Sourcing Legally Produced Wood

The document outlines the importance of combatting illegal logging for biodiversity and climate goals, detailing the demand-side trade regulations in the US, EU, and Australia. It distinguishes legality from sustainability and describes tools for businesses to mitigate risk, including procurement policies, forest management certification, and legality verification services.

• Combatting illegal logging is essential for protecting biodiversity, managing forests, improving governance, promoting economic development, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Three major international markets have implemented regulatory frameworks requiring businesses to ensure forest products are legal: the United States' 2008 Lacey Act Amendment, Australia's 2012 Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (AILPA), and the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) of 2013.
• Legality and sustainability are distinct concepts; a product that is legal is not necessarily sustainable, and a sustainable product may not always be legal.
• Businesses can mitigate the risk of illegal timber in their supply chains through public and private procurement policies, industry association codes of conduct, forest management certification, and specialized legality verification services.
• The European Union has utilized bilateral voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) since 2005 to reduce illegal timber in supply chains and improve forest governance in producing countries.

APA

World Resources Institute (2018). Sourcing Legally Produced Wood. https://www.wri.org/research/sourcing-legally-produced-wood

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Sourcing Legally Produced Wood. 2018. https://www.wri.org/research/sourcing-legally-produced-wood.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2018sourcing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Sourcing Legally Produced Wood}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2018}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/sourcing-legally-produced-wood}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }