Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 14

The fourteenth in the series of illegal logging update meetings organised by Chatham House will take place on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th June 2009. The final agenda is now available below.

The meeting is open to all, and there is no charge for admission. However, pre-registration is essential, and you must register by Friday 19th June to be guaranteed admission. To register, send an email with your name and affiliation to logging.registration@chathamhouse.org.uk.

If you have already registered and decide you cannot attend, please let us know - this helps us get the numbers right for food and drink.

CONTACT

Lucy Ellinas
logging.registration@chathamhouse.org.uk

LINKED PRESENTATIONS:
Against illegal logging: an industry perspective Nei Franklin, Sustainability Director, APRIL

Civil society involvement in the Republic of Congo's VPA Iola Leal, FERN

Controlling illegal logging through cooperation with customs Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC

DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme - progress update John Hudson, Department for International Development (DFID) UK

The domestic timber sector in the Congo Basin Paolo Cerutti, CIFOR

Empowering local communities by making business a matter of human service Dilhan Fernando, Dilmah Conservation / MJF Charitable Foundation

The Environmental Audit Committee's report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation Tim Yeo MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee, UK Parliament

The EU Due Diligence Regulation: remaining issues and state of play Madeleine Garlick, DEFRA, UK

EU-Congo: FLEGT VPA Julia Falconer, European Commission

Experience of the private sector with the VPA FLEGT process in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) Olivier Desmet, Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB)

Finding common ground: multi-stakeholder dialogues in the DRC Mari-Lise du Preez, South African Institute of International Affairs

FLEGT VPA update Julia Falconer, European Commission

Follow the money approach in preventing & combating illegal logging Dr Gunadi, Deputy Head of INTRAC/PPATK

Forest concessions and corruption Aled Williams, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

Forest law enforcement and governance in Lao PDR Bill Maynard, Department of Forest Inspection, Laos

The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative Andreas Tveteraas, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment

Improving governance in forestry through forest governance integrity approaches Agustinus Taufik, Transparency International

Indonesia timber legality assurance system: VPA updates Dr Hadi Daryanto, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia

Indonesia-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement - Indonesia civil society experience Mardi Minangsari, TELAPAK

Lacey Act as applied: case studies Elinor Colbourn, US Department of Justice

Measuring governance improvements Florence Daviet, World Resources Institute (WRI)

State of play in the REDD negotiations John Lanchbery, RSPB

Strengthening voices for better choices Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples Programme

Sustainable timber production in the State of Acre, Brazil Carols Oviedo, Secretary of Forestry & Fatima do Oliveira, ASSIMANEJO-SINDUSMAD

TFT update - progress and challenges Annie Adams, Tropical Forest Trust (TFT)

The US Lacey Act one year on: implementation, impressions, initial impacts Andrea Johnson, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

Wood products export development in Vietnam & initiatives towards responsible wood processing and trading Ngo Sy Hoai, VN Timber and Forest Products Association, VIFORES


LINK TO AGENDA (145k)
LINK TO REPORT (415k)

edited:15/08/2009
uploaded:29/01/2009