Publications

Malaysia: Illegalities in Forest Clearance for Large-Scale Commercial Plantations

This study focuses on large-scale commercial oil palm plantations, rubber plantations, timber plantations and pulpwood plantations but not small-scale subsistence agriculture. It reviews secondary sources, including published laws and regulations, government figures, company reports, NGO reports and newspaper reports. Additional information includes personal communication and correspondence with relevant persons, including government officials and NGO experts. […]

Treatment of Conversion Timber in Consumer-Country Measures

Over the last decade, governments in timber-producing and timber-consuming countries have implemented a range of policies and measures aimed at improving forest governance and reducing illegal logging. Although these have had some impact, illegal logging clearly remains a significant problem. Conversion timber deriving from natural forests converted to commercial concessions is the predominant source of […]

Identifying Illegality in Timber from Forest Conversion

A Review of Legality Definitions

FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) aim to verify and license legal timber for export to the EU in order to create a ‘market access’ incentive for legal operators and countries that wish to improve forest law enforcement and governance standards. Licensing is based on a Legality Assurance System (LAS), which is underpinned by a national […]

The Lao-Viet Timber Trade

Current Practices and Strategies to Promote Sustainability

This article summarizes results of a workshop on the Lao-Viet timber trade held in December 2012 and hosted by the Quang Tri Peoples’ Committee, the Vietnam Timber and Forest Products Association (VIFORES) and Forest Trends.

Tackling Timber Regulations

A Guide for Myanmar

Over the past decade, several major timber product consumer countries have put into place new regulations aimed at curtailing the import of illegally sourced wood products. The United States pioneered this development by passing an amendment to the Lacey act in 2008. This move was followed by the EU, which approved the EU Timber Regulation […]

Tropical Hardwood Flows in China

Through two commodity chain case studies, this report describes and analyzes the complex tropical log product flows inside China. Two categories of tropical wood were selected: okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana), which mainly derives from Africa, and rosewood (or padauk as it is recorded in Chinese customs data), which derives from Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. […]

Potential Legality Issues from Forest Conversion Timber

This paper investigates whether there is evidence that timber generated during the conversion of natural forest areas to non-forest or plantation use in tropical and sub-tropical timber-producing countries could be a significant source of illegal timber entering markets. It asks two related questions: How important a timber source is forest conversion? And what are the […]

Timber Trade Flows and Actors in Myanmar

This report on Myanmar’s political economy of timber trade highlights five different sources and flows of timber destined for export. The purpose is to bring to light the different actors, geographies, and politics embedded within the web of timber flows because each inter-connected stream has its own degree of legality, sustainability, land rights regimes, and […]

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Timber Trade Flows and Actors in Myanmar

The Political Economy of Myanmar's Timber Trade (Translated)

By Kevin Woods

State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2013

Covering New Ground

Carbon finance is supporting the management of forests spanning 26.5 million hectares worldwide after businesses in 2012 injected a near-record $216 million into projects that plant trees, avoid deforestation, improve forest management, and support low-carbon agriculture. These projects, a key defense against the ecological and socio-economic impacts of climate change, were financed by the sale […]

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Cubriendo Nuevos Suelos: El Estado de los Mercados de Carbono Forestal 2013 – Resumen Ejecutivo

By Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace

Investments in Watershed Services for the Jequetepeque Watershed in Northwestern Peru, Departments of Cajamarca and La Libertad

Peru Investments in Watershed Services Series

Recognizing the need to provide national leadership, capacity-building, and coordination to the many local and regional mechanisms facilitating investments in ecosystem services throughout Peru, the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM) partnered with Forest Trends to establish the Peru Ecosystem Services Incubator in 2012. The Incubator aims to enhance investments in nature by society through […]

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Mecanismos de Retribución por Servicios Hídricos para la Cuenca del Jequetepeque en el Noroeste del Perú, Departamentos de Cajamarca y la Libertad