Workshop: TIMBERLEX, The online portal for forest-related legislation and timber legality – 15 July 2021, 11:00 - 12.30 CET

Illegal logging undermines sustainable forest management and impairs poverty alleviation, food security and climate change mitigation. As more timber producing and consuming countries establish requirements related to legal production and trade of timber, improving access to information on national legislation related to forest management, production, and associated trade will facilitate legality verification and due diligence efforts worldwide. In this context, the TimberLex database was established by FAO as an open online resource to provide access to accurate and up-to-date information on legislation relating to forest management, timber production and trade from major timber-trading countries. The workshop will demonstrate how to access and use the database effectively, illustrate the common format (GLEs) developed by FAO for the country profiles and promote TimberLex as a resource on forest legislation.

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