Actions

States

Points

Unilateral

Formulate or revise the law

United States

Lacey Act Amendment (2008)

Australia

Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (2012)

Russia

Criminal Code Amendment of Federation (2008)

Roundwood Act (2013)

China

Section 4, Criminal Law Amendment Act (2002)

Green Government Procurement

United Kingdom

Timber, wood and paper products from legitimate and sustainable sources or Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) certification (2009)

France

Timber and wood products from legitimate and sustainable sources and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (2005)

German

Timber and wood products from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification (2010)

Japan

Timber, wood and paper products from legitimate sources (2006)

Switzerland

Timber and wood products from FSC certification or Programmme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) (2005)

Timber Legality Verification

Indonesia

Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS, 2013)

Switzerland

Mandatory Legal Timber Validation (MLTV, 1995)

Bilateral

Consultation and Dialogue

Sino-US

Topic of Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SED, 2007)

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU, 2008)

Five forums (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Forums and Agreements

Sino-Russia

Consensus to strengthen crackdown on illegal logging and associated trade at the 10th regular meeting of two Prime Ministers (2005)

Sino-Indonesia

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU, 2002)

Sino-Australia

Memorandum of Understanding and Working Group establishment (2009)

Sino-Japan

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU, 2010)

Multilateral

Group 8 (G8) Summit

G8

G8 Action Program on Forests, first commitment to combat illegal logging and associated trade (1998)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Member States

Experts Group establishment (2011)

Five Expert Group meetings (2012, 2013, 2014)

Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG)

Benefit Countries

Asian Ministerial Conference at Bali, Indonesia (2001)

African Ministerial Conference at Yaounde, Cameroon (2003)

European and North-African Ministerial Conference at Petersburg, Russia (2005)