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Sustainable Timber Trade: EU Imports, Causes, Effects, and Pathways for Stakeholder Groups

Explore trends in EU tropical timber imports, causes of change, effects on trade flows, and potential pathways for Sustainable Tropical Timber Cooperation stakeholders. Recommendations include leveraging purchasing power, creating awareness, and collaborating for legal timber advocacy.

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Sustainable Timber Trade: EU Imports, Causes, Effects, and Pathways for Stakeholder Groups

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  1. PRODUCER PERSPECTIVES AND PATHWAYS FOR KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS Alhassan N. Attah (PhD) Consultant – Forest products marketing

  2. Presentation outline • Trends in EU imports of Tropical Timber • Causes and effects of change • Opportunities offered for STTC • Conclusion/Recommendations

  3. EU imports of tropical timber

  4. What are the causes • Growing concern for environment • Introduction regulations • EUTR/Lacey Act • Public Procurement Policies • FLEGT/VPAs

  5. What are the effects Changing trade flows- India and China Domestic market

  6. CONVERSIONS TO FARMS

  7. Opportunities STTC • Market pull/transactions • Work with supply countries • Build capacity • Create awareness • Use more of tropical timber

  8. Conclusions • EU to leverage its purchasing power for China and India to commit to trade in legal/sustainable timber • Work with supply countries to minimise trade diversification • Create awareness – spread the message

  9. Recommendations • Governments – use PPP put pressure on emerging pull areas • Private sector – Responsible purchasing • NGO – advocacy for legal timber (FLEGT) • STTC – Collaborate in creating awareness

  10. THANK YOU

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