New report: Enabling micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in legal timber production and trade: Transformational changes generated by the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme
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Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises are crucial to the global timber trade. They are the backbone of supply chains for large companies, produce the majority of domestic forest products and create much-needed employment in rural areas.
However due to their size, they often lack the resources to comply with legal requirements designed for industrial-sized companies. Not being legally compliant limits their ability to thrive as they cannot access markets or access credit, subsidies or business support services.
A new report from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme explains the challenges facing forest sector MSMEs and outlines how to support them to supply legal timber and timber products to domestic and international markets.
Enabling micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in legal timber production and trade: Transformational changes generated by the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme draws from analysis of 110 initiatives supported by the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme in 20 countries between 2016 and 2022.
The publication presents lessons learnt about what motivates MSMEs to become compliant, best practice in supporting them with the process, and strategies for interventions that reach MSMEs on a larger scale.
More information on this topic:
- Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme
- Stronger together: how trade associations in tropical timber producing countries multiply benefits for forest sector MSMEs
- Promoting legality within the private forest sector: obstacles and incentives to formalization
- Supporting forest sector micro, small and medium enterprises at scale
- Unlocking the potential of community timber
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