Under the FLEGT Action Plan, to export wood products to the EU, Vietnamese businesses must ensure that their products are made of materials, either domestically produced or imported, which meet FLEGT’s requirements in terms of legal and sustainable sources. These requirements are vital to Vietnamese wood exports to the EU market both at present and […]
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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 […]
Publications (2014-2015)
The following documents report on the FLEGT-VPA and its implementation. There are three categories in which the documents can be classified: literature, communication and evaluation. If you want to consult more in-depth information about EU timber regulation, FLEGT, VPA’s,…; you can read extra literature gathered from EU and non-EU libraries or check out other related […]