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G8+5 call for new laws on illegal timber
The Legislators Forum of the G8 countries and five developing countries (China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico), which met in Brasilia, Brazil, in February, called for several legislative and market measures at the national and international level to help combat illegal logging.
 These measures include: a global
system for recognizing source countries’ licensing schemes for
legal timber; introduction of domestic legislation within G8 consumer
countries that would make importing illegally produced timber
(according to the laws of the producer country) an offense in the
consumer country; and building protected markets for legal and
sustainable timber products in consumer countries.
The Forum
recommended that the G8 support the introduction of a global Forest
Transparency Initiative, designed to establish parliamentary oversight
through committees in producer and consumer countries, and make
available financial information that can improve accountability and
governance of national forest resources. The Forum also made a number
of proposals to stimulate allocation of investment capital to the
tropical forestry sector.
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CEPF formed a partnership with PEFC International Stakeholder Forum 
Guidance for sustainable mobilization of wood in Europe