Indonesia VPA-FLEGT entered into force in 2004 but it has only been passed through the EU Parliament and the EU Council recently and Indonesia is planning to issue FLEGT licenses on 15 November at the earliest. Vietnam is going to conclude the negotiation of its VPA to the EU later this year so any experiences […]
Training material on the EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT for SMEs 11/2/2015
This training material can be used to inform about the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), FLEGT and related topics, such as legality, certification, verification, or chain of custody. It was created as a training of trainers to inform small and medium sized enterprises about the requirements of the EUTR, but can be adapted to different needs. […]
TLAS Workshop 2014 Vientiane Lao PDR
4th sub-regional training workshop on Timber Legality Assurance held on 22-24 October 2014 in Vientiane Lao PDR. The participants in the workshop included business and government officials from Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as observers and resource people. The objectives of the workshop was to enhance the […]
Civil society keen to take part in ASEAN’s new FLEGT plan
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 […]