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Regular news published by the IMM project about activities and recent market and policy developments

EU private sector timber procurement – IMM Study identifies attitudes and priorities

Surveys & Project News / February 28, 2019 / , ,

Since the early 1990s, private sector actors have been taking steps to ensure that they exclude unsustainable and illegal wood from their supply chains. Private sector procurement policies are now prominent in the global North and among companies with global reach. With time, these purchasing practices are becoming more widely integrated in corporate business practices …

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Impact at scale: GTF shares insights from association capacity-building in Ghana and Cameroon

FLEGT Policy News / February 19, 2019

SMEs and micro-businesses are notoriously difficult to reach or influence at scale in any industry. Recent research in the timber industry however revealed that even a limited number of industry associations have the potential to reach thousands of micro-businesses.  It showed that twenty-five associations in eight African countries represent over 13,000 companies, with 80% defined as micro-sized.  A typical …

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ATIBT lays out action plans for tropical timber

FLEGT Market News / February 11, 2019

At its January think tank International Tropical Timber Technical Association  (ATIBT) members decided on four activity ‘axes’ and discussed proposed actions and objectives under each to grow the international market for tropical timber.  However, the organisation has said that it has decided for the time being that its Fair & Precious tropical timber branding campaign …

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Les partenaires de l’APV FLEGT dans le commerce du bois de l’UE en 2017 – Résumé en français

FLEGT Market News / January 28, 2019

Le SIM a publié un rapport sur «Les partenaires de l’APV FLEGT dans le commerce du bois de l’UE en 2017», qui utilise les dernières données pour évaluer l’évolution de la position des pays partenaires d’un APV sur le marché dans le commerce international du bois.Etant donné que l’Indonésie a commencé à délivrer des licences …

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