A unique international event BVRio is organizing the first international timber trade fair dedicated to promoting the trade of 100% legal and certified timber. The Responsible Timber Trade Fair will connect buyers and sellers of legal and certified timber products, focusing on West African timber. The event will be held in Accra, Ghana, 28 February – 2
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This Thursday 16 November, BVRio will present the Responsible Timber Exchange at the 2017 PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue, which is held in Helsinki, Finland. The 2017 PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue will bring together forest sector stakeholders, leading technology providers, innovators and sustainability experts to exchange views on what’s needed, what’s working and where are the opportunities for scaling up application.
Read more...This Wednesday, 8 November 2017, BVRio will present the “Reverse Logistics Credits: a social and environmental innovation to address urban waste and recycling in Brazil” at the GSBS Academia Conference, in Paris. The conference is hosted by Yunus Centre and Grameen Creative Lab. The GSBS Academia Conference takes place on 8th and 9th of November
Read more...Wednesday November 8, the Brazilian REDD+ Alliance will promote at COP23 the parallel event “Reframing REDD+ in Brazil: a long term solution to address deforestation and promote the sustainable development” – Presenting a public-private REDD+ regime in Brazil and synergies with future carbon markets, such as the SDM and CORSIA/ICAO. In the event, the Brazilian REDD+
Read more...The objective of this practical guide is to summarise the main documents that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in order to conduct due diligence of timber consignments to be imported from different countries into the US and European markets. It also provides a summary of the main risks associated with timber […]
Read more...Rio de Janeiro, 1 November 2017 – Yesterday, BVRio announced its 2020 targets at the “Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World” Global Meeting, held in the FAO headquarters, in Rome, Italy. The “Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World” Global Meeting is set up to promote the benefits from sustainable wood value chains to sustainable development and highlighting the issues affecting their
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