Archive - Author: Lucy Cox

Practical guide to conducting due diligence of tropical timber products: Ghana

Practical guide to conducting due diligence of tropical timber products: Brazil & Ghana

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 […]

Assessing Compliance with the Forest Code: A Practical Guide (Chinese)

Reverse Logistics Credits – A social and environmental innovation to address urban waste and recycling

Zero deforestation: A commitment to change

Integrated REDD+: a financial model to support forest protection, agricultural production and decarbonization efforts

Practical Guide for assessing compliance with the Forest Code

Lessons Learned from an Emissions Trading System Simulation in Brazil

Need for legality in the Brazilian timber sector

Author/s: Pedro Moura Costa & Mauricio Moura Costa   The Brazilian timber sector is responsible for the extraction of more than 13 million m3 of hardwood logs from Amazonian rainforests. These logs, in turn, feed a wood processing industry that around R$ 8 billion in annual revenue. However, the importance of the timber sector has […]

The urgent need for implementation of the Forest Reserve Compensation Mechanisms of the Brazilian Forest Code

Author/s: Pedro Moura Costa & Mauricio Moura Costa   Given their importance for facilitating compliance and implementation of the new Brazilian Forest Code, there is an urgent need to create the necessary conditions for using the Forest Legal Reserve Compensation Mechanisms of the Code. In particular, it is essential that these mechanisms be regulated by […]