As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states implement a new ten-year plan to improve forest governance, civil society organisations (CSOs) in region are keen to get involved. The ASEAN Work Plan for Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (2016-2025) has four strategic thrusts: Enhancing sustainable forest management Enhancing trade facilitation, economic integration […]
Southeast Asia marks progress in combating illegal timber trade
Representatives from eight member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) shared their achievements in developing reliable timber legality assurance systems at a workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia from 6-8 December 2016. Indonesia shared its success in becoming, in November, the world’s first country to issue FLEGT licences through a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with […]
Minutes from the FLEGT week 2015 in Brussels in March
Minutes taken from the Forestry Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade week, in Brussels, March 2015. Whilst FLEGT week had always been a meeting of the projects financed by the EU under the EU Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) to discuss about the implementation of the EU Action Plan on Forest […]