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GFTN-Bolivia


Bolivia Forest and Trade Network logo

Country Coordinator

Maria del Carmen Carreras
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WWF Bolivia Programme Office,
Santa Cruz

GFTN-Bolivia is a WWF initiative that brings together producer and selling 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 improve 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)

Learn more about GFTN-Bolivia. Visit the website [in English & Spanish]



Latest News & Publications


 
18 Nov 2008
FSC still the best
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Good practice guidelines for HCV assessments: A guide for practitioners & auditors

09 Nov 2008
Good Practice Guidelines for HCV Assessments: A Guide for Practitioner & Auditors
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30 Oct 2008
GFTN Factsheet - October 2008
The GFTN Factsheet gives a quick overview of GFTN background, how it works, where, and also some basic statistics. The information is periodically updated to reflect the latest information on GFTN progress. » Read more


 
30 Oct 2008
GFTN Quarterly Newsletter, October 2008

Major highlights: The development of GFTN in Laos and India; new Rules of Participation to further improve the programme; the need for a credible certification in India; how being legal is NOT always enough, the far reaching impacts of U.S. Lacey Act; and more on GFTN's global progress...

» Read more


 
27 Oct 2008
WWF Announces Williams-Sonoma, Inc. as Newest Participant of Global Forest & Trade Network
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, CA -  World Wildlife Fund announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), WWF's initiative to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests. » Read more




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