in Transitions from Armed Conflict / Military Governments
World Bank, Washington, United States
A peaceful election this November 8th in Myanmar is pivotal, but a successful transition from military rule hangs on the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) between the government and the ethnic armed groups. Given that a third of ceasefires fail within five years, peace and security will depend on getting the NCA and the subsequent ‘political […]