BVRio Legal Timber March 2016
• An environmental exchange with national coverage
• Mission: development of market mechanisms to facilitate
compliance with environmental laws
BVRio
Brazilian timber sector under pressure:
> 70% of tropical timber from illegal sources
Who’s the legal producer?
BVRio Legal Timber Exchange
BVRio Legal Timber Exchange
• A trading platform for the acquisition of timber from legal sources
• In-built due diligence tool and traceability systems
Buyers enter product, species, price and delivery specification
Parties negotiate through online platform
Integrated due diligence tool
Due Diligence Tools
http://timber.bvrio.org [email protected]
What is it?
A due diligence tool that gives
immediate feedback on the legality of timber
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Enter barcode number
Easy, Simple, Immediate
We gathered all information available
All logging permits and
licences
For the last 10 years
The whole list of
environmental infractions
Satellite images and analyses
22 different
databases
Internal and
external
Over 1 billion
cross-checks
We can see the volume patterns
And the fake volumes
Track record of the parties
Chain of Custody?
X-Ray of every logging area
Working hard to find the remaining 1%
Hope to get there
with the help of our Advisory Committee
Blockchain technology
for record-keeping
Next steps
• Due Diligence Tools been used by traders and Competent Authorities of the EU TR
• Establishing partnerships with interested parties
• Negotiations platform to be launched mid 2016
• Expansion to West Africa mid-2016
BVRio Legal Timber
Its easy, simple and accurate.
Gives immediate feedback on the legality of timber.
And it is available everywhere,
at the reach of your fingers.
Be diligent, check it!
http://timber.bvrio.org [email protected]