Amendment To The U.S. Lacey Act
Implications for Exporters of Indonesian Forest Products
By R. Juge Gregg, Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Forest TrendsA new law gives the U.S. government the power to fine, and even jail, individuals and companies who traffic in illegally harvested wood products. The U.S. government can even use this law, called the Lacey Act, to impose significant penalties on individuals and companies who do not realize that their wood is tainted. This new […]
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Bahasa version: Amendment To The U.S. Lacey Act
Implications for Exporters of Indonesian Forest Products
By R. Juge Gregg, Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP
Recent Developments in Forest Product Trade between Russia and China
Potential Production, Processing, Consumption and Trade Scenarios
By Steven Northway , Gary Q. Bull, Anatoly Shvidenko, Luke Bailey - University of British Columbia, Forest Trends, University of British Columbia, Faculty of ForestryChina has a very significant role in the global timber market and this has significant ramifications for forests, forest livelihoods and the structure of forest industries around the world. In this report we will focus on possible future trends in the forest products-processing, consumption and trade between China and its main suppliers, with a particular […]
Amendment to the U.S. Lacey Act
Implications for Malaysian Forest Products Exporters
By R. Juge Gregg , Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Forest TrendsMalaysia is one of the largest producers and suppliers of tropical hardwood and related products destined for the United States. In 2007, the United States imported almost 2.2 m3 RWE of timber products from Malaysia – mostly plywood and furniture – totaling USD$1.1 billion in value. Sabah and Sarawak supply the great majority of the […]
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Linking FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements to Jobs and Growth
Potential Challenges and Benefits for Small and Medium Sized Forest Enterprises
By Dominic Elson - DFID, Forest TrendsThis brief report discusses the potential impact of the European Commission’s Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) on the extent to which improved investment and business climates supported by VPA programs can support the small and medium forest enterprise (SMFE) sector. Recognizing the important roles that SMFEs play in rural development and the alleviation of rural poverty, […]
Forest Products Trade Between China & Africa
An Analysis of Imports & Exports
By Kerstin Canby, James Hewitt, Luke Bailey, Eugenia Katsigris, Xiufang Sun - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Global TimberRecent reports of China’s efforts to secure access to natural resources in Africa suggest that timber has already become an important traded commodity between China and the African continent. Many hold a general impression that Africa exports a significant and growing amount of timber to China. However, the true magnitude of the China-Africa forest product […]
Forest Product Exports from the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia to China
Status and Trends
By Anatoly Lebedev - Bureau for Regional Outreach Campaigns, Forest Trends, CIFOR, Pacific Institute of Geography, WWF, DFIDSince 2001, China has been a top destination of Russian forest product exports to the Asia-Pacific region. The foreign economic and trade liberalization that began in Russia in the mid-1990s – combined with the high demand for timber imports into China due to the Chinese domestic logging ban starting in 1998 – has stimulated strong […]
Central Plans and Global Exports
Tracking Vietnam's Forestry Commodity Chains and Export Links to China
By Keith Barney - York University, Forest Trends, CIFOR, YCAR, DFID, Asia Pro Eco ProgrammeAfter suffering forest cover declines of 185,000 ha per year from 1976 until 1990, Vietnam is attempting to stabilize deforestation trends, restructure the forest industry and the land tenure system, and move aggressively into fast-growing plantations. Reforestation of degraded forest land, natural regeneration of logged forest areas and more effective forest protection are key components […]
Making Environmental Markets Work
Lessons from Early Experience with Sulphur, Carbon, Wetlands, and Other Related Markets
By Ricardo Bayon - Forest TrendsEver since the passage of the 1990 amendments to the US Clean Air act and the creation of a market in sulfur dioxide (SO2), it has become clear that market mechanisms can be effectively used to achieve environmental policies. But markets are neither infallible nor automatic. They have blind spots and they need to be […]
Who Owns the World’s Forests? Forest Tenure and Public Forests in Transition
By Andy White, and Alejandra Martin - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Center for International Environmental LawSince the late 1980s, some governments of major forested countries have begun to reconsider and reform forest ownership policies. These transitions are driven by three primary considerations. First, governments are increasingly aware that official forest tenure systems in many countries discriminate against the rights and claims of indigenous people and other local communities. Although the […]
Amendment To The U.S. Lacey Act:
Implications For Vietnamese Forest Products Exporters
By Juge Gregg, Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Forest TrendsA new law gives the U.S. government the power to fine, and even jail, individuals and companies who traffic in illegally harvested wood products. The U.S. government can even use this law, called the Lacey Act, to impose significant penalties on individuals and companies who do not realize that their wood is tainted. This new […]
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