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Private Sector Dialogue on Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging and Associated Trade and Promote Trade in Legal Forest Products
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Experts Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade held a side-event in Medan, Indonesia with support from PROFOR, the Forest Legality Alliance and the Nature Conservancy.Â
Participants and speakers included representatives of companies, trade associations, non-governmental organizations, and academia that are actively engaged in:
- efforts to combat illegal logging and associated trade and promote legal trade in forest products
- the development and application of wood identification and tracking technologies
The Private Sector Dialogue was structured as follows:
- Session 1: Actions taken by private sector entities in timber producing economies
- Session 2: Actions taken by private sector entities in timber processing and consuming economies
- Session 3: Development and application of emerging technologies
- Session 4: Linking producers, exporters, processors, and importers: Supply chain case studies
The dialogue allowed participants from a range of APEC and non-APEC countries to exchange knowledge, and create opportunities for synergies between government measures and private sector initiatives. For more information, see related press release on this page.
Photo caption: Tuukka Castren, PROFOR/ World Bank and Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman, Chair of the APEC Experts Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade. Photo courtesy of the APEC Secretariat.
Venue:
Medan, Indonesia
Sub Title:
APEC Experts Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade
Event Date:
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 20:00
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Summary:
This private sector dialogue, held in conjunction with the 4th meeting of the Expert Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade, focused mainly on two themes: Market responses to legality requirements in the global marketplace; and new technologies and tools for legal trade in forest products.
Event Partners & Organizers:
APEC, WRI
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