Tropical wood exporters already need to get prepared for EUDR

Issues surrounding implementation of EUDR featured heavily during the question-and-answer session with members of the Council that followed the presentations to the ITTO Annual Market Discussion. The delegate from Ghana commented that the EUDR appears to be an attempt to influence governance in producer countries. The delegate asked for clarification on how timber harvested from trees planted on land on which the forest cover was destroyed by fire would be dealt with under the EUDR. Responding on behalf of ETTF, Petersen said the EUDR is not flexible and as it stands now, timber from trees planted on ...