Archive - Author: Lucy Cox

Anniversary Publication: Promoting implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code

A decade of innovation in support of initiatives that remove or prevent ocean pollution

2021-2030 was declared the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, where top of the list of desirable outcomes is ‘a clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and reduced or removed’.  Despite many years of the media spotlight on plastic pollution in the ocean, the flow of solid waste shows few […]

Promovendo o comércio legal de madeira tropical – mudando o foco para proteger espécies superutilizadas em Gana

Datas do projeto: 2020-2021 Financiador(es): Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Colaborador(es): Comissão Florestal de Gana, Conselho de Pesquisa Científica e Industrial para o Instituto de Pesquisa Florestal de Gana (CSIR-FORIG) Tipo(s) de iniciativa: Ferramenta, advocacia O Problema Existem mais de 50.000 espécies de madeira no mundo, mas apenas uma pequena parte delas é usada […]

Promoting legal tropical timber trade – moving the focus to protect overused species in Ghana

Project dates: 2020-2021 Funder/s: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Collaborators/s: The Forestry Commission of Ghana, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG) Initiative type/s: Tool, Advocacy The Problem There are more than 50,000 species of timber in the world, but only a small proportion of these […]

Corresponding Adjustments and their Impact on NDCs and Additionality

Published on Ecosystems Marketplace, this opinion piece by BVRio Director, Pedro Moura Costa, aims to illustrate the impacts of corresponding adjustments on voluntary carbon markets, a useful analysis to inform policymakers and market players as to when to require the use of adjustments. Enthusiasm for international carbon trading must be tempered by the need to […]

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

Project date/s: October 2012 to October 2013 Funder/s: Oak Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, UKFCDO Collaborator/s: National Association of Catadores Initiative type: Tool   The problem In 2010, Brazilian legislation introduced a form of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requiring producers or importers in selected sectors to ensure the products they sold were collected and disposed of in […]

Auditing Protocol: Validation Checklist

Auditing Protocol: Suitability assessment of eligibility to principles and criteria and quantitative assessment of project impacts.

The EU proposal to reduce deforestation, what does it mean for the timber sector?

The European Commission has proposed a new regulation to reduce global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU consumption of certain commodities. If enacted, the proposed regulation would repeal the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), therefore, having relevant implications for this sector. In this article, BVRio outlines some of the features of this proposal. The proposed […]

Anniversary Publication: Promoting legality of tropical timber trade

For 10 years BVRio has been advocating for and creating tools and initiatives in support of legal timber trading and responsible land use. This special anniversary publication shows the activities we have undertaken in this area over the past decade with the help of our supporters.