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UN agency hails world's first timber license

Source: Xinhua   2016-09-16 03:50:41

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday welcomed an agreement between Indonesia and the European Union (EU) to issue the world's first timber license as a major achievement in the fight against illegal logging, a UN spokesman told reporters here.

As of Nov. 15 this year, this license can accompany shipments of timber exported from Indonesia to EU member states to certify that the timber has been harvested, transported, processed and traded according to Indonesian law, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

Indonesia supplies one third of tropical timber imports by value to the European Union, he noted.

Worldwide, forest crime is estimated by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and Interpol to be worth between 30,100 billion U.S. dollars annually, or 10 to 30 percent of the total global timber trade, he added.

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UN agency hails world's first timber license

Source: Xinhua 2016-09-16 03:50:41
[Editor: huaxia]

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday welcomed an agreement between Indonesia and the European Union (EU) to issue the world's first timber license as a major achievement in the fight against illegal logging, a UN spokesman told reporters here.

As of Nov. 15 this year, this license can accompany shipments of timber exported from Indonesia to EU member states to certify that the timber has been harvested, transported, processed and traded according to Indonesian law, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

Indonesia supplies one third of tropical timber imports by value to the European Union, he noted.

Worldwide, forest crime is estimated by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and Interpol to be worth between 30,100 billion U.S. dollars annually, or 10 to 30 percent of the total global timber trade, he added.

[Editor: huaxia]
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