Tropical Forest Update

Issue 19 No 3
Procuring Favourably
Contents
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Buying time?
Photo: CIFOR
Timber-procurement policies have a role to play in promoting the sustainable management of tropical forests.
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The costs in Cameroon
Photo: N. Jervais
VPA and other TPP impacts will be particularly large for informal operators.
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Malaysia and the VPA
Photo: B.H. Ghazali
The EU takes its FLEGT action plan to the world’s biggest exporter of tropical logs
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The cost of SFM in Peru
Oscar Perez ContrerasPhoto: V. Espinoza
Achieving TPP requirements in Peru will require improvements in all aspects of forest management.
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Fellowship report
ITTO Fellow from DRC studies community forestry in USA.
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Out on a limb
Sofie Tind Nielsen, project manager for the UK’s Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET), provides the UK perspective on timber procurement

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