AN AGREEMENT signed this week by Indonesia and the European Union offers hope that Indonesia may begin to put its woeful mismanagement of its forests behind it. For environmental campaigners it is evidence of how the rich world can exert a benign influence on the developing countries that provide its resources. (more…)
Indonesia’s VPA will remove illegal timber concerns for UK traders, says Andy Roby (more…)
Indonesia’s Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu and her European Union (EU) counterpart, Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, today agreed to enhance bilateral economic partnership, including EU’s continuing commitment to provide capacity building support to strengthen Indonesia’s trade and investment climate. (more…)
Indonesia dan Uni Eropa meneken perjanjian perdagangan yang diharapkan dapat lebih melindungi hutan Indonesia dari tangan penjarah kayu ilegal. Perjanjian tersebut merupakan sertifikasi kayu yang akan dijual ke UE sehingga selain melarang penjualan kayu ilegal, pembeli juga dilarang membeli kayu tanpa sertifikasi legal. (more…)
Indonesia and the European Union have finalised an agreement aimed at ending the trade in illegally-sourced wood.
The agreement will mean that EU companies will only be able to import timber that is certified as complying with Indonesian environmental laws. (more…)
The Government of Indonesia and the EU signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement to ensure that only legally verified timber is exported from Indonesia to the EU. The full press release can be read here. (more…)
In September 2001, Indonesia welcomed countries from across the region to the Forest Law Enforcement and Governance East Asia Ministerial Meeting (Asia FLEG) and openly acknowledged for the first time that illegal logging was a significant problem that demanded focused attention. (more…)
Have we failed in our efforts to tackle illegal logging? With the crime continuing unabated despite the numerous regulatory instruments created to crack down on it, one can be forgiven for being pessimistic. (more…)
Un accord a été signé ce mercredi à Djakarta pour lutter contre le commerce de bois issu de coupes illégales. (more…)
The European Union has finalised an agreement with Indonesia aimed at ending a trade in illegally-sourced wood. (more…)
Forest Governance and Multi-stakeholder Forestry Programme (MFP-II) is a collaborative program Forestry bilateral field between the Government of Indonesia with the British Government. This goal program are all traded Indonesian timber demonstrated legal, as a precondition for effective forest governance, sustainable forest management. MFP-II activities directed to achieve three main output : (1) Sufficient capacity to implement SVLK (Supply chain control, accreditation processing, auditing, independent auditing, independent monitoring, licensing and structuring implementation mechanism); (2) SVLK certified timber recognized in key international markets; (3) Representative mechanism in place to review and strengthen SVLK implementation
Multistakeholder Forestry Programme