Forest Trends in the News

Este 4 de octubre se presentó el documental peruano que revela la lucha de las comunidades de Huarochirí para cuidar las fuentes de agua que alimentan a la ciudad de Lima. El valioso documental sobre la siembra y cosecha del agua es fruto del esfuerzo de la municipalidad provincial de Huarochirí, Cáritas, y el proyecto […]

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a nonprofit watchdog group based in Britain, has found that most birch products currently being exported from Vietnam to the United States originate in Russia. Phuc Xuan To, a senior policy analyst at Forest Trends who has studied Vietnam’s wood industry for years, confirmed the EIA’s findings.

Insiders are calling for a revision to Circular 27 on the traceability of forest products to plug the legal gaps that have been holding back firms for years. Tô Xuân Phúc, an expert at Forest Trends, said there is a common misconception that timber harvested from cultivated forests is automatically legal and carries no risk.

The US and EU are the leading export markets of Vietnam’s wood processing and exporting industry. High inflation in these markets has been causing Vietnamese wood exports to face many difficulties, even posing challenges with an export target of about US$16 billion for the whole year.

Fundo JBS pela Amazônia anuncia a segunda rodada de projetos que receberão apoio financeiro. Foco está em iniciativas que usam a ciência e a tecnologia para melhorar a vida das comunidades.

Tras más de seis años de trabajo en la formulación y ejecución de proyectos de infraestructura natural, el Equipo de Gestión Ambiental y Servicios Ecosistémicos (EGASE) de Sedapal presentó el “Manual para la formulación y evaluación de proyectos de inversión en infraestructura natural en el marco del Mecanismo de Retribución por Servicios Ecosistémicos Hídricos para […]

Bois Rouge, una empresa vinculada al grupo Wagner, brazo armado no oficial del Kremlin, explota desde 2021 un bosque en el oeste de la República Centroafricana. La compañía ha recibido un sorprendente trato de favor por parte de las autoridades y a veces trabaja incumpliendo la ley.

Investigation shows how the barter of conflict timber in exchange for Wagner mercenaries works in the Central African Republic. Because of the inefficiency of the timber controls in Europe, Wagner conflict timber cannot be stopped from reaching European clients, despite existing sanctions. 11 European outlets.

While many products exported to the UK enjoyed strong increases thanks to the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), Vietnam’s timber industry is facing difficulties in expanding in this market, requiring manufacturers and exporters to change their business strategies.

Indigenous communities on a pair of islands off Canada’s west coast have been fighting for nearly four decades to stop logging in local rainforests. This spring, the communities had a double victory. Logging was stopped on a vast collection of forest stands and a major timber company agreed to pay them millions of dollars to […]