Wood Products Association to Help Myanmar Develop Wood Verification Programs
The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) is working with Myanmar to encourage the development of independent wood verification and forest management programs, the association said in a press release. “Currently, logging legality verification programs are in their infancy in Burma…
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and our plan is that by launching direct trade with the country we can provide critical market support for the establishment of such programs,“ said its Executive Director Cindy Squires. A license recently issued by Treasury Department allows IWPA members to trade with the Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE), the state-owned enterprise responsible for the timber trade in the country, the association said. "IWPA pursued and received a license for trade with MTE, which is on the Treasury Department’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons," it said. " In light of the one-year license granted to IWPA, only IWPA Members are eligible for this direct trade program."