To promote legal imports of timber and timber products, some countries, such as the United States, Australia, the Republic of Korea, and members of the European Union (EU), have …
The EU recently adopted the regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR) to reduce its influence on global deforestation and forest degradation. The EUDR prohibits …
Recently, there has been a strong push for binding human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation, both at the national and European levels. As empirical evidence of such …
Indonesia is the only country with the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade) license that allows them to sell plywood in the EU market. However, an assessment …
Abstract The European Union introduced Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) and the EU Timber …
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 …
Cannabis legalization is spreading rapidly. In California, as the plant transitions from an illegal drug to agricultural product, regulations have been implemented to manage its …
B Arts, B Heukels, E Turnhout - Forest policy and Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
The traceability of products has become an ever more important topic in global value chains because governments, producers and consumers wish to have in-depth information on the …
Forest law compliance can play an important role in enhancing natural resource governance and advancing sustainable development. The role of compliance and the factors that affect it …