Legislating trade in forest products

Controlling export of rainforest products

Description

Trade in forest products should be based on non-discriminatory and multilaterally agreed rules and procedures consistent with international trade law and practices.

Broader

Developing international environmental law

Using forest resources sustainably

Tightening export controls

Strengthening trade law

Narrower

Protesting woodchipping of native forests

Constrained by

Using available timber resources

Rolling back environmental legislation

Removing tariff barriers on forest products

Extracting timber

Causing extinction of rainforest species

Avoiding legislation on trade in forest products

Facilitates

Certifying wood

Managing hardwood forests

Improving trade in forest products

Developing ethnopharmacology

Facilitated by

Ensuring compatibility of environmental and trade law

Monitoring timber production

Protesting sale of tropical timber

Liberalizing trade in forest products

Problem

Unsustainable development of forest lands

Unethical practices in forestry

Exploitation of forest biological resources

Logging of protected areas of forest

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database

Global strategies

Type

(D) Detailed strategies

Subject

Commerce » Trade
Commerce » Import, export
Industry » Products
Industry » Wood products » Wood products
Agriculture, fisheries » Forestry
Law » Law
Cybernetics » Control

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

1A4N

J6809

DOCID

12068090

D7NID

199096

Editing link

Official link

https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/legislating-trade-forest-products

Last update

Dec 3, 2024