The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has commissioned Preferred by Nature (formerly known as NEPCon) to provide background analyses of timber trade for ten main supplier countries to Vietnam.
The EU Timber Regulation was implemented in 2013, but many companies in the EU are either not aware of the regulation and/or how to comply with it. This project funded by EU LIFE will focus on raising the awareness, offer training in how to comply with the EUTR, collect risk information for the companies to implement in their due diligence…
The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has commissioned Preferred by Nature (formerly known as NEPCon) to provide background analyses of timber trade for ten main supplier countries to Vietnam.
Preferred by Nature (formerly known as NEPCon) has been contracted by the European Commission (EC) to carry out a study titled “Study on Certification and Verification Schemes in the Forest Sector and for Wood-based Products”.
This project seeks to transform existing Global Ecosphere Retreats® (GER®) principles, evaluation questions and tools into an auditable standard and related tool, which will provide a solid basis for an impartial, practical and auditable evaluation system that helps…
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As part of our effort to support legal timber trade, Preferred by Nature is hosting a webinar on legal timber imports from Russia and Ukraine.…
Spain’s AlVelAl ecosystem restoration project has recently been verified using the newly established Standard. This is a significant milestone for the innovative…
The Canary Islands are taking an exciting new step towards certification of ecosystem services. The certificate covers more than 3,600 hectares under management by the agency on the island of Gran…
Preferred by Nature has launched a guide for practitioners to understand the impact on wood and wood products trade following the UK’s departure from the EU.
Despite the introduction of the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) and increased monitoring and policing efforts, the EU remains one of the largest markets for the global trade in illegal timber…