Macao : Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 2023 on the theme “Connect, Cooperate and Share to Promote the Recovery of the Global Tropical Timber Market”

Specifically, the forum will:

• Raise the profile of productive forests and their contributions to sustainable development and climate-change mitigation.
• Identify challenges and opportunities for the recovery of the global wood industry.
• Review the role of the wood products sector in global supply chains and its contributions to sustainable development and climate-change mitigation.
• Discuss issues relating to sustainable forest management and deforestation-free practices within the framework of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and the CPF initiative, Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World.
• Promote the sustainable production and consumption of legal and sustainable wood and other forest products in international and domestic markets.
• Review advanced technologies and machinery for timber processing and production.
• Discuss green finance, blockchain-based technologies and other tools to improve legal and sustainable timber supply chains.
• Make recommendations to promote partnerships for further building legal and sustainable timber supply chains

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