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Wood Central: New EUDR Risk? Gabon Junta to Relax Rules on High-Risk Timbers

Huge volumes of kevazingo trees are exported to China as part of the country’s “manufacturing black box.” Featuring FT data.

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Peru Opens Call for Bids for Investment in Natural Infrastructure to Prevent Climate Disasters Valued at US $210 Million

  Peru seeks international expertise to design natural infrastructure solutions for flood and landslide risks On Friday, July 19, 2024, Peru’s National Infrastructure Authority (ANIN) presented the largest portfolio of ecosystem restoration projects in the history of Peru to tackle the challenges of El Niño and climate change. ANIN and the United Kingdom Delivery Team […]

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NEXO Jornal: A nova corrida madeireira na Amazônia

Quatro anos após início da febre do pau-de-balsa, comunidades indígenas e produtores avaliam impactos de atividade que se espalhou por Equador, Peru e Colômbia.

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Dialogue Earth: ‘Balsa fever’ brought hope and havoc in the Amazon. What happened next?

Four years on, producers reflect on the rush to cut and export balsa, a light wood used in wind turbine blades, which swept Ecuador and spread into Peru and Colombia. Featuring Forest Trends data.

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La República: Perú invertirá 210 millones de dólares en proyectos de infraestructura natural para prevenir desastres climáticos

La Autoridad Nacional de Infraestructura (ANIN) presentó la cartera más grande de proyectos de recuperación de ecosistemas en la historia del Perú para afrontar los desafíos del Fenómeno El Niño y el Cambio Climático.

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Food Navigator Europe: What impact will EU deforestation law have on Brazilian soy trade with EU?

Two powerful soy trade groups, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE) and the Brazilian Association of Soybean Producers (APROSOJA), report on their members’ preparedness for the EUDR. Featuring a recent interview between Forest Trends and André Lima, Brazil’s Secretary for Controlling Deforestation and Territorial Ordinance.

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Nong Nghiep Vietnam: Vietnamese pellets need to aim at the EU market

To sustainably develop the pellet production industry, Vietnam needs to expand its consumption market, aiming at the EU market, where there is still a lot of geographical balance for this industry. Phuc Xuan To, Managing Director of our Forest Policy, Trade, & Finance team in Vietnam, provides analysis on where he sees the wood pellet […]

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Frontier Myanmar: Mangrove loss in Tanintharyi hits illegal charcoal trade with Thailand

The depletion of mangrove forests in Tanintharyi Region has constrained the illicit crossborder trade, even as prices remain high, but small-scale producers in Myanmar’s deep south have few other ways to make a living. Featuring Forest Trends data.

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Report: The Voluntary Carbon Market Contracted in 2023, Driven by Drop-off in Transactions for REDD+ and Renewable Energy

30 May 2024: New research published today shows the voluntary carbon market (VCM) contracting for the second year in a row. However, the report’s findings also illustrate an increasingly complex landscape within the VCM, with some market segments showing growth as others fell. Market analysis from Ecosystem Marketplace finds that overall market transaction volume declined 56 […]

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Vietnam +: Vietnam’s timber, wood product exports post positive growth in the first five months

The export value of timber and wood products in Vietnam is estimated to reach over 6 billion USD in the first five months of this year, an increase of 18% over the same period last year, according to General Department of Vietnam Customs. Featuring market analysis from FPTF Managing Director, Phuc To.

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