Washington D.C.
The ninth meeting of the Forest Legality Alliance membership will be held in Washington, DC on May 7 and 8, 2013. Presentations will include updates on the major demand-side timber legality requirements (Lacey, the EUTR, and the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill); presentation of tools developed by private sector organizations to improve market information; a discussion of developments among certification schemes; updates from producers and buyers of timber products; and an open-ended discussion of the future of the Forest Legality Alliance.
Interested parties may register by email.
The Forest Legality Alliance meeting will be followed at WRI's headquarters by a side event from SGS on its LegalTrace system. Further information is below. Those interested should register by email with SGS.
AGENDA
May 7th, 2013
12:30-1:00 : Updates on global consumer laws and regulations
- U.S. Lacey Act - Parul Patel, APHIS
- The EU Timber Regulation - Emily Unwin, Client Earth
- Japan’s Timber Legality System: New Directions? - Hana Heineken, Global Witness
- Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act - Stephen Mitchell, Timber Development Association
2:30-4:00 : Certification accreditation organization updates
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative - Kathy Abusow, SFI
- PEFC: Addressing the EUTR and Beyond - Sarah Price, PEFC
- FSC Online Claims Platform - Phil Guillery, FSC
4:00-5:30 : New support mechanisms for buying and supplying legal timber
- SmartSource 360: A web-based tool for supplier reporting required as part of the SmartSource Responsible Sourcing Program - Keri Davis Hess, Rainforest Alliance
- SGS Forestry Monitoring Programme - Nick Moss Gillespie, SGS
- Status of Forest Legality Verification: Perspective of One Service Provider - Robert Hrubes, SCS
- Towards Sustainable Forest Management: Linking Supply and Demand - Wim Ellenbroek
May 8th, 2013
8:30-10:00 : Global market updates
- Development of Legality Assurance System: Some Reflections - Chris Beeko, Ghana Forestry Commission
- China’s Updates on Responsible Timber Trade - Dong Ke, The Nature Conservancy
- Didier Devers, European Forest Institute
10:10-11:15 : Updates from FLA’s membership
- Crelicam Update - Bob Taylor, Taylor Guitars; Luisa Willshir, Madinter
- Illegal Logging in the Russian Far East - Linda Walker, WWF
- Global Forest Watch 2.0 - Crystal Davis, WRI