PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Governments are increasingly using public procurement policies to build markets for legal and sustainable timber products. It is estimated that government accounts for about 15-20 per cent of purchases in most developed countries, and thereby exerts substantial influence on the market.

Six EU member states Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands and the UK all currently have or are developing systems which will require proof of legal (or sustainable) origin for central government purchases of timber and wood products.

Increasing interest is being shown in countries outside the EU in developing similar policies, and in 2006 Japan introduced a similar approach. Almost every country already has a framework for 'green' procurement, promoting the use of recycled paper, for example, or sustainable timber in building projects. It should be possible to adapt these frameworks to source legal timber and wood products.

A key issue - in procurement, as elsewhere - is how legal (and sustainable) timber can be identified. Certification schemes such as FSC can provide proof of legality, but WTO and EU procurement rules mean that non-certified products must also be allowed access, as long as they can demonstrate legality. The UK has established a Central Point of Expertise on Timber to both assess existing certification schemes and to judge alternative proofs of legality accompanying uncertified products.

[Please note that this section deals only with public (i.e. government) procurement. For private sector sourcing policies, see the Industry section on the left-hand menu.]

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
04/09/2012	Overview of the FLEGT Action Plan Progress Report for 2003–2010 In late 2010, the European Commission and EU Member States reviewed the implementation of the EU Forest ...	EFI FLEGT Facility
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29/03/2012	Barking Up the Right Tree? A Scorecard of UK Local Authorities' Responsible Wood and Paper Procurement This report by WWF reveals that more than half of UK local authorities still don't have a legal ...	WWF
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15/03/2011	Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures The summary points in this briefing paper are as follows: - Consumer countries contribute to the ...	Chatham House Briefing Paper (Duncan Brack & Jon Buckrell)
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22/12/2010	FLEGT Licensed Timber and EU Member State Procurement Policies This briefing note explains how the VPAs complement forest certification and can help public procurement ...	Proforest
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01/12/2010	Market Requirements for Legal and Sustainable Timber This report provides information for anyone involved in the timber trade on the emerging market requirements ...	Proforest (A.Cura & J. Lam)
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22/11/2010	The Proportionality Principle and Sustainable Timber Procurement Policies This briefing explains how the proportionality principle has been applied by the European Court of Justice ...	Client Earth
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20/10/2010	Market Share of Certified Wood More than Doubles This paper is the result of a stufy that Probos carried out for the Dutch government in 2009. It shows ...	Probos, for the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
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01/10/2010	Social Issues in Timber Procurement Policies This paper examines the debate around the inclusion of social issues in timber procurement policies, ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/07/2010	Market Requirements for Legal and Sustainable Timber and the Implications for Chinese Suppliers This report provides information for anyone involved in the timber trade on the emerging market requirements ...	Proforest (Cura, A. & Lam, J.)
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18/06/2010	Legal briefing: The Place of “Social Criteria” in Public Procurement Policies for Legal and Sustainable Timber This briefing outlines key principles of the law governing public procurement in the European Union. ...	Client Earth
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01/06/2010	Legal Analysis: The place of “Social Criteria” in Public Procurement Policies for Legal and Sustainable Timber This briefing outlines key principles of the law governing public procurement in the European Union and ...	ClientEarth
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30/04/2010	The Pros and Cons of Procurement This study reviews developments and progress regarding timber procurement policies. It assesses the positive ...	ITTO (Technical Series no. 34)
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01/04/2010	UK Government Timber Procurement Policy: Definition of legal and sustainable for timber procurement, Fourth Edition All Government procurement contracts for timber products will from 1st April 2010 include social criteria ...	CPET (Central Point of Expertise on Timber) UK
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20/01/2010	Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures Summary and analysis of the range of measures taken by consumer countries to control imports of illegal ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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18/01/2010	Summary Report of the Final Judgement of PEFC Austria by the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) This report is the assessment of PEFC Austria by the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC), ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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27/10/2009	Government's response to Environmental Audit Committee report on 'Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation: No hope without forests' The Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons published its report on 'Reducing greenhouse ...	UK government
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29/06/2009	Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation: No hope without forests The UK and other developed countries must change patterns of consumption to reduce demand for products ...	Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons (UK)
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22/06/2009	Combating Illegal Logging: Interaction with WTO Rules Controlling international trade in illegal timber is an essential part of the international effort to ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/06/2009	Sustainable Public Procurement Preparedness Assessment in Vietnam: a Reference to the Timber Industry This report provides the findings on the sustainable public procurement preparedness assessment carried ...	IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
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28/04/2009	UK Government Timber Procurement Advice Note April 2009 From April 2009 there has been a step-change in the UK's timber procurement policy. Central government ...	CPET
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01/03/2009	Buying a sustainable future? Timber procurement policies in Europe and Japan The aim of this publication is to act as a central source of information on the timber procurement policies ...	FERN
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01/11/2008	Evaluation of Category A Evidence: Review of Forest Certification Schemes 2008 assessment, carried out by CPET (UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber) of the five certification ...	CPET
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15/10/2008	Government timber procurement policy Submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into 'Forests: the future ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/10/2008	Dutch Procurement Criteria for Timber Criteria for the Dutch timber procurement policy: Principles and criteria for sustainable forest management, ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (Netherlands)
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25/09/2008	Council Conclusions on Procurement for a Better Environment Conclusions of the Competitiveness Council on green procurement. Contains a specific paragraph calling ...	Council of the European Union
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01/08/2008	UK Government Timber Products Advice Note August 2008 From 1st April 2009 there will be a step-change in UK timber procurement policy. Central government departments, ...	CPET
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16/07/2008	Communication on public procurement for a better environment Commission proposal to set ambitious targets for green public procurement linked to common green procurement ...	European Commission
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01/07/2008	UK Government Timber Procurement Policy: Construction Sector Project Report of study commissioned by DEFRA on public procurement of timber for construction. The objectives ...	CPET
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09/06/2008	Controlling illegal logging: Using public procurement policy Concise summary of how countries are using public procurement policy to create protected markets for ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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08/06/2008	Social issues in timber procurement policies Analysis of the inclusion of social issues in timber procurement policies: what is covered, what could ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/04/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 4 This edition highlights the discussions contributing to harmonising EU and North American purchasing ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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01/03/2008	Building on forest destruction: Timber use in EU-financed building projects Through this investigation Milieudefensie show that illegal and destructively logged wood is in widespread ...	Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands
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07/01/2008	Japan's public procurement policy of legal and sustainable timber: progress, challenges and ways forward Report presenting the results of IGES research on public timber procurement policy to date. It includes ...	IGES
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07/01/2008	Japan's Green Purchasing Policy - Tackling Illegal Logging Japanese Government paper on Green Procurement of Timber. ...	Government of Japan
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11/09/2007	Local government timber procurement policies Case studies of local authorities' timber procurement policies, from the North East and Yorkshire ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/09/2007	Summary of Public Procurement Policies Summary documents with details of governmental timber procurement policies in a comparitive table format. ...	Proforest
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22/08/2007	Documents concerning the pretest of the Netherlands public procurement 'Equivalence Assessment System' The Netherlands government have developed an Equivalence Assessment System (EAS) in order to assess certification ...	Netherlands Minsitry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
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01/07/2007	Public procurement in the Netherlands: July 2007 Update One page briefing providing an update of the Netherlands public procurement policy development process ...	Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
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01/07/2007	The Cost-Benefit Analysis of China's Adopting the Green Government Procurement Policy for Forest Products The objective of this report is to comprehensively analyse the possible costs and benefits of China's ...	School of Economics and Management Beijing Forestry University/ TNC
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01/07/2007	The Comparative Research on the Government Procurement Policies for Forest Products between China and Developed Countries Considers the procurement policies of consumer countries in order to consider how feasible a Chinese ...	School of Economics and Management Beijing Forestry University/ TNC
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01/06/2007	Environmental and Social Responsibility in Public Procurement The Norwegian government's three year action plan for environmental and social responsibility in ...	Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
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01/04/2007	Draft criteria for legal and sustainable timber and assessment of ceritification schemes Public consultation document on Denmark's revised draft criteria for public procurement of legal ...	Danish Ministry of the Environment
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01/01/2007	Illegal Logging: Cut it out! This report attempts to estimate the volume of illegal wood entering the UK and to identify which sectors ...	WWF
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18/12/2006	Evaluation of Category A Evidence: Review of Forest Certification Schemes 2006 review, carried out by CPET (UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber) to ensure that the five certification ...	CPET
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01/12/2006	UK Government Timber Procurement Policy: Framework for evaluating category B evidence ...
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01/11/2006	UK Government Timber Procurement policy: Definition of legality and sustainability UK government definitions of legal and sustainable timber, set out to aid buyers from government departments ...
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01/11/2006	New Zealand Policy to Address Illegal Logging and Associated Trade The policy is proposed as New Zealand's response to the problem of illegal logging and associated ...	New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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05/10/2006	Public procurement policies for timber in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK: Options for further harmonisation A powerpoint presentation from the UNECE/FAO policy forum on public procurement during the 64th session ...	Danish Forest and Nature Agency, DEFRA and Dutch Ministry of the Envionment
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05/10/2006	Market effects of public procurement policies for wood and paper products in the UNECE region Report produced for a UNECE meeting on public procurement policies. The study was conducted by asking ...	UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Products Markets and Marketing
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01/10/2006	Linking Timber Trade and Forest Practice: How the UK Uses Market Power to Tackle Illegal Logging With this new Information Brief, Forest Trends looks at demand-side measures taken by the UK and other ...	Forest Trends
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01/05/2006	Excluding illegal timber from EU markets: options for the EU and its member states A range of options are available to governments of consumer/importer countries in seeking to reduce their ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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07/04/2006	International Initiatives to Address Tropical Timber Logging and Trade This report examines a broad range of international initiatives to address tropical timber logging and ...	Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)
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01/03/2006	Japanese Government Public Procurement Policy Documents related to the Japanese Governmental Public Procurement Policy regarding procurement of verified ...	Japanese Forestry Agency
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01/03/2006	Capital Offence: Is London Failing the Forests? Report into procurement by London Local Authorities, showing that nearly half have no policies in place ...	WWF UK
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15/02/2006	Guideline for Verification on Legality and Sustainability of Wood and Wood Products The Government of Japan set up methods for verifying legality and sustainability of wood and wood products ...	Forestry Agency of Japan
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15/02/2006	Japanese Government Procurement Policy: Introductory explanation for wood and wood products company overseas Introductory document for companies hoping to sell timber and timber products to government agencies ...	Forestry Agency of Japan
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01/02/2006	Legal Forest Destruction: The wide gap between legality and sustainability This report aims to send strong signals to governments and timber traders that are taking measures to ...	Milieudefensie, Greenpeace Netherlands, ICCO, IUCN Netherlands, NCIV, WWF
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01/02/2006	Social Issues in Purchasing This guidance note was written for UK government buyers to clarify the ways in which the government believes ...	UK Office of Government Commerce
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18/01/2006	UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee: Second Report on Sustainable Timber This follows on from the report by the previous EAC, Buying Time for Forests: Timber, Trade and Public ...	Environmental Audit Committee (UK House of Commons)
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18/11/2005	Public procurement policy aimed at promoting the use of timber and wood from sustainably managed forests Government circular of 2005 setting out the Belgian timber procurement policy. This is an English translation ...	Government of Belgium
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21/09/2005	UK Government's Timber Procurement Policy: What have the impacts been? A summary of the key impacts of the UK Government's procurement policy on the timber trade and its ...	Chatham House (Emily Fripp)
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21/09/2005	Public Procurement of Timber: EU member state initiatives for sourcing legal and sustainable timber Latest summary of EU member states' public procurement policies, with recommendations for their ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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08/04/2005	Documents on French public procurement Documents relating to French policy on public procurement of timber. ...	French Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable Development
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01/11/2004	UK Government Timber Procurement Policy Assessment of five forest certification schemes: Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) Phase 1 Final Report This study was comissioned as phase 1 in the development of a planned Central Point of Expertise in Timber ...	ProForest and ERM Ltd
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27/09/2004	Public Procurement of Timber: EU member state initiatives for sourcing legal and sustainable timber Background paper for the workshop on public procurement of timber held in Copenhagen, September 2004. ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Duncan Brack and Jade Saunders)
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30/01/2004	To Buy or Not to Buy The NGO FERN, in a new report, examines the timber procurement policies of EU member states and the ...	FERN
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02/12/2003	Illegal Logging Stakeholder Consultation Pre-Meeting A brief summary of the meeting which considered the FLEGT Action plan, including the licensing scheme ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Jade Saunders)
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06/11/2003	UK Government Timber Procurement Policy The UK Government is committed to seek to procure products made from timber that has been legally felled ...	DEFRA
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01/11/2003	Danish public procurement guidelines for tropical timber These voluntary guidelines have been developed in a transparent process with participation by industry, ...	Government of Denmark
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01/06/2003	Legal Origin of Timber as a Step Towards Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Argues that although voluntary partnerships may produce some positive outcomes at the local level, real ...	SGS for the WWF/World Bank Alliance
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01/06/2002	The Timber Footprint of the G8 and China: Making the Case for Green Procurement by Government Produced in an attempt to influence the G8 summit in 2002, this report contains an overview of trade ...	WWF (P. Toyne, C. O'Brien, R. Nelson)
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01/02/2002	Controlling the International Trade in Illegally Logged Timber and Wood Products Examines the means by which importing/consuming governments can establish and operate systems for denying ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Duncan Brack, Kevin Gray and Gavin Hayman)
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
25/03/2013	How China's purchasing power can save the world's forests Worldwide, 13 million hectares of forests are disappearing every year. With so many of the world's ...	South China Morning Post
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03/03/2013	Ghana: 80% of timber supplied illegally Mr Samuel Afari Dartey, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission (FC), has disclosed that about ...	Ghana web
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30/11/2012	Government hints at new procurement standards to tackle deforestation DECC outlines new international forestry strategy designed to support private sector efforts to reduce ...	Business Green
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29/05/2012	Ghana: Illegal saw millers provide 80 percent of market demand Kumasi — A national consultative workshop on the draft procurement policy on timber and timber ...	allAfrica.com
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02/04/2012	WWF report into sustainable procurement could boost timber demand, says FRA FRA, a research and advisory consultancy, claims that the publication of a report into public sector ...	PR Urgent, Switzerland
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29/03/2012	World first Olympic timber procurement success confirmed The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has achieved a “world first” for securing FSC and PEFC ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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29/03/2012	Barking up the right tree? See which councils use legal, sustainable wood More than half of UK local authorities still don't have a legal and sustainable timber procurement ...	WWF
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27/12/2011	Council combats Indonesian logging The fight against illegal logging in Indonesia and Congo has come to Kingston after the council signed ...	This is Local London, UK
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08/12/2011	Maine Executive Order puts forest certification on equal footing Washington - Maine Governor Paul LePage signed an executive order today directing that "any new ...	Market Watch, Wall Street Journal, US
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30/11/2011	Estonia moves closer to full implementation of timber certification system Estonia has embraced PEFC chain of custody certification, one part of the international PEFC forest certification ...	ERR News, Estonian Public Broadcasting
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03/11/2011	PEFC helps Olympic park raise sustainability A Breakfast Roundtable hosted by PEFC at the Commonwealth Club in central London and attended by some ...	Build.co.uk, UK
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24/10/2011	The Netherlands bans Malaysian logs The Netherlands' Independent Appeals Board has ruled in favour of global NGO Greenpeace which alleged ...	Free Malaysia Today
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23/10/2011	Malaysian sustainable timber certification fails Dutch standards An independent panel in the Netherlands has found that the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) ...	Mongabay.com
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21/07/2011	Ghana to introduce new rules on wood procurement Ghana is soon to introduce a new Legislative Instrument (LI) for the procurement of wood products by ...	IHB Network
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08/06/2011	Amazon wood ejected from High Line Section 2 of the High Line park officially opened on Wednesday morning, June 8th, 2011, with a notable ...	Rainforests of New York / Rainforest Relief
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07/06/2011	Environmental vow signed by council Leicestershire County Council is believed to be the first local authority in the country signing the ...	Bearsden Herald, UK
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07/06/2011	TPAC confirms its positive judgement of PEFC International After careful consideration of the objection filed by five Dutch NGOs, TPAC concludes that there are ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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13/05/2011	Regulation role model The EU Timber Regulation means the wood industry is again leading the way in developing responsible procurement ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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22/04/2011	Environmental activists launch balloon-rigged banner at Washington Square Arch: a challenge to NYC government’s use of Amazon wood for 400 new park benches Climate and rainforest activists floated a 300-square foot banner up the Washington Square Park arch ...	Rainforests of New York / Rainforest Relief
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17/02/2011	Workshop on sustainable wood products procurement The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) is in the process of introducing sustainable procurement practices ...	Ghana Government Official Portal
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15/12/2010	Social criteria are permissible in timber procurement policy A draft report of the EU ad hoc working group (AHWG) on timber procurement policy was presented at the ...	FERN EU Forest Watch
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12/12/2010	S’wak committed to curbing illegal logging Tokyo - Sarawak is committed to curbing illegal logging and its associated trade, said Sarawak Forestry ...	The Borneo Post
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22/10/2010	TPAC revises judgement on MTCS Earlier this year, the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) judged that the Malaysian certification ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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20/09/2010	UK public unaware they could be contributing to illegal logging - WWF Many consumers mistakenly think that wood and paper products sold in the UK are not sourced from illegally ...	The Ecologist, UK
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17/08/2010	Rio Grande do Sul passes law on legal wood The state government of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] approved a bill to establish a public procurement ...	ITTO Market Report
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23/06/2010	Transforming Spain's cities into champions for the world's forests Despite conservation efforts, the world’s forests continue to be lost at an alarming rate of 13 ...	WWF
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11/06/2010	TPAC judges that PEFC timber on the Dutch market meets the Dutch Procurement Criteria From 2008 onwards the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) assessed all relevant procedures ...	TPAC (Timber Procurement Assessment Committee), Netherlands
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27/05/2010	PEFC considers social criteria for chain of custody certification PEFC says it is the first global forest certification system to consider social requirements for chain ...	TTJ - The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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01/05/2010	Eco-groups say NYC Parks is lying about ‘sustainable’ wood Coney Island, Brooklyn — The Boardwalk, Just East of Stillwell Ave. Today, members of Rainforest ...	Rainforests of New York
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21/04/2010	Climbers scale 40-foot flagpoles in City Hall Park and drop banner demanding an end to NYC’s use of tropical rainforest wood During lunch hour in New York City, two climbers scaled the 40-foot flagpoles at the southern entrance ...	Rainforests of New York
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19/04/2010	Environmental groups release "Dead Rainforests" video, call on Mayor Bloomberg to stop NYC's use of tropical hardwoods Today, in anticipation of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Rainforest Relief and New York Climate Action ...	Rainforests of New York
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03/03/2010	TPAC concludes: MTCS conform, but decision by Minister necessary on risk of forest conversion The Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) judges that the Malaysian certification system ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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06/02/2010	Defra confident new procurement rules will maintain timber supplies Defra has said it does not expect the addition of “social criteria” to the UK government ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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28/01/2010	Timber labelling move reversed The Government has decided to go back on moves towards a mandatory timber labelling scheme, aimed at ...	Radio New Zealand International
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25/01/2010	Announcement: Sustainability definition now includes social criteria All Government procurement contracts for timber products will from 1st April 2010 include social criteria ...	CPET (Central Point of Expertise on Timber) UK
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21/01/2010	Government tightens sustainable timber procurement policy: New purchasing criteria to step up crackdown on illegal timber The [UK] government has today announced that it is to tighten its procurement policy for timber products ...	BusinessGreen.com
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21/01/2010	Government introduces social regulations on timber procurement The [UK] government has announced new regulations on procurement of timber to ensure that it comes from ...	Purcon, UK
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18/01/2010	PEFC Austria meets Dutch Procurement Criteria The Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) judges that PEFC Austria meets the Dutch Procurement ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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02/07/2009	PEFC Sweden meets Dutch Procurement Criteria PEFC Sweden meets the Dutch Procurement Criteria, this is the final judgement of the Dutch Timber Procurement ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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29/04/2009	Launch of international stakeholder forum for the Malaysian certification system MTCS From April 29 until May 28, the TPAC stakeholder forum (www.tpac.smk.nl) is open ...	Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands
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28/04/2009	CPET - Policy changed on 1 April 2009 and new advice note is available From April 2009 there has been a step-change in timber procurement policy. Central government departments, ...	CPET
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15/04/2009	New rules on central government's use of sustainable timber There are new rules on Central Governments use of sustainable timber,but are local authorities doing ...	Your and Yours (BBC Radio Four)
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27/03/2009	Call for tougher laws to tackle illegal logging ...	Teatro Naturale (Italy)
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06/03/2009	Launch international stakeholder forum for the certificates PEFC Sweden and PEFC Belgium On the 2nd of March the stakeholder forum opens for comment on PEFC Sweden and PEFC Belgium (www.tpac.smk.nl). ...	Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee/TPAC (Netherlands)
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19/12/2008	2008 Category A review of certification schemes finalised UK - The results of the 2008 review of certification schemes to monitor continued compliance with UK ...	CPET (UK)
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25/06/2008	Launch international internet forum for timber certificates (Press Release) On the 25th of June, the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) launched ...	Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC)
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02/05/2008	Lack of Information on Legal Timber and Wood Products Hampers Gov't Green Procurement Policy The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced on December 25, 2007 the results of a questionnaire ...	Japan for Sustainability (Japan)
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30/04/2008	EU policy developments on illegal wood trade reach a critical stage EU policy developments relating to illegal logging and timber procurement are reaching a critical stage. ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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02/04/2008	IWGIA, Nepenthes and WWF withdraw from the steering group on public procurement policies for timber (Statement to the Danish Forest and Nature Agency) NGO ex-steering group members urge the Danish Forest ...	IWGA, Nepenthes and WWF (Denmark)
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29/03/2008	Sustainability goes local The UK government wants the timber trades help to encourage local authorities to adopt sustainable timber ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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24/03/2008	Friends of the Earth press European Union to outlaw illegal timber Brussels - An environmental group is calling on the European Union to pass laws preventing illegal timber ...	Daily Commercial News (Canada)
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20/03/2008	EU petitioned to use 'good wood' Europe is still using environmentally unfriendly wood. This bad' wood even finds its way to major ...	Radio Netherlands (Netherlands)
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17/12/2007	EU and UK local Government must use legal sources of timber UK - During a discussion at Chatham House, Minister for Trade and Development, Gareth Thomas, called ...	DFID (UK)
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20/11/2007	CPET announce regional training workshops on UK government timber procurement policy UK - Regional training provided free of charge to government timber product buyers and private sector ...	CPET (UK)
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01/11/2007	Chatham House reports on study of local authorities UK - Chatham House has recently published an analysis of UK local government approaches to timber procurement, ...	CPET (UK)
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01/11/2007	Moving forward with harmonisation UK - Defra and CPET recently met with Dutch and Danish colleagues in the The Hague to discuss a way forward ...	CPET (UK)
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14/10/2007	New money is last hope in battle to save rainforests: misplaced optimism over climate change initiatives? Industrial clearance of rainforests accounts for 20 per cent of greenhouse gases. Every second of each ...	The Observer (UK)
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10/09/2007	Govt changes mind on sustainability (Green Party Press Release) New Zealand - The Green Party is welcoming the decision by the Minister of ...	Scoop (New Zealand)
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25/07/2007	Norwegian government: 'FSC not good enough for procurement policy' The Norwegian government has decided that it it cannot rely on any certification system, not even the ...	FSC Watch
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28/06/2007	Norway bans tropical timber in public procurement Last week the Norwegian government released its public procurement policy. The plan gives Norway a leading ...	Rainforest Foundation (Norway)
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26/04/2007	Public consultation: Draft Criteria for Legal and Sustainable timber and Assessment of Certification Schemes (News Release) As an important element in implementing Environment Minister Connie Hedegaards 9 Point ...	Danish Ministry of the Environment (Denmark)
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28/01/2007	Federal Administration now only procuring wood from verifiably legal forest management (Press Release) Germany - As a signal for environmentally and socially sound, economically viable forest ...	German Ministry for the Environment (Germany)
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22/01/2007	UK and Australia agree closer ties to combat illegal timber (DEFRA Press Release) Australia and the UK have agreed to work together to develop tough measures aimed ...	Media Newswire (USA)
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19/01/2007	Get legal or lose markets Malaysian Timber Council, Netherlands Timber Trade Association and UK Timber Trade Federation Joint Press ...	TTF, MTC and VVNH
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17/01/2007	Explanatory Notes regarding the procurement of wood products (Press Release) Attachment to the joint instruction of 17.01.2007 that the German Federal Administration ...	German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
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27/12/2006	Government backsliding on sustainable timber UK - Environmental groups including WWF, Greenpeace, and FERN, have criticized the Government's ...	Green Building Press (UK)
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21/12/2006	Timber schemes pass assessment UK - The Government has approved five sustainable logging schemes, following an assessment of their effectiveness ...	Green Consumer Guide (UK)
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18/12/2006	Timber assurance schemes pass Government test UK - Five schemes designed to combat illegal logging and protect forests worldwide have been given the ...	DEFRA (UK)
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18/12/2006	UK Government confirms PEFC as source of legal and sustainable timber The UK Government today confirmed that PEFC sustainable forest management certification provided an assurance ...	PEFC (Luxembourg)
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15/12/2006	TTAP seminar urges harmonized procurement policies Belgium - More than 50 leading wood products buyers, suppliers and policy makers met recently in Brussels ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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10/12/2006	Govt orders use of legal timber New Zealand - Government departments have been ordered to buy timber and wood products sourced only from ...	TVNZ (New Zealand)
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10/12/2006	Tackling Illegal Logging New Zealand - Minister of Forestry, Jim Anderton today announced the Labour-Progressive government's ...	Scoop (New Zealand)
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01/12/2006	Red face for EU officials over pirate timber floor A painful confirmation by the European Commission that its headquarters contain 1,000 square metres of ...	EUobserver.com (Belgium)
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15/10/2006	UNECE/FAO hold policy forum on public procurement The UNECE and FAO held a policy forum on 'Public procurement policies (PPP) for wood and paper products ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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10/10/2006	Governments fight illegal logging and promote sustainability through their purchasing UNECE/FAO policy forum discussed how to avoid illegally and unsustainably sourced wood and paper products ...	UNECE (Switzerland)
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29/09/2006	Illegal rainforest timber used in parliament refurbishment London, UK - Illegally logged timber from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea is being used during renovation ...	Greenpeace (UK)
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28/09/2006	Yet more illegal rainforest timber found in Westminster (Greenpeace Press Release) UK - As the Cabinet Office admits it was wrong about Admiralty Arch, dodgy ...	Greenpeace (UK)
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11/08/2006	Sarawak, Japan agree on revised green procurement policy Sarawak has made a special arrangement with Japan on the revised requirements of the green procurement ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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08/08/2006	Government procurement and corporate social responsibility policies influencing UN Economic Commission for Europe region forest products markets in 2005/2006 The United Nations Economic and Social Council's Economic Commission for Europe issued the following ...	US Fed News (US)
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01/08/2006	Action must be taken, top Tory tells CFJ UK - The Conservative Party front bench MP Peter Ainsworth is calling for action to stop stolen wood ...	Contract Flooring Journal (UK)
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25/07/2006	EU To Help Streamline Timber Industry Ghana - The European Union (EU) is to support the government to streamline the operations of the timber ...	Daily Graphic (Ghana)
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24/07/2006	"We will buy only legal timber" Ghana - Mr. Gareth Thomas, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Department for International Development ...	Accra Daily Mail (Ghana)
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15/07/2006	Stolen Rainforest Timber In Cabinet Office The Prime Minister's efforts to portray himself as an environmental champion suffered another set-back ...	Green Building Press (UK)
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14/07/2006	NTTA highlights timber procurement policy At a recent seminar in Kuala Lumpur on timber market changes in Europe, Mr. Paul van den Heuvel of the ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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13/07/2006	Admiralty Arch update: Government fails to prove claims of illegal timber (Greenpeace Press Release) UK - Yesterday we occupied Admiralty Arch where the government is using illegally ...	Greenpeace (UK)
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12/07/2006	Crooked Timber Greenpeace - The government has been using illegal rainforest woods in its buildings again. So we at ...	Guardian (UK)
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28/06/2006	Trafalgar Sq wood 'illegal' UK - Greenpeace allegations: Stolen timber from loggers who plunder rainforests, torture local tribes ...	This is Local London (UK)
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28/06/2006	Nelson protected by illegal wood UK - Ken Livingstone revealed he was demanding answers from contractors employed by the Greater London ...	Guardian (UK)
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15/06/2006	Green Procurement Law Revised to Help Prevent Illegal Logging Japan - The Cabinet has endorsed partial changes in the basic policy drawn up in accordance with the ...	Japan for Sustainability
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03/06/2006	27.8% of Local Governments in Japan Have Green Purchasing Programs Only 27.8 percent of the local governments have drawn up their green purchasing procurement policies, ...	Japan for Sustainability
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31/05/2006	Review confirms Olympic venues not using virgin timber Indonesia not a source for any wood products used in venue construction. ...	Beijing 2008 (China)
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05/05/2006	Environment Ministry to Revise Green Purchasing Law Requirements The Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) obtained Cabinet approval for its proposal to partially ...	Japan for Sustainability
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21/04/2006	Survey: European countries care less about illegal logging issues Gland, Switzerland – A new WWF report ranks 22 European Union governments and Switzerland on their ...	WWF International
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14/04/2006	Japanese Public Procurement Policy Enters Into Force A government procurement policy requiring all forest goods and services purchased by the state to be ...	Bridges Trade BioRes
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30/03/2006	London Local Authorities failing the forests More than 65 per cent of London Local Authorities do not check whether their timber and paper products ...	WWF (UK)
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24/03/2006	UK government procurement policy: contractors - have your say Proforest/CPET seek feedback from UK government suppliers and contractors. ...	Proforest (UK)
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02/03/2006	Papua New Guinea accused of ignoring illegal timber trade The pristine forests of Papua New Guinea are at risk of being wiped out through illegal and unsustainable ...	The Independent (UK)
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01/03/2006	Denmark Announces Expansion of its Procurement Policy ...	FLEG Newsletter#3
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20/02/2006	Government launches online consultation of CPET criteria UK - Environment minister Elliot Morley has invited comments and suggestions on improving the government's ...	DEFRA (UK)
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16/02/2006	Legal and sustainable timber - Minister invites views on assessment of evidence UK - Comments and suggestions on improving the Government's method for assessing evidence of forest ...	DEFRA (UK)
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06/02/2006	Nordics target illegally logged timber Danish environment minister Connie Hedegaard has published a nine-point plan for strengthening current ...	Environment Daily
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25/01/2006	Buyers' help needed to save forests UK - Timber purchasers should automatically check that what they are buying is both legal and sustainable, ...	SuplyManagement.com (UK)
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19/01/2006	UK Select Committe Report on Sustainable Timber UK - The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) publishes today its Second Report of Session 2005-06, Sustainable ...	UK Parliament
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19/01/2006	MPs call for law to ban illegal timber imports UK - MPs from across the political spectrum today called for urgent legislation banning imports of illegal ...	Greenpeace
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16/11/2005	Sustainable timber site launched UK - A website has been launched to offer guidance on procuring sustainably sourced timber, aimed at ...	Green Consumer Guide
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31/10/2005	Japan Prepares a Wood Procurement Law Following the conclusion of the G8 Summit at Gleneagles, Scotland last July, the Japanese government ...	MIS Tropical Timber Market Report
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28/10/2005	PEFC calls for harmonisation of Government Timber Procurement Policies At its General Assembly, the Chairman Mr Henri Plauche-Gillon of the PEFC Council, the world mutual recognition ...	PEFC (Luxembourg)
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04/10/2005	UNECE/FAO policy forum reviews roles of governments in timber certification Geneva - The UNECE Timber Committee, together with the FAO European Forestry Commission, held an in-session, ...	UNECE
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16/08/2005	Timber procurement helpline operation UK - A new helpline has been set up to give advice to public sector bodies and their suppliers about ...	DEFRA (UK)
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11/08/2005	Progress on forest certification schemes UK - Two forest certification schemes are adopting new standards in response to the government's ...	DEFRA (UK)
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21/07/2005	New Enquiry: UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (Press Release) UK - The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) yesterday set up a sub-committee to conduct ...	EAC (UK)
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10/06/2005	Forest Certification Schemes: Minister gives reassurance on publication of reassessment (DEFRA Press Release) UK - The results of the reassessment of two forest certification schemes will be ...	DEFRA (UK)
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08/06/2005	UK Government delay announcement of PEFC Sustainability London, UK - The Government were due to announce the results of the latest CPET assessment of PEFC and ...	TTF (UK)
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26/05/2005	Members of UK Government Task Force on Sustainable Procurement Announced Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for the Environment, and Financial Secretary John Healey, today ...	TTF (UK)
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22/04/2005	Changing International Markets for Timber: What African Producers can do The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Inter-African Forest Industries Association (IFIA) have joined ...	TTF (UK)
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18/03/2005	G8 to tackle illegal timber trade Environment and development ministers from the G8 group of leading countries have committed themselves ...	BBC (UK)
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16/03/2005	US Aims to Jeopardise Legal Action on Illegal Logging The United States was exposed yesterday as planning to jeopardise multi-lateral action to stop the trade ...	Common Dreams (USA)
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03/12/2004	Forest certification schemes for UK government now available UK - Following Environment Minister Elliot Morley's recent announcement on the assessment of five ...	DEFRA (UK)
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09/11/2004	Environment Minister Elliot Morley Announces Move to Ensure Government Sourcing of Legal and Sustainable Timber Environment Minister Elliot Morley today announced steps to strengthen the Government's efforts ...	Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
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21/10/2004	Walking all over Indonesia Almost six months ago we revealed that the European Commission's new headquarters were being renovated ...	Greenpeace
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06/09/2004	National Lottery funds rainforest destruction Greenpeace activists occupy prestigious National Lottery funded Scottish art gallery. ...	Greenpeace
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21/05/2004	SE Asian Forest Campaigners Attack UK Government's Timber Use Campaigners from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, in London for International Biodiversity Day (Saturday ...	Friends of the Earth
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14/05/2004	EU accused of using illegal rainforest timber The European Union has been accused of using illegal Indonesian timber in its new buildings. ...	edie.net
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12/05/2004	EU hit by 'suspect' wood charge Greenpeace says illicit Indonesian wood is being used in the renovation of the EU's head offices ...	BBC
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11/05/2004	EU trashes Indonesian rainforests ...	Greenpeace
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06/04/2004	WWF Government Barometer WWF calls on the EU and its member states to take effective action against illegal logging and forest ...	WWF
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01/04/2004	L'achat public en renfort pour lutter contre les abus du commerce illgal de bois tropical The French government has published a document setting out measures it is taking to ensure that wood ...	AchatPublic.com
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
27/01/2011	VPA licensed timber and its compatibility with public timber procurement policies	Sofie Tind Nielsen, Proforest
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27/01/2011	UK Government's timber procurement policy - impact assessment	Emily Fripp, EFECA
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20/01/2010	Sao Paolo's Public Procurement Initiative	Carlos Beduschi, Centro de Programas de Uso Sustentável, Secretaria de Meio Ambiente do Estado de Sao Paolo
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20/01/2010	SFC Ad Hoc Working Group on Public Procurement of Wood and Wood-Based Products	Roland Beck, European Commission
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20/01/2010	Social Issues in Timber Procurement Policies	Duncan Brack, Chatham House
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20/01/2010	UK Government’s Timber Procurement Policy and the Inclusion of Social Criteria	Sofie Tind Nielsen, CPET
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18/06/2008	Public procurement policies for legal and sustainable timber: Trends and essential elements	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Federico Lopez-Casero)
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18/06/2008	FLEGT EU demand-side measures	European Commission (Vincent van den Berk)
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10/06/2008	Social issues in timber procurement policies	Duncan Brack, Chatham House
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10/06/2008	Timber procurement policies in Denmark, UK, Netherlands & Belgium: next steps and a comparative study of criteria	Lizet Quaak, Netherlands, Marigold Norman, UK, & Sofie Tind Nielsen, CPET
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10/06/2008	Procurement of legal and sustainable timber: EU framework - possibilities and obstacles	Petr Wagner, European Commission
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17/01/2008	Public Procurement Policy in Germany: Scope and Implementation	German Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (Ulrich Bick)
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17/01/2008	CPET - UK Government Update: January 2008	Rachel Butler
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17/01/2008	Designing a robust procurement policy for legal and sustainable timber: Lessons for Japan	Federico Lopez-Casero, IGES Japan
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01/11/2007	EU government procurement and FLEGT timber licensing	Chatham House (Jade Saunders)
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09/07/2007	UK Government's Timber Procurement Policy	DEFRA (Bob Andrew)
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09/07/2007	Local government timber procurement policies: Case studies in North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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07/07/2007	Public Procurement: State of play in Denmark July 2007	Danish Ministry of the Environment (Christian Lundmark Jensen)
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27/04/2007	China's efforts for timber verification	Chinese Academy of Forestry (Lu Wenming)
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26/04/2007	Government timber procurement in the EU	Chatham House (Jade Saunders)
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26/04/2007	Japan's timber public procurement policy	Institute for Global Environmenetal Strategies (Dr Federico Lopez-Casero)
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25/01/2007	Public procurement policies for wood products and harmonisation process between Netherlands, UK and Denmark	Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment; Proforest (Janneke de Jong; Neil Judd)
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05/10/2006	Understanding the WTO agreement on government procurement (GPA)	WTO Secretariat (Robert D Anderson)
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05/10/2006	Public procurement policies for forest products and their impacts	FAO (Markku Simula)
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05/10/2006	Public procurement policies - ITTO perspective	ITTO
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05/10/2006	Market aspects of public procurement policies in the United States 2006	United States Department of Agriculture (Thomas Westcot)
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20/09/2006	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: Strengthening production and policy	DFID (John Hudson)
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21/07/2006	Responsible Procurement of Forest Products: A practical guide for customers	World Resources Institute (Fred Stolle)
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20/07/2006	Public Procurement of Timber: State of play in Denmark	Danish Ministry of the Environment (Sofie Tind Nielsen and Karen Sau Jespersen)
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20/07/2006	The reform of public timber procurement in Japan	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Federico Lopez-Casero)
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20/07/2006	How to access the French public procurement policy on timber and wood products	French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Caroline Merle and Veronique Joucla)
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20/07/2006	Belgian federal public procurement policy on timber and timber products	Belgian Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (Christophe Van Orshoven)
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03/04/2006	Contract Clauses: The Central Point of Expertise in Timber Procurement	Bottriel, Kate (CPET/Proforest)
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19/01/2006	Preferably Sustainable: Dutch public procurement policy for timber	Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Janneke de Jong)
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19/01/2006	Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) Update	ProForest/CPET (Neil Judd)
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19/01/2006	Public Procurement of Timber: State of play in Denmark	Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Christan Lundmark Jensen)
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19/01/2006	UK Government's timber procurement policy	DEFRA (Claire Treliving)
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Monday 7th April 2008	Public procurement workshop Chatham House and the Danish Ministry of Environment are co-hosting a workshop on public procurement ...
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Thursday 17th January 2008	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 11 The eleventh in a series of update meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the meeting ...
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Monday 3rd December 2007	International seminar for tacking illegal logging Japan Federation of Wood Industry Association (JFWIA) are sponsoring this seminar, December 3 & 4, ...
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Monday 9th July 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 10 The tenth in a series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the update was held ...
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Monday 26th February 2007	International Seminar in Tokyo for Tackling Illegal Logging, 2007 - Response of the world to the Procurement Policies of Japan To address the global problem of illegal logging, the Japanese government implemented measures to prioritize ...
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Thursday 25th January 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 9 The ninth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 5th October 2006	Public procurement policies for wood and paper products and their impacts on sustainable forest management and timber markets To be held during the 64th session of the UNECE Timber Committee, the meeting aims to provide a neutral ...
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Tuesday 3rd October 2006	CPET Category B Consultation for UK TTF Members A special consultation meeting with CPET consultant Neil Judd. Topics for discussion will be the Category ...
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Thursday 20th July 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 8 The eighth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 19th January 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 7 The seventh in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Tuesday 30th August 2005	Tropical Forest Governance and Trade - Cameroonian and UK Initiatives The meeting aimed to share information about current efforts to combat illegal logging by UK/EU and Congo ...
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Wednesday 27th July 2005	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 6 The sixth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Tuesday 7th June 2005	Public Procurement and Forest Certification: Assessing the Implications for Policy, Law and International Trade The workshop run by Ecologic aimed to feed into a project to support the implementation of third party ...
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Tuesday 17th May 2005	Trade Forums - 'Changing International Markets for Timber: What African Producers can do' The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Inter-African Forest Industries Association (IFIA) have joined ...
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Friday 7th January 2005	Forest Governance and Trade – Japan, the UK and EU Initiatives The meeting aimed to share information about efforts by UK and EU governments and the private sector ...
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Thursday 2nd December 2004	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 5 The fifth in a series of policy update meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 29th July 2004	Discussion meeting: Money laundering and illegal logging Following the discussion meeting 'Capturing the Profits of Illegal Logging' in March 2004 on ...
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Thursday 17th June 2004	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 4 The fourth in a regular series of meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting covered ...
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Tuesday 8th June 2004	Japanese Timber and Forest Products Markets The meeting was convened to coincide with the visit of Kenichi Nakazawa of FOE Japan, Takahiro Kohama ...
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Tuesday 2nd December 2003	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 3 The third in a regular series of policy update meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The ...
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Monday 6th October 2003	Excluding illegal timber: border controls and procurement: making the system work A meeting held to address the practical and legal implications of establishing an EU FLEGT timber licensing ...
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Monday 9th June 2003	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 2 Second in the regular series of meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. Discussion covered ...
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Monday 16th December 2002	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 1 The first of a regular series of meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting covered ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
Australia: Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)	The Australian governmental policy page on illegal logging. Summarises the domestic and international measures to be taken and contains links to the full policy and consultation documents. This page also provides information on the proposed Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011.	Broken link
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CPET Update	A monthly update containing news of the UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber Procurement's activities. Follow the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page to sign up.	Broken link
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Denmark: Ministry of the Environment	Danish draft criteria for legal and sustainable timber and assessment of certification schemes for governmental procurement of legal timber.	Broken link
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France: Ministre de l'Ecologie et du Dveloppement	Link to French governmental pages on their timber procurement policies (in French).	Broken link
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Germany: GTZ	GTZ is a German government-owned corporation for international cooperation with worldwide operations. The link takes you to its site on International Forest Policy Dialogue.	Broken link
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HCV Resource Network	The High Conservation Value Resource Network aims to link together those supporting the development of the HCV approach (originally developed by the FSC) all over the world. They promote the use of this approach by forest product certifiers, forest managers, suppliers and buyers amongst others.	Broken link
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Japan: Ministry for the Environment	Link to Japanese law on green purchasing. For more information on procurement and activities to counter illegal logging in Japan link here to Goho-Wood, a site maintained by the Japanese Council for Tackling Illegal Logging Issue.	Broken link
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Netherlands: Timber Procurement Assessment Committee	TPAC is the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee that assesses certification systems on behalf of the Dutch procurement policy for timber.	Broken link
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New Zealand: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)	This link takes you to information about New Zealand's Timber policies to address illegal logging and associated trade, including public procurement of timber.	Broken link
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ProForest	ProForest is an independent company working with natural resource management and specialising in practical approaches to sustainability. They have worked with a wide range of public and private organisations on the development and implementation of legal and sustainable timber purchasing, notable examples including the UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber, and development of the EU FLEGT licensing system.	Broken link
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UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber Procurement (CPET)	CPET is funded by the UK government (DEFRA) and provides detailed information and advice on how public sector buyers and their suppliers can meet the UK Government's timber procurement policy requirements in practice.	Broken link
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