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News Stories For The Web – RAFT Guidelines

  • February 12, 2018
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There are as many ways to write a story as there are people prepared to do it. Choose your angle and express yourself.

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Timber Legality Assurance in the Solomon Islands

  • January 28, 2018
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This guidance is to support timber exporters in the Solomon Islands and importers in Australia in ensuring the production and sale of legal timber from the Solomon Islands. Specifically, this guidance is intended to assist importers and processors in Australia to undertake due diligence...

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The Ecology of Responsibility

  • January 28, 2018
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Most people do not realize it, but their sofas and kitchen tables often have stories that span the globe. From the fast disappearing forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, and the factories of China and Vietnam, to the well-lit furniture showrooms in the suburban shopping...

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Nghia Phat Brings Sustainable Furniture to Consumers

  • January 28, 2018
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A rise in demand for sustainable furniture among environmentally-aware consumers and new regulations against illegal wood harvesting in many timber-producing countries, is prompting furniture companies to take a closer look at how they obtain their raw materials and ensure that their sources are legal. One...

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The RAFT Partnership, promoting sustainability, combatting illegal timber trade

  • January 28, 2018
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Illegal exploitation and subsequent trade in forest products remains an important driver of the Asia Pacific region’s persistently high rates of deforestation and forest degradation, despite significant improvements over the last decade. The biggest challenge is: how can we feed the world’s growing demand...

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RAFT Story of Change: On The Trail of Responsible Timber

  • January 28, 2018
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How can you know if your dining room table is legal and truly ‘green’? One major furniture retailer found the answer by going to China to meet its suppliers and tracing the factories’ timber supplies all the way back to the forest. This is...

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RAFT Story of Change: A Brighter Future for Forests in Lao PDR

  • January 28, 2018
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In the teak farms around Luang Prabang, what wasonce considered waste wood is now finding its way to eco-friendly markets on the other side of the world. The increased earnings are a good thing for Lao farmer Kao Sisompou, who has a grandchild on...

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High Time for Timber Tracking to Go High Tech?

  • January 28, 2018
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The world is changing faster than ever, and the global trade in timber products is no exception. New laws in major consumer markets like the United States and the European Union have stepped up pressure on importers to know where the timber they use...

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Community-Based Natural Resource Management in PNG

  • January 28, 2018
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These guidelines are intended to provide practical guidance for people involved in planning for and implementing community based management of natural resources, both terrestrial and marine, in PNG. The main target audiences are NGOs, government policy makers and provincial officials, industry groups and educators....

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Guidance Note on the Common Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations

  • January 28, 2018
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The US Lacey Act, the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) and the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act all represent major milestones in international eflorts to curb illegal logging through application of trade controls. While strong policies are critically important for mainstreaming responsible forestry and...

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