Project Period: January 2019-December 2022.12; 2014-2017

Funding Source/Donor Organization: UK Department for International Development, DFID

Executing Agency:  Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Contact: Su Haiying: suhaiying0724@163.com

Brief Introduction:

Adoption of practices that promote responsible overseas trade and investment by Chinese enterprises in the forest sector. The project team formally established a technical working group to effectively promote the implementation of the China-Gabon MoU on Forestry Cooperation. The project team conducted research through customs data analysis and market research, mapped out the timber trade situation, supply chain structure and potential risk points between China and Gabon in the past ten years. Applying the Country Handbook on Sustainable Overseas Forest Investment and Trade by Chinese Enterprises–Gabon, the project team benchmarked the operating status of Chinese timber enterprises in Gabon and identified the gap between the enterprises status quo and legality requirements.

Developed the Country Handbook on Sustainable Overseas Forest Investment and Trade by Chinese Enterprises-Vietnam compilation, the project team studied the timber trade situation, trends, structure and potential risk points of the timber supply chain between China and Vietnam. Completed the Report on the China and Vietnam timber supply chain.

The project team carried out a joint research project on Banks' Investment and Financing Policies to Forestry and Practice Reference Framework, aims to review the Chinese and international financial institutions', especially banks', investment policies for forestry investment, trade financing for forest products, identification and management of industrial risks, and current practices in promoting sustainable forestry investment and financing.