Forestry
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Trade and conservation of Taxus in China (2.3 MB) TRAFFIC East Asia. (August 2007). 90pp. (in Chinese)
Forestry, Governance and National Development: Lessons Learned from a Logging Boom in Southern Tanzania. An Overview (1.6 MB) Simon.H. Milledge, Ised K. Gelvas, Antje Ahrends. (February 2007). 16pp. ISBN 0 9802542 1 3 (ISBN 978 0 9802542 1 1).
Forestry, Governance and National Development: Lessons Learned from a Logging Boom in Southern Tanzania (4.8 MB, full report) Simon A.H. Milledge, Ised K. Gelvas, Antje Ahrends. (February 2007). 250pp. ISBN 1 85850 224 1 (ISBN 978 1 85850 224 3) First reprint (ISBN 978 1 85850 232 8). This study of contemporary timber trade has provided a revealing example of how governance shortfalls in the forestry sector can ultimately affect the prospects for achieving national economic growth and poverty objectives. Whilst numerous opportunities and benefits of timber trade have been, and continue to be, realized, this report illustrates how poor forestry governance directly undermines two clusters of the 2005 National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP).
Manual de Procedimientos Administrativos para el Aprovechamiento, Transporte y Exportación de la Caoba Swietenia macrophylla en el Perú [Manual on Administrative Procedures for the Exploitation in Transport and Export of Mahogany in Peru] Published by: TRAFFIC South America, WWF-Peru and INRENA. (2006). 76pp (Spanish edition).
Proceedings of the CITES Agarwood experts group meeting, Malaysia, 14–17 November 2006 (550 KB). 65 pp. Edited by TRAFFIC Southeast Asia
The Role of CITES in Combating Illegal Logging – Current and Potential (935 KB) Chen Hin Keong (July 2006). 47pp. ISBN 1 85850 221 7 (ISBN 978 1 85850 221 2). TRAFFIC Online Report Series No.13
Bridging the Gap: Linking timber trade with infrastructural development in Southern Tanzania – Baseline data before completion of Mkapa Bridge (2.4 MB) Simon A.H. Milledge, Bariki K. Kaale. (2005). 119pp. ISBN 0 95840 259 0 (ISBN 978 0 95840 259 0). This study has documented valuable baseline information on timber trade dynamics from Miombo woodlands and coastal forests in southern Tanzania before completion of an important development project.
CITES Identification Guide – Tropical Woods (Chinese edition, PDF, 3.9 MB) Yvan Lafleur, TRAFFIC East Asia -Taipei. (2005). 43pp (Chinese edition) Project by: Environment Canada, TRAFFIC East Asia.
A Malaysian Assessment of the World List of Threatened Trees (1.7 MB) Chen Hin Keong. (August 2004). 48pp. Available online only.
Framing the Picture: An Assessment of Ramin Trade in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore (2.8 MB) Lim Teck Wyn, Tonny Soehartono, Chen Hin Keong. (August 2004). 129pp. This report evaluates the effectiveness of current implementation measures established for CITES Appendix III trade controls pertaining to Ramin Gonystylus spp. in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore since August 2001. Full report: http://www.traffic.org/content/466.pdf
Looking Under the Veneer. Implementation Manual on EU Timber Trade Control: Focus on CITES Listed Trees (1.8 MB) Alexandre Affre, Wolfgang Kathe, Caroline Raymakers. (March 2004). 71pp The European Union (EU) is an important destination and transit market for timber shipments from all over the world. These timber imports and re-exports involve many of the trees listed on the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The present manual is addressed to authorities in charge of the implementation and enforcement in EU Member States of CITES timber listings. Document produced under a Service Contract with the European Commission, Brussels.
In Harmony with CITES? An analysis of the compatibility between current forestry management provisions and the effective implementation of CITES listing for timber species in Malaysia (280 KB) Chen Hin Keong, Balu Perumal. (2002). 40pp. ISBN 983 99246 4 8 (ISBN 978 983 99246 4 0). This report focuses on Malaysia as a case study to review the challenges to effective implementation of a CITES timber listing and recommend approaches to overcome the constraints, both perceived and actual, that were found.
CITES Appendix III Implementation for Big-leafed Mahogany Swietenia macrophylla (652 KB) (May 2002). 52pp. ISBN 1 85850 192 X (ISBN 978 1 85850 192 5). Prepared by: TRAFFIC International. TRAFFIC Online Report Series No.1
The Final Frontier: Towards Sustainable Management of Papua New Guinea's Agarwood Resource (664 KB) Frank Zich, James Compton (2001). 11pp. Published by: TRAFFIC Oceania in conjunction with WWF South Pacific Programme.
Mahogany Matters: The U.S. Market for Big-Leafed Mahogany And Its Implications For the Conservation of the Species (780 KB) Christopher S Robbins (October 2000). 58pp. This report is intended to inform American stakeholders of the scope and scale of U.S. demand for big-leafed mahogany, the conservation implications of such demand, and various options for promoting and improving the species’ conservation.
Heart of the Matter: Agarwood Use and Trade and CITES Implementation for Aquilaria malaccensis (524 KB) Angela Barden, Noorainie Awang Anak, Teresa Mulliken, Michael Song. (August 2000). 52pp. ISBN 1 85850 177 6 (ISBN 978 1 85850 177 2).
A Preliminary Assessment of Malawi's Woodcarving Industry Nina T. Marshall, David Mulolani, Louisa Sangalakula. (June 2000).
El Apéndice III de CITES y el comercio de la caoba (Swietenia macrophylla) Ximena Buitrón, Teresa Mulliken. (June 1997). 24pp. (Spanish edition) CITES 1997 Series.
CITES Appendix III and the Trade in Big-Leafed Mahogany (Summary & conclusion, English & Spanish, 80 KB) Ximena Buitrón, Teresa Mulliken. (June 1997). 24pp. In late 1995, Big-Leafed Mahogany was listed in Appendix III of CITES, thereby requiring all shipments of timber from the species in Central and South America to be accompanied by documents verifying its origin. The report, which analyses the implementation of Appendix III listing during 1996, shows that countries have taken important steps to implement the listing, but some trade in Big-Leafed Mahogany continues without appropriate documentation.
CITES and Trees. The Facts and the Fiction Debra Callister, Steven Broad. (1994). Prepared on behalf of WWF UK Fighting for Nature.
Hard Times for Hardwood: Indigenous Timber and the Timber Trade in Kenya Nina T. Marshall, Martin Jenkins (August 1994). 53pp. ISBN 1 85850 048 6 (ISBN 978 1 85850 048 5). This report documents the extent of the Kenyan trade in hardwoods and suggests solutions of international relevance in recommending the identification of alternative timber sources and development of sustainable supplies. Species in Danger report.
Trade in Agarwood. Kalyan Chakrabarty, Ashok Kumar, Vivek Menon. (August 1994). 51pp.
Illegal Tropical Timber Trade: Asia Pacific Debra J. Callister (October 1992). 83pp. ISBN 0 94761388 9 (ISBN 978 0 94761388 4). Preliminary findings on illegal forestry practices that have resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in foreign exchange, uncollected forestry taxes and loss of forest resources.
