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  • Two assessments inform progress on EU-Lao PDR VPA negotiation

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 27 November 2018
    Two reports contribute to an undertaking by the European Union (EU) and the Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic (PDR) to initiate joint assessments to provide a baseline for, and inform progress of, their process to negotiate a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT).
  • Women leading the charge towards legality in Indonesia’s furniture capital

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 27 November 2018
    Maria Murliantini is a trailblazer. The factory she owns in Indonesia’s furniture-making capital Jepara was one of the first to export only products made from verified legal teak to buyers in the EU.
  • EU and Guyana initial Voluntary Partnership Agreement to combat illegal logging and promote trade in legal timber

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 23 November 2018
    The EU and Guyana have concluded negotiations on 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.
  • EU and Indonesia mark 2nd anniversary of FLEGT licensing

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 22 November 2018
    This month, Indonesia and the EU marked the second anniversary of a major milestone in their partnership against illegal logging — the launch of the world’s first ‘FLEGT’ licensing scheme, guaranteeing the legality of timber products exported to the EU.
  • Genuine forest reform can only happen under the gaze of independent eyes

    by Mardi Minangsari, Forests Campaigner, 21 November 2018
    Looking back into a past of chaos, corruption and crime, Indonesia has clearly come a long way in reforming its timber sector. During the 1990s and early 2000s, illegal logging was so widespread that more than 70-80 per cent of timber produced in Indonesia was sourced illegally.
  • Vietnam can play crucial role in protecting world’s rainforests, says Global Witness

    by FLEGT.org Info, 21 November 2018
    Global Witness says Vietnam’s recently-signed Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the European Union can and must prevent the country from ‘becoming a new global timber laundering hub.’ Instead, the Agreement can ensure that Vietnam plays ‘a crucial role’ in protecting the world’s threatened rainforests.
  • Comparing South Korea’s timber legislation and the EUTR

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 08 November 2018
    In March 2017, South Korea revised the Act on the Sustainable Use of Timbers, a milestone in its efforts to promote legal timber trade. The EU FLEGT Facility has published a brief that describes similarities and differences between the revised Act and the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR).
  • Vietnamese NGOs welcome VPA signing

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 02 November 2018
    The network of Vietnamese Non-governmental Organisations on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VNGO-FLEGT) has welcomed the official signing by Vietnam and the European Union (EU) of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA).
  • Belt and Road Initiative and FLEGT

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 29 October 2018
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  • Global Timber Forum analyses gender in the wood processing sector of Ghana

    by FLEGT.org Info, 23 October 2018
    A study commissioned by the Global Timber Forum reveals that women workers in Ghana’s wood processing sector are much less visible than their male counterparts yet are involved in multiple areas of the value chain. This involvement ranges from the administration, labour and through to acting as financiers of business.
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