Showing posts with label FLEGT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FLEGT. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

EU Flegt

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Illegal Logging has a devastating impact on some of the world’s most valuable forests. It can have not only serious environmental, but also economic and social consequences. Europe’s response to the problem is reflected in the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) Action Plan of the European Union. The EU FLEGT Action Plan provides a number of measures to exclude illegal timber from markets, to improve the supply of legal timber and to increase the demand for responsible wood products. We expect the risk management to be minimized due to the fact that we purchase only from suppliers with own forest concessions. Read more