GFTN-Bolivia

GFTN-Bolivia Website in Spanish

Country Coordinator

Maria del Carmen Carreras

GFTN Bolivia Coordinator WWF Bolivia Programme Office,
Santa Cruz +591 3 3430609

GFTN-Bolivia is a WWF initiative that brings together producer and buyer companies of FSC certified products. These companies, through their participation in the GFTN-Bolivia, are benefited with new market opportunities, financing mechanisms for their management and responsible forestry trade, assessment to increase and / or improved productive capacity and market research for new species.

Launched in April 2007, the GFTN-Bolivia is one the 30 member networks of the WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN).

See also:
* Who can Join
* Benefits of joining
* Requirements
* Current participants

Latest News & Publications

WWF: Zero Net Deforestation for 2020

At the Ninth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP9) in May 2008 in Bonn, delegates of 67 countries pledged support for WWF's call for zero net deforestation by 2020.

Posted on 19 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

GFTN Participants Supply Information (Bolivia & Peru)

This supply information (exporter profile) has been created to promote hardwood species from GFTN participants in the Latin American region, particulary Peru and Bolivia. Find out also about various types of certified timber and lesser known species available in the region.

Posted on 06 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

GFTN Quarterly Newsletter, November 2009

Major highlights include:

* Enabling Markets to Work for Forets: GFTN at the World Forestry Congress 2009.
* Africa: Study Reveals Importance of Certification in Survival of Great Apes
* B&Q Secures Biggest Volume of Tropical FSC-Certified Plywood in the World
* Showcasing GFTN's Certified Wood Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
* Harmonizing Policy and Practice in China
* Sustainable Timber Revolution at Bovis Lend Lease
* Planting the Seeds of Sustainability in West Africa
* And more on GFTN's vision in action

Posted on 03 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

A Special GFTN Announcement

A message from WWF's Forest Director: I would like to inform GFTN supporters that Richard McLellan has stepped down as the Head of GFTN to take up a position in WWF’s Conservation Communications Unit. I would like to thank Richard for his leadership over the last 18 months.

Posted on 01 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

WWF address the critical role that markets can play in providing solutions to climate change through responsible forest and plantation management.

Enabling Markets to Work for Forests

WWF and the GFTN attended the XIIIth World Forestry Congress, a week-long dialogue held October 18-23, 2009 in Buenos Aires, organized by the government of Argentina in collaboration with the Forestry Department of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, attracting 4,500 participants from over 160 countries. Throughout the week speeches, workshops, round-table discussions, poster presentations, parallel events, exhibits, study and technical tours will provide a forum for the exchange of personal experiences and for discussions on topics related to the conference theme, "Forests in development – a vital balance."

Posted on 26 October 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

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