Pocket Guide to Response Measures under the UNFCCC
Pocket Guide to Response Measures under the UNFCCC
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Pocket Guide to Climate Science and the UNFCCC
Pocket Guide to Climate Science and the UNFCCC
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BVRio is on the search for The Earthshot Prize winners
The search for The Earthshot Prize winner is now on, and BVRio is honoured to have been chosen as an Official Nominator.
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CCM Guidance note 2: Additionality and Positive Lists
CCM Guidance note 2: Additionality and Positive Lists
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Promoting Lesser-Known and Lesser-Used timber species from Ghana
In collaboration with Ghana Forestry Commission’s Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD), Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Ghana Timber Millers Organization (GTMO) and the Ghana Timber Association (GTA), BVRio developed a set of communication materials that include technical information about a selection of timber species that are available to the international markets.
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PREVENT Selects Circular Action Hub for Large International Circular Economy Project
The Circular Action Hub has been selected by PREVENT Waste Alliance as one of eight global innovative and sustainable pilot solutions that contribute to a circular economy in low- and middle-income countries.
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Brazilian REDD+ Alliance: Voluntary transactions can help nations overachieve their Paris Agreement targets
Voluntary transactions have the potential to help nations not only achieve but surpass their Paris agreement targets, according to new analysis compiled by BVRio and the Brazilian REDD+ Alliance. The analysis also focuses on the positive potential the new Brazilian Programme Floresta+ has.
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Pocket Guide to Finance under the UNFCCC (2020)
Pocket Guide to Finance under the UNFCCC (2020)
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Illegal timber trade from Brazil and the need for robust due diligence
At the 12th BRICS Summit, held via video conference on the 17th November 2020, the Brazilian government “threatened to disclose” that “Europeans have purchased illegal timber from Brazil during 2017”. Indeed, this is true. Recent analysis by BVRio concluded that a high percentage of Brazilian hardwoods, exported to EU member states and the USA in 2016-2017, had a very high risk of illegality. The study was based on BVRio’s Timber Due Diligence systems, that uses big data analysis and satellite imagery and is able to able to identify the risk of irregularities in 99% of cases.
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WEBINAR: LESSER KNOWN SPECIES – Utilising Ghana's Sustainable Timber Resources
While Ghana has nearly 90 species that are regularly exploited and traded as timber, its diverse forests contain many other species that can be commercialised. Many of these under-utilised species have similar and sometimes even better performance capabilities than well-known species. Others have a distinctive and unique appearance that makes them ideal for creating attractive timber products. Using a more diverse selection of species is not only a good business decision but also has the potential to improve livelihoods, protect biodiversity and promote sustainable forest management.
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