Last Modified: 2008/08/07

Topics: Forest Conservation

Policy Brief Public Procurement Policies for Legal and Sustainable Timber

Author: Scheyvens, Henry and Lopez-Casero, Federico|2008/03|007.|Publisher: IGES(Hayama)

Language: English|Publication Type: Policy Brief|Copyright: IGES

Abstract:

This policy brief includes a comparative analysis between Japan's public timber procurement policy and those of several European countries. In addition to identifying a set of elements that public timber procurement policies must include to favour legal and sustainable timber, it provides recommendations for further strengthening Japan's policy on public timber procurement.

Keywords:

FOREST POLICY, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Geographic area:

Asia, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, Netherlands, Europe

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Japanese Version:
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=1625