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Eu Support To Timber Producing Countries Under The Flegt Action Plan
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Book Synopsis EU Support to Timber-producing Countries Under the FLEGT Action Plan by :
Download or read book EU Support to Timber-producing Countries Under the FLEGT Action Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illegal logging and trade in illegally logged timber affect most of the forested countries. It causes environmental damage and loss of biodiversity, and has negative economic and social effects. The EU action plan on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) aims to reduce illegal logging globally by supporting forest governance in timber-producing countries and by reducing the imports of illegally harvested timber to the EU. In this report the Court concludes that the Commission's support to timberproducing countries in the framework of the FLEGT action plan was not sufficiently well managed. While the FLEGT action plan was conceived in an innovative way, the Commission did not devise an appropriate work plan with clear objectives, milestones and a dedicated budget. It did not clearly prioritise its assistance, and monitoring and reporting procedures were unsatisfactory. The main projects examined were not successful and the envisaged timber licensing schemes are not yet fully operational in any of the partner countries."--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis EU Support to Timber-producing Countries Under the FLEGT Action Plan by :
Download or read book EU Support to Timber-producing Countries Under the FLEGT Action Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illegal logging and trade in illegally logged timber affect most of the forested countries. It causes environmental damage and loss of biodiversity, and has negative economic and social effects. The EU action plan on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) aims to reduce illegal logging globally by supporting forest governance in timber-producing countries and by reducing the imports of illegally harvested timber to the EU. In this report the Court concludes that the Commission's support to timberproducing countries in the framework of the FLEGT action plan was not sufficiently well managed. While the FLEGT action plan was conceived in an innovative way, the Commission did not devise an appropriate work plan with clear objectives, milestones and a dedicated budget. It did not clearly prioritise its assistance, and monitoring and reporting procedures were unsatisfactory. The main projects examined were not successful and the envisaged timber licensing schemes are not yet fully operational in any of the partner countries.
Book Synopsis EU Support to Timber-producing Countries Under the FLEGT Action Plan by :
Download or read book EU Support to Timber-producing Countries Under the FLEGT Action Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illegal logging and trade in illegally logged timber affect most of the forested countries. It causes environmental damage and loss of biodiversity, and has negative economic and social effects. The EU action plan on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) aims to reduce illegal logging globally by supporting forest governance in timber-producing countries and by reducing the imports of illegally harvested timber to the EU. In this report the Court concludes that the commission's support to timber-producing countries in the framework of the FLEFT action plan was not sufficiently well managed. While the FLEGT action plan was conceived in an innovative way, the Commission did not devise and appropriate work plan with clear objectives, milestones and a dedicated budget. It did not clearly prioritise its assistance, and monitoring and reporting procedures were unsatisfactory. The main projects examined were not successful and the envisaged timber licensing schemes are not yet fully operational in any of the partner countries."--Page [4] of cover.
Book Synopsis The FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme by :
Download or read book The FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid economic development in Asia has seen a major increase in demand for raw materials, putting natural resources in the region and worldwide under increasing strain. The forestry sector has not escaped this development drive, with the result that illegal logging has left many countries in Asia facing environmental degradation and the impoverishment of communities that rely on forests for their livelihoods. As one of the world's main timber buying markets, the EU has taken the responsibility to prohibit the placing of illegal timber on its market, promote best practices in the international timber trade and encourage sustainable development of the world's forests. With these aims in mind, the EU set out a range of measures to tackle illegal logging in its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, which it adopted in 2003.^The measures in the EU FLEGT Action Plan aim to prevent the import of illegal timber into the EU and to increase demand for timber from responsibly managed forests. The EU FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme has supported the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan in Asia since 2008. This programme improved forestry best practices in Asia by strengthening regional cooperation and promoting international trade in verified legal timber, with the overarching aim of contributing to poverty eradication and facilitating the sustainable management of the region's natural resources. These efforts have yielded results at regional and national levels. In Asia, political interest in forest governance issues has increased. Cross-border cooperation to ensure legal and sustainable forest management has also increased. Furthermore, Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) are under negotiation and implementation in most ASEAN countries.^VPAs require countries to define legality for their timber and timber products. By increasing transparency in the forestry industry and promoting socially and environmentally responsible policies and measures, FLEGT is helping ensure that forests in Asia's main timber-producing countries are sustainably managed and that revenues from forest-based activities are more equitably distributed to benefit communities that rely on the region's forests for their livelihoods.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251315930 Total Pages :68 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Mid-term evaluation of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, phase III by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Mid-term evaluation of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, phase III written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme supports government agencies, non-governmental organizations and private sector associations to work together in support of legal and trade reforms in timber producing countries with the aim of increasing legal trade in timber. The Programme, which started in 2008, is currently half way through its third phase of funding and covers 24 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. An evaluation of the third phase shows that despite significant shifts in timber markets and flows, the Programme remains highly relevant to national and regional forest governance objectives, national trade priorities and market demands. It is also well aligned to donor goals and objectives, particularly the EU-FLEGT Action Plan, as well as FAO Strategic Objectives. The Programme has achieved important results at country level including improved voice of non-state actors; increased capacity and skills; policy, legal and regulatory reforms; transparency and disclosure and improvements in timber legality.
Book Synopsis The FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme by :
Download or read book The FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid economic development in Asia has seen a major increase in demand for raw materials, putting natural resources in the region and worldwide under increasing strain. The forestry sector has not escaped this development drive, with the result that illegal logging has left many countries in Asia facing environmental degradation and the impoverishment of communities that rely on forests for their livelihoods. As one of the world's main timber buying markets, the EU has taken the responsibility to prohibit the placing of illegal timber on its market, promote best practices in the international timber trade and encourage sustainable development of the world's forests. With these aims in mind, the EU set out a range of measures to tackle illegal logging in its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, which it adopted in 2003.^The measures in the EU FLEGT Action Plan aim to prevent the import of illegal timber into the EU and to increase demand for timber from responsibly managed forests. The EU FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme has supported the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan in Asia since 2008. This programme improved forestry best practices in Asia by strengthening regional cooperation and promoting international trade in verified legal timber, with the overarching aim of contributing to poverty eradication and facilitating the sustainable management of the region's natural resources. These efforts have yielded results at regional and national levels. In Asia, political interest in forest governance issues has increased. Cross-border cooperation to ensure legal and sustainable forest management has also increased. Furthermore, Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) are under negotiation and implementation in most ASEAN countries.^VPAs require countries to define legality for their timber and timber products. By increasing transparency in the forestry industry and promoting socially and environmentally responsible policies and measures, FLEGT is helping ensure that forests in Asia's main timber-producing countries are sustainably managed and that revenues from forest-based activities are more equitably distributed to benefit communities that rely on the region's forests for their livelihoods.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251360383 Total Pages :102 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Evaluation of the FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade programme – Phase III by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Evaluation of the FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade programme – Phase III written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) programme seeks to reduce and eventually eliminate illegal logging. With the support of its donors, the European Union, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme funds projects created by governments, civil society and private sector organizations in Latin America, Africa and Asia to improve forest governance and promote trade in legal timber products on domestic and international markets. The Programme works in support of the European Commission’s Action Plan on FLEGT to promote the legal production and consumption of timber. The evaluation looked at the third phase of the programme, which remained a significant contribution to the goals of the FLEGT Action Plan. The increased capacity of service providers (particularly beginner non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations) and micro, small and medium-sized enterprise associations was considered the most significant change generated by the programme. The promotion of South-South cooperation proved to be an important aspect of capacity enhancement. Thanks to increased capacities, but also multi-stakeholder platforms and improved policy and regulative tools, a positive incipient impact on more inclusive forest governance has been achieved. More information and independent forest monitoring provided an important contribution to improved enabling conditions for legal timber trade and on the information of timber legality, even though the actual market impact is still limited. Recommendations to FAO and its project partners and stakeholders include actions to take away institutional, fiscal, technical and political barriers to scale up results, and actions to strengthen the sustainability of results, gender equity and social inclusion, knowledge management as well as monitoring and evaluation.
Book Synopsis The External Environmental Policy of the European Union by : Elisa Morgera
Download or read book The External Environmental Policy of the European Union written by Elisa Morgera and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays comprehensively and systematically analyzes the various instruments and innovative approaches through which the EU is forging its external environmental policy, the legal implications of its multifaceted practice and interactions with international environmental law. It explains the legal and institutional framework for EU external action on environmental protection and sustainable development, identifying the changes introduced, and challenges posed, by the Lisbon Treaty. It explores key tools and trends in defining and implementing EU external policy across a broad range of environmental issues, as well as linkages with trade and human rights. It also assesses the reciprocal influences between the development and implementation of EU environmental law and of international environmental law.
Download or read book Facing Reality written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable Timber by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Download or read book Sustainable Timber written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-01-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Timber : Second report of session 2005-06, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Book Synopsis Forest Management Auditing by : Lucio Brotto
Download or read book Forest Management Auditing written by Lucio Brotto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification. Forest managers, auditors and project developers require a new range of skills, capacities and expertise to monitor these issues. This book outlines the market-based tools that are required by such professionals to ensure corporate social responsibility in the forestry sector. It shows how a mutual learning process between established forest certification processes and innovative markets is needed. It addresses key topics such as High Conservation Value (HCV) approaches, the role of independent certification versus due diligence process and the engagement of smallholders and SMEs. Beginning with a market and policy analysis, the book fosters a deeper understanding of standards, methodologies and auditing techniques. Numerous case studies are included from a wide range of contexts, including both temperate and tropical forests in developed and developing countries. Overall, the book analyses all the steps towards forest management and forest products and services certification.
Book Synopsis The role of CITES in the governance of transnational timber trade by : Rosalind Reeve
Download or read book The role of CITES in the governance of transnational timber trade written by Rosalind Reeve and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scoping paper analyzes the governance of trade in timber-producing species regulated by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in light of the Conventions increasing relevance as a tool to control transnational timber trade. The CITES regulatory framework is outlined as it relates to tree species, along with the compliance mechanisms developed to build range state capacity for implementing trade controls in relation to tropical timber species and to apply sanctions to countries that fail to take recommended action to resolve implementation problems. The study describes stricter domestic measures developed by consumer countries, most notably the EU, to control imports of CITES-listed species, including trees, as well as additional regulatory frameworks designed by importing countries to exclude illegal timber from their markets. It also examines the implications for CITES of regional economic integration given the Conventions dependence on national border controls, with a focus on experience in the EU and trends in Asia. Key findings from three case studies of how CITES has approached governance of trade in valuable timber-producing species ramin (Gonystylus spp.) from Asia, afrormosia (Pericopsis elata) from Central and West Africa and bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) from Latin America are presented and other potential case studies identified. The study concludes by identifying priority areas where further research could contribute towards catalyzing positive change to strengthen the governance of transnational timber trade, and ultimately towards the survival of tree species traded illegally and unsustainably.
Author :Statistical Office of the European Communities Publisher :Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ISBN 13 : Total Pages :116 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Forestry in the EU and the World by : Statistical Office of the European Communities
Download or read book Forestry in the EU and the World written by Statistical Office of the European Communities and published by Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge : The International Year of Forests 2011 - Forestry in the world: 1. Forests - 2. The economics of forestry and wood processing - 3. Wood and wood products - 4. Woods as a source of energy - Annexes.
Book Synopsis Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World by : Laura Anne German
Download or read book Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World written by Laura Anne German and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences to date on the extent and nature of decentralization and its outcomes - most of which suggest an underperformance of governance reforms - and explores the viability of different governance instruments in the context of weak governance and expanding commercial pressures over forests. Findings are grouped into two thematic areas: decentralization, livelihoods and sustainable forest management; and international trade, finance and forest sector governance reforms. The authors examine diverse forces shaping the forest sector, including the theory and practice of decentralization, usurpation of authority, corruption and illegality, inequitable patterns of benefits capture and expansion of international trade in timber and carbon credits, and discuss related outcomes on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. The book builds on earlier volumes exploring different dimensions of decentralization and perspectives from other world regions, and distills dimensions of forest governance that are both unique to Africa and representative of broader global patterns. The authors ground their analysis in relevant theory while drawing out implications of their findings for policy and practice.
Book Synopsis Global Environmental Protection through Trade by : Barbara Cooreman
Download or read book Global Environmental Protection through Trade written by Barbara Cooreman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite an increasing global awareness of environmental concerns, setting internationally binding and ambitious commitments has proven exceedingly complex. As states are seeking alternative methods to support global environmental protection, this book takes a closer look at the possibility of using national trade measures that make market access conditional on the environmental impact of the production process abroad.
Book Synopsis Impact Assessment Study for the Revision of the Product Scope of the EU Timber Regulation by :
Download or read book Impact Assessment Study for the Revision of the Product Scope of the EU Timber Regulation written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study entitled 'Impact Assessment study for the revision of the product scope of the EU Timber Regulation' assesses the impacts from alternative options to revise the scope of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). The study was executed following the EC Better Regulation Guidelines for impact assessments. The Study has included an Open Public Consultation (OPC), and targeted stakeholder consultations have informed the study. Preliminary results and observations were presented to and discussed with the FLEGT/EUTR Expert Group meeting in September 2018. The EUTR The EUTR is one of the initiatives under the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan taken by EU to fight illegal logging. Illegal logging is considered a very serious global problem that damages the world's forests through forest degradation and deforestation. Illegal logging causes large environmental, economic and social damages and losses in the countries affected by illegal logging. The EUTR aims to fight illegal logging and associated trade by prohibiting the place of illegally harvested timer and timber products on the EU market, and thereby reducing the 'demand' in the EU for illegally harvested timber. The EUTR applies to domestically produced as well as imported timber and timber products. The EUTR demands that those who place timber or timber products on the EU market for the first time and as part of a commercial activity – the operators - must have and use a Due Diligence System (DDS). This obligation applies to operators and traders dealing in products within the scope of the EUTR. The implementation and enforcement of the EUTR is the responsibility of Member States' Competent Authorities (CAs). The EUTR defines its product scope by way of Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes that are generally used to identify imported products. This Study considers possible options for revising the current product scope and the consequent impacts from such revisions. The product scope is defined in the Annex to the EUTR.
Book Synopsis European Union External Environmental Policy by : Camilla Adelle
Download or read book European Union External Environmental Policy written by Camilla Adelle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the environmental policies that the EU employs outside its borders. Using a systematic and coherent approach to cover a range of EU activities, environmental issues, and geographical areas, it charts the EU’s attempts to shape environmental governance beyond its borders. Key questions addressed include: What environmental norms, rules and policies does the EU seek to promote outside its territory? What types of activities does the EU engage in to pursue these objectives? How successful is the EU in achieving its external environmental policy objectives? What factors explain the degree to which the EU attains its goals? The book will be of interest to students and academics as well as practitioners in governments (both inside and outside of the EU), the EU institutions, think tanks, and research institutes.
