Abstract The EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan (FLEGT)
adopted in 2003 includes bilateral trade agreements known as Voluntary Partnership …

Sustainable forest management (SFM) is a concept that guides forest management and
policy globally. Over the past decades, two prominent regimes have emerged at the global …

Illegal logging remains widespread across the tropics, leading to extensive forest
degradation and trade in illegal timber products. By adapting environmentally extended …

This paper analyzes the interactions between the separate components of the emerging
transnational timber legality regime, both public and private. It examines how far, and …

Large-scale illegal logging and associated trade in illegally sourced wood products are
recognized as pervasive drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in many developing …

Abstract The European Union introduced Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
(FLEGT) Action Plan, with Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) and the EU Timber …

The business models of tropical timber production have long been configured around illegal
practices that cause environmental degradation and hinder socioeconomic progress in the …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world's largest source of anthropogenic
mercury emissions and releases. These have devastating consequences for miners' health …

Commitments to curb illegal logging and deforestation have proliferated in recent years with
the increase of global trade in tropical timber and wood products. While they reflect …

Key Points• Understanding the impacts of SDG 16 on forests and people requires attention
to the power dynamics that shape how all 17 SDGs are interpreted and implemented across …