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How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?

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by Sheryl Lee Tian Tong on 30 December 2021

Mongabay.com

  • Over the past decade, the European Union has been entering into voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) with tropical timber-producing countries to fight forest crime.
  • These bilateral trade agreements legally bind both sides to trade only in verified legal timber products.
  • There is evidence VPAs help countries decrease illegal logging rates, especially illegal industrial timber destined for export markets.
  • Within the Greater Mekong region, only Vietnam has signed a VPA.

Over the past decade, the European Union entered into collaborative agreements with tropical timber-producing countries to fight forest crime and verify the legality of wood imported into the EU.

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Certifying Vietnam’s timber plantations would help smallholders profit from lucrative export market

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BOGOR, Indonesia (21 November, 2012)_If Vietnam wants its timber producers to benefit from the growing “eco-conscious” and more lucrative international furniture market, national forest institutions should look for ways to get plantation forests certified, said Louis Putzel, a senior scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012

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BOGOR, Indonesia (21 November, 2012)_If Vietnam wants its timber producers to benefit from the growing eco-conscious and more lucrative international furniture market, national forest institutions should look for ways to get smallholder plantation forests certified, said Louis Putzel, a senior scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Eco-certification may become more important as countries start putting in place import restrictions, with the European Union ruling it will ban illegally harvested wood from entering its market as of March 2013. Tiếp tục đọc “Certifying Vietnam’s timber plantations would help smallholders profit from lucrative export market” →