Antwerp Trade Consultation Newsletter en français
IMM a publié une traduction française de toutes les conclusions de sa plus récente consultation sur le commerce à Anvers, en Belgique.
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Regular news published by the IMM project about activities and recent market and policy developments
FLEGT’s profile in promotion and marketing is low relative to certification
IMM’s latest study on EU wood promotion revealed that Europe’s timber and wood products sector has stepped up the level of its marketing and advertising activity and the clarity, cohesion and effectiveness of its communications in recent years.
IMM Trade Consultation Workshop 3: Can FLEGT be a game-changer in the SFM debate?
The final workshop of the IMM Trade Consultation in Antwerp gauged trade views on whether FLEGT could play a more prominent role in EU Member States’ (MS) green public timber procurement. Companies also shared experiences of offering FLEGT-licensed timber for government contracts.
IMM Antwerp Trade Consultation Workshop 2: Recognising priorities and purchase dynamics for tropical wood products.
In Workshop 2 of the Trade Consultation, delegates discussed procurement strategy and the extent it took FLEGT licensing into consideration.
IMM Trade Consultation Workshop 1: Dutch and Belgian trade comment on drivers of tropical timber demand
As at previous IMM trade consultations in France, Germany and the UK, the main section of the Antwerp event opened with a workshop on trends in EU tropical timber trade. The workshop’s primary purpose was to discuss drivers of market decline and future opportunities for tropical timber in Europe with private sector representatives.
FLEGT sustainability credentials and procurement pull-through focus of IMM Trade Consultation
There could not have been a more appropriate venue for the latest IMM FLEGT Trade Consultation than Antwerp. The city is one of the world’s great ports and a leading distribution hub for timber, sourced worldwide, for Belgium, the rest of Europe and beyond. Alongside Tilbury in London, Antwerp was also the reception point for …
Vietnam aims to have TLAS in place in 2020
Vietnam expects to have its VPA timber legality assurance system in place within two years, its FLEGT VPA Multi-stakeholder Core Group (MCG) heard at its fifth meeting in March. The MCG was set up in 2018 to provide a forum for stakeholders to discuss VPA implementation and propose issues for consideration by the Joint Implementation …
Funding for Vietnam VPA comms
The FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Programme has released over a quarter of a million dollars to finance stake holder communication on Vietnam’s FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) Timber Legality Assurance System.
Forests a key focus of international sustainable development agenda
Forests need to be ‘front and centre’ of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the European Consensus on Development – and the EU FLEGT initiative can be one key to marrying forest maintenance and wider sustainability policy. That was the view expressed by European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, at …
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VPA implementation: Honduras and EU agree on 2019 work plan
The Honduran government and the EU have approved Honduras’s FLEGT VPA 2019 annual operation plan and latest reports are that there is widespread support for the agreement, particularly in terms of levels of participation and engagement of the wider population. (Photo left: Allan Bergman)