International Wood Products Association (IWPA)
Visit www.IWPAwood.org for information about upcoming courses near you. 2019 dates will be announced soon!
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Wood Trade Compliance Training and Due Diligence Tools
- A comprehensive review of the Lacey Act and other laws relevant to trade in wood products.
- Courses cover compliance challenges, strategies and resources to successfully meet those requirements, and collaborative activities to stimulate dialogue among course participants.
- Day-long, half-day, and online courses will arm those buying and selling wood products with the latest information about resources to tailor a successful compliance system to their company's market niche.
- For CEOs, CFOs, buyers, compliance staff, customs specialists, sales staff, overseas producers and exporters involved in the wood trade.
"IWPA has developed our due diligence resources and training courses to empower compliance professionals working to meet the due care requirements of the Lacey Act and other laws and provide them with the tools they need to successfully fulfill their role in sourcing decisions." — IWPA Executive Director Cindy Squires
Course modules:
- Advanced Wood Trade Compliance
- Audits for the Wood Trade Professional
- Key Components of Wood and Forestry Regulatory Schemes
- CITES for the Wood Trade Professional (Advanced Wood Trade Compliance)
"The World Resources Institute is pleased to be supporting IWPA in developing the Wood Trade Compliance Training and Due Diligence Tools Course, and in turn thanks the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), our supporter and partner in the Forest Legality Alliance (FLA) initiative. IWPA has been a leading voice among FLA's 130 members, and this course came out of discussions amongst both IWPA and FLA members concerned with practical and effective measures to build industry capacity for compliance with the Lacey Act and other wood legality measures." — Charles Barber, Director, Forest Legality Initiative, World Resources Institute
Supported by: World Resources Institute · DFID (Department for International Development) · USAID · IWPA (International Wood Products Association)