FLEGT

FLEGT.org is dedicated to sharing accurate information and practical knowledge about the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. It is a one-stop centre where visitors can access news and other resources about the Action Plan's goals of combatting illegal logging and fostering good forest governance... FLEGT leverages trade to both increase the supply of legal timber and reduce demand for illegal timber. Trade measures can be powerful. In 2011, the global trade in primary timber products alone was worth more than EUR 108 billion. EU companies and intra-EU trade accounted for about 35% of this global trade. Without illegal logging the value of timber traded would have been even higher as criminality depresses world prices for timber and timber products by an estimated 7 to 16%. FLEGT levels the playing field in the timber trade and increases market access for legitimate businesses by eliminating illegal timber. 80% of tropical timber exports to the EU come from countries involved..

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