Guides

The objective of this practical guide is to summarise the main documents that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in order to conduct due diligence of timber consignments to be imported from the Republic of Congo into the US and European markets. It also provides a summary of the main risks associated with timber legality that the due diligence must address, for the Republic of Congo.

The guide, initially published in January 2021, has been updated with information about the Open Timber Portal (OTP), a free online platform designed by the World Resources Institute. The goal of the OTP, as that of BVRio’s Due Diligence guides, is to incentivise legality in the timber sector, by facilitating access to information.

The guide is part of the series that was first launched in 2017 with guides profiling Brazil and Ghana. The series of guides summarises the main documents that evidence legality, and how to interpret them for each country, in order for buyers to conduct document-based due diligence of timber consignments to be imported into the US and European markets.

The guide profiling Peru includes a brief description of the legality framework and the organisations involved in the forest and timber sector. It also includes a summary of the main documents along the supply chain and the main risks regarding illegality in the country, and shows real samples of these documents and how to read them, flagging what to be aware of when reviewing them.

La guía forma parte de la serie que se lanzó por primera vez en 2017 con guías que describen el Brasil y Ghana. En la serie de guías se resumen los principales documentos que prueban la legalidad, y cómo interpretarlos para cada país, a fin de que los compradores puedan realizar una diligencia debida basada en documentos de los envíos de madera que se van a importar a los mercados de los Estados Unidos y Europa. También brinda un resumen de los principales riesgos asociados a la legalidad de la madera que la diligencia debida debe tomar en cuenta, para cada país en particular.

The objective of this practical guide is to summarise the main documents that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in order to conduct due diligence of timber consignments to be imported from Cameroon into the US and European markets. It also provides a summary of the main risks associated with timber legality that the due diligence must address, for Cameroon.

The objective of this practical guide is to summarise the main documents
that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in order
to conduct due diligence of timber consignments to be imported from
Ghana into the US and European markets. It also provides a
summary of the main risks associated with timber legality that the due
diligence must address, for Ghana.

The objective of this practical guide is to summarise the main documents
that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in order
to conduct due diligence of timber consignments to be imported from
Brazil into the US and European markets. It also provides a
summary of the main risks associated with timber legality that the due
diligence must address, for Brazil.

The objective of this practical guide is to summarise the main documents
that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in order
to conduct due diligence of timber consignments to be imported from
different countries into the US and European markets. It also provides a
summary of the main risks associated with timber legality that the due
diligence must address, for Brazil and Ghana.