Category Archives: TRADE ISSUES
700% EXPANSION OF FSC CERTIFIED FORESTS IN TANZANIA
Forest dependent people stand to gain from increase of FSC forests from 2,420 to 17,151 hectares.
UK GOVERNMENT DROPS ILLEGAL TIMBER COMMITMENT
Due Diligence legislation will not be backed up by UK law
EU VOTES BY HUGE MAJORITY FOR BAN ON ILLEGAL TIMBER
MEP's vote 644-25 in favour of 'due diligence' legislation obliging users to check provenance of imported timber
FIRST BATCH OF FSC-CERTIFIED AFRICAN BLACKWOOD PROCESSED AT TANZANIAN SAWMILL
FSC timber processed into woodwind instrument billets at Sandali Wood Industries, Tanga in June 2010
EU TO BAN ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPORTS BY 2012
EU equivalent of Lacey Act will oblige companies to carry out "due diligence" on timber imports
UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER
Legislation to make the import or possession of illegal timber a criminal offence.
SOUND & FAIR TO LOBBY WOODWIND INDUSTRY AT MUSIKMESSE
Sound & Fair campaign to presented to the major woodwind instrument manufacturers
KLICKSI LTD CONFIRMS AFRICAN BLACKWOOD FSC-CERTIFICATION
Klicksi Ltd is the sole distributors of FSC-certified African blackwood worldwide
EU LACEY ACT TO ILLEGAL WOOD IMPORTS
EU legislation on illegal timber expected in spring 2010
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PICTURES FROM FSC AFRICAN BLACKWOOD HARVEST IN KILWA, TANZANIA