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Innovative digital approaches to sustaining livelihoods through the production and sale of legal timber

FAO-EU FLEGT Programme: Success story

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme has supported the development of e-commerce platforms, which helps incentivize legal timber trade on both domestic and export markets, and protect livelihoods. These platforms have become even more relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging business continuity by reducing the need for face-to-face interactions between buyers and sellers.

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