Publications

Pre-Cop Briefing for CITES Management Authorities Regarding the Verification of Legal Acquisition

Regulating the illegal timber trade: Comparison of the verification of legal acquisition under CITES with other legislation to tackle the trade in illegally harvested timber. 

There has been a paradigm shift since CITES was created, and rule of law was assumed, to the current situation where illegalities in the extraction of natural resources have been widely investigated, documented, acknowledged and quantified in a number of policy sectors outside the CITES process. In order to facilitate consistency, this briefing paper outlines[…]

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Exposé Pré-Cop À L’intention Des Organes De Gestion De La Cites Concernant La Vérification De La Légalité De L’acquisition

Réglementation du commerce illégal de bois : Comparaison en matière de vérification de la légalité d’acquisition au titre de la Cites par rapport à d’autres mesures législatives pour lutter contre le commerce de bois illégalement récolté.

By Catherine Rutherford et Jade Saunders, avec expertise juridique de Melissa Blue Sky

Exposición Pre-Cop Para Las Autoridades Administrativas De La Cites Respecto De La Comprobación De Adquisición Legal

Reglamentación del comercio ilegal de madera: Comparando la comprobación de la adquisición legal en virtud de la Cites respecto de otras medidas legislativas para luchar contra el comercio de madera cosechada ilegalmente.

By Catherine Rutherford y Jade Saunders, con revisión experta juridica de Melissa Blue Sky

10 Things to Know about China’s Hongmu Imports Since 2017: A Briefing for the 18th CITES COP

In October 2016, the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) listed over 300 species of rosewood (a subset of which are known as hongmu in Chinese) at the 17th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17, Johannesburg). Hongmu is identified by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime as the world’s[…]

Tackling Deforestation and the Trade In Forest Risk Commodities: Consumer-Country Measures and the WTO

 A range of consumer-country measures have been deployed by governments as part of the global effort to combat illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber. These include regulations which affect imports, such as the EU Timber Regulation, which makes it an offence to place illegally sourced timber products on the EU market, whether from[…]

5 Things to Know about the Use of Scientific Testing in the Enforcement of Timber Import Regulations

In June 2019, Forest Trends surveyed government agencies responsible for the enforcement of timber legislation about their current and future plans for using scientific testing. Through its Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange (TREE) network, Forest Trends received 25 responses from 21 countries. All but one country currently have operational timber import measures in place. The following[…]

The Debate over Vietnam’s Latest Land Reforms

From “Land to the Tiller” to the “New Landlords”?

A new paper published by Land journal discusses policy debates on smallholder versus large-scale company governance. It highlights possible risks in government land policy that favors large-scale companies and neglecting smallholders. While the paper focuses on Vietnam case study, its implications travel far beyond the country. Abstract: Between Vietnam’s independence and its reunification in 1975,[…]

What is in Myanmar’s First EITI Forestry Reports?

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) requires countries to disclose information on their natural resource sector. In 2016, the government of Myanmar published its first Myanmar EITI report (referred to here as the MEITI) on the oil and gas and mining sectors. In January 2019, the MEITI finalized its first reports on forestry. This brief […]

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ြမန်မာုိင်ငံ EITI ၏ ပထမဦးဆံုး သစ်ေတာ ဆိုင်ရာအစီရင်ခံစာများက ဘာလဲ။

Nós, Cinta Larga: Nossa Terra e As Mudanças do Clima

We, the Cinta Larga: Our Earth and Climate Change

Developed from the materials produced in the workshops for the training of Cultural Mediators in the Ethno-environmental Corridor Tupi Mondé, on Climate Change and Territorial Management, this booklet was created to support the work of teachers in the indigenous schools of the Cinta Larga people and to help children understand the dynamics that surround climate […]

Programa de Formação de Mediadores Culturais em Mudanças Climáticas e Gestão Territorial Povo Yawanawá

Cultural Mediators program in Climate Change and Territorial Management of the Yawanawa People

This document is the product of the Cultural Mediators program’s first workshop on Climate Change and Territorial Management. Its contents, texts, translations and most of the illustrations were made by its participants.  The community decided that this material should be used for the schools of the Yawanawá people.

Programa de Formação de Mediadores Culturais em Mudanças Climáticas e Gestão Territorial Povo Noke Koi

Cultural Mediators Training Program in Climate Change and Territorial Management of the Noke Koi People

This document is the product of the program’s first workshop of Cultural Mediators in Climate Change and Territorial Management. Its content was made by the Noke Koi people and teachers.

Gobernanza Territorial Indígena en América Latina

Indigenous Territorial Governance in Latin America- Spanish Version

This book was created in the final year of the Accelerating Inclusion and Mitigating Emissions (AIME) program to gather perspectives on the key issues of indigenous territorial governance in Latin America. The book was written by the Forest Based Livelihood Consortium, supported by the USAID. The text reflects the experiences of indigenous organizations and associated […]