In June, 2021, The Center for Rural Development in Central Vietnam (CRD) pubelished a policy brief on “Gaps and potential risks in the implementationof regulations on labour contracts, employee insurance, and occupational safety in micro and smallsized timber enterprises in the context of VPA/FLEGT implementation”, this brief is based on an overview of survey and […]
How EU timber trade deals can support women in tropical forests
Women in five tropical forest countries share their views on how timber trade deals between their countries and the EU could boost gender equity. Norma Rodríguez, the first female President of the Honduran Federation of Agro-forestry Cooperatives, hopes a timber trade deal her country has recently agreed with the EU will create a brighter future […]
EU and Vietnam sign deal to combat illegal logging and promote trade in legal timber
On 19/10/2018, The EU and Vietnam signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). The agreement will help improve forest governance, address illegal logging and promote trade in verified legal timber products from Vietnam to the EU, and other markets. The Agreement was signed in the margins of the […]
Sharing experience on negotiations and implementation in the FLEGT-VPA process between Vietnam and Indonesia
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 […]