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Legal timber is great! | Center for International Forestry Research | Cameroon C’est quoi le bois légal ? Sylvestre Atango vous l’explique | Center for International Forestry Research | Cameroon Pourquoi faut-il acheter le bois...

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Now available in Spanish: Trazalabilidad de la madera - Una herramienta de gestión para los gobiernos: Estudios de casos de América Latina

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Cada vez hay más demandas para que los países desarrollen sistemas nacionales de trazabilidad de la madera. Estas demandas van desde las propias necesidades de un país de rastrear la madera y recaudar los ingresos asociados de...

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The Honduras-EU agreement to reduce illegal logging enters into force

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The objective of the VPA is to provide a legally binding framework to ensure that all EU imports of timber products from Honduras covered by this agreement are sourced legally. The VPA also aims at improving community forest...

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How a piece of paper changed lives in a carpenter village in Central Java

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Slamet Setiono has spent almost his entire life in Jetis, a small village close to the tourist hub of Yogyakarta. The region is famous for its furniture and craft industry, thanks to its teak trees and concentration of artisans...

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Legal and sustainable forest value chains for climate action

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Legal and sustainable forest value chains hold significant potential to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the target, outlines in the Paris Agreement, to limit average global temperature rise to well...

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Les voix des femmes s'élèvent dans le secteur forestier ivoirien

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La Facilité Afrique-Amérique latine de l’Institut européen de la forêt publie un article qui décrit la situation des femmes dans le secteur forestier ivoirien, ainsi que le renforcement de leur rôle dans les négociations d’un...

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Women voices raise in the Ivorian forest sector

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The VPA Africa-Latin America Facility of the European Forest Institute has released a story describing the situation of women in the Ivorian forest sector, and the reinforcement of their role in the negotiation of the EU-Côte d...

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Luthiers for the conservation of national forests: producing guitars with legally sourced timber

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Over 100 000 guitars are produced every year in Santander, Colombia, representing over 70 percent of the country’s total annual guitar production. The production of musical instruments contributes to both the national economy and...

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