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 timber@bvrio.org

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

How it Works?

Transparency

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

Every day

2+2=5

We can see the volume patterns

And the fake volumes

Track record of the parties

Chain of Custody?

X-Ray of every logging area

And, it works!

99% right

Working hard to find the remaining 1%

Hope to get there

with the help of our Advisory Committee

Blockchain technology

for record-keeping

What’s Next?

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 timber@bvrio.org