Technical Committee for Legal Timber in Colombia

The meeting of the Technical Evaluation Committee of the Agreement for Legal Timber 2012–2015, was held at the main auditorium of CARDER. This space was promoted by the Technical Secretariat of the Pact. There, the agreements are evaluated and monitored as well as the index of legality.

The committee was attended by representatives of the private sector -Camacol and ICA. In the meeting the action plan of the Legal Timber Agreement; the Mathematical Model for Calculating Forestry Legality and Illegality in Colombia and, national and regional figures of mobilization and harvesting, were presented. Moreover, to know how the illegality affects not only forests but also water resources was taken into account.

Given the importance of actions for Legal Timber in the country, Camacol and ICA were committed to promote through its communication channels, information related to the Agreement for Legal Timber, what is it and, how to get Legal wood.

Another proposal of the meeting was to include in the committee, actors who are also involved in the issue of Legal Timber such as the Colombian Association of Small and Medium Industries –ACOPI (For its initials in Spanish) and the academy (universities).

The Forest Governance Positioning Project is funded by the European Union and led by CARDER, in association with Corantioquia, Corpocaldas, CRC, Codechocó, Corponariño, Corponor, CRQ, Cortolima, Corpourabá, CVC, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Asocars and Aldea Global.