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FSC strengthens efforts to solve forestry issues in Ukraine

02-10-2020
Forest Stewardship Council, Ukraine, mining, legal, law

Ukraine has significant forest areas with high environmental, social and economic value. But for years, its forestry sector has battled with critical issues, including corruption, that directly impact the country’s forests. Together with its various stakeholders, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) addressed the root of the problems that …

Singapore launches first Centre for Wildlife Forensics to combat illegal wildlife trade, including timber

13-08-2020
Singapore, Timber, Illegal Trade, Law

Singapore launched its first Centre for Wildlife Forensics (CWF) on 11 August 2020. The CWF will strengthen the National Parks Board Singapore's (NParks) detection and diagnostic capabilities by drawing upon expertise across NParks to identify and analyse specimens involved in the illegal wildlife trade. This will strengthen Singapore’s role …

Republic of Congo: New Forest Code promulgated

07-08-2020
Congo, Law, Forestry, Deforestation

The law n° 33-2020 on the forest code was definitely adopted on 8 July 2020. This new law has been under discussion since 2018 and was still under debate in the National Assembly in April 2020. Over the past few years, there has been an emergence of concerns about forest management, climage change, illegal logging, conservation of …

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

31-03-2020
Certification, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Environment, Forests, Global Trade, Illegal Logging, Illegal Timber Trade, Illegal Trade, Logging, Sustainability, Sustainable Forest Management, Timber, Timber Laws, Tropical Forests

By Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay News The European Union says a move by Indonesia to no longer require that wood exports be verified as coming from legal sources threatens the timber trade between the two sides. The EU has since 2016 put its trust in Indonesia’s timber certification scheme, the SVLK, to ensure that the wood it imports …

Chinese government implements new forest law to crack down on illegal timber

20-03-2020
China, government, new forest law, illegal timber, July, 2020

China’s government has implemented a new forest law that will take effect on 1 July 2020, reported ITTO. Article 65 of the newly revised Forest Law clearly states that a timber processing enterprise shall establish an entry and storage account for raw materials and products. No unit or individual may purchase, process or transport …

Malaysia prepares to hand out tougher penalties to illegal loggers

10-02-2020
Malaysia, tougher penalties, law, illegal loggers, fines, jail terms

The Malaysian government seeks to strengthen Malaysia’s decades-old forest laws this year to protect the nation’s rainforests from illegal loggers. Stiffer penalties, including fines and jail terms, will be handed out to those charged with illegal logging, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Xavier Jayakumar told the Thomson …

China’s new foreign investment law takes effect

21-01-2020
China, foreign investment law, registration procedures, policies

The most recently updated Foreign Investment Law took effect on 1 Janauary 2020. This is a comprehensive and fundamental set of legal standards for foreign investment activities with unified provisions for the entry, promotion and protection and management of foreign investment. The new law has replaced the Law of the People's Republic of China …

Tenfold rise in forest fines proposed in Malaysia

03-01-2020
forest fines, Malaysia, unlawful possession of forest products

A massive RM5mil fine is being proposed for those found to have unlawful possession of forest products. The maximum fine at the moment RM500,000. For trespassing the government plans to increase the fine from RM10,000 to RM30,000, reported ITTO. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister, Dr. Xavier Jayakumar, said the proposed fines would be …

New measures in Japan to increase certification of sustainably sourced materials

19-12-2019
Japan, certification, sustainably sourced materials, wood, forest management, FSC, PEFC, tax, law

Contemporary Japanese design made of wood has always been popular, yet the promotion of certified sustainably sourced materials seems absent, according to a report in the Japan Times FSC launched a Japan standard certification This year, however, the government introduced a new forest management law and forest tax, which it says is designed to …

Swiss government passes new law to protect forests

25-08-2016
Switzerland, forestry law

Switzerland will spend US$10.3 million more annually to protect its forests, with new policies coming into effect as early as next year. Other measures include fighting non-native pests such as the Asian longhorn beetle, whose numbers have recently increased. The new law also allows for taking measures to combat such invasive species outside of …

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