Bolsa de Madeira Responsável
  • Responsible Timber Exchange(current)
    • See all offers and requests
    • See requests for quotation
    • See sales offers
    • My Deals
  • Due Diligence
  • English
    • Português
    • 中文
    • Español
    • Français
    • Bahasa Indonesia
loading...

Rua Voluntários da Pátria 45 / 1003, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil

Offices in: Rio de Janeiro, Oxford, Acra, Jacarta, Xangai
timber@bvrio.org
+55 21 3596-4006

©2012-2018 BVRio

沪ICP备 18020358号

Privacy policy

Blog

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


Posted on 25/04/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged Timber, legal timber, Ghana

10th Anniversary Project Case Study: Promoting legal tropical timber trade moving the focus to protect overused species in Ghana

Promoting Lesser-Known and Lesser-Used timber species from Ghana


Posted on 17/12/2020  by BVRio Comms Team
Tagged legal timber, Ghana, Responsible Timber, Responsible Timber Exchange, Lesser-known species, FLEGT

In collaboration with Ghana Forestry Commission’s Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD), Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Ghana Timber Millers Organization (GTMO) and the Ghana Timber Association (GTA), BVRio developed a set of communication materials that include technical information about a selection of timber species that are available to the international markets.

The EUTR due diligence requirements for Brazil timber imports


Posted on 10/08/2020  by Isabela Nuñez
Tagged Due Diligence, EUTR, Brazil, legal timber, Responsible Timber Exchange, Responsible Timber, Timber legality

In September 2019, the Expert Group for the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) released specific due diligence requirements for timber imports from Brazil. These requirements aim to ensure that the risk of illegality along the supply chain is at a negligible level. To facilitate the due diligence process for timber operators, BVRio explains how its Due Diligence System can help meeting these specific requirements.

Working with small operators to strengthen timber legality in Cameroon


Posted on 29/06/2020  by Isabela Núñez del Prado
Tagged Cameroon, Timber legality, legal timber, Timber, Responsible Timber, Timber Trade

Cameroon has vast forest resources that provide millions of people with jobs and subsistence products. The forest sector accounts for 8% of the country’s gross domestic product (FAO FRA 2015). Unfortunately, Illegal logging has long been recognised as a significant problem in the country, due to misuse of certain logging permits and lack of effective regulation and law enforcement (Hoare 2015).

Indonesian forestry sector


Posted on 20/05/2020  by Cristina Tavares de Bastos
Tagged Indonesia, FLEGT, VPA, FLEGT-VPA, legal timber, Timber, Responsible Timber, Responsible Timber Exchange, SVLK

According to the FAO (2015), Indonesia has around 91 million hectares of forested land, which constitutes to 53% of the total land area. Indonesia has three categories of forest land: Conservation Forests, Protection Forests, and Production Forests. More than half of the Indonesian forest area is production forest and 87% is owned by the State.

BVRio launch of the Responsible Timber Exchange


Posted on 22/11/2016  by iBVRio
Tagged legal timber

Rio de Janeiro, 23 November 2016 – BVRio Environmental Exchange (www.bvrio.org/timber) launched today the Responsible Timber Exchange (www.bvrio.com/madeira/negocio/negocio/lista.do), a trading platform to assist traders and buyers of timber in sourcing legal or certified products from all over the world. The platform is integrated with a Due Diligence and Risk Assessment System, to facilitate the screening

Need for legality in the Brazilian timber sector


Posted on 20/04/2016  by iBVRio
Tagged Brazil, Brazilian Government, illegal timber, legal timber

The Brazilian timber sector is responsible for the extraction of more than 13 million m3 of hardwood logs from Amazonian rainforests. These logs, in turn, feed a wood processing industry that around R$ 8 billion in annual revenue. However, the importance of the timber sector has decreased, with decreasing timber volumes and revenue generated. The

1

Blog

  • {{ mes.texto }}