We are the EU-FLEGT Asia Programme, a project supporting forest governance and sustainable timber trade in ASEAN and across Asia #Sustainability #SustainableForests #TimberTrade
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinASEAN/status/1660845474255982592
In 2022, Indonesia issued 29,554 FLEGT licences worth EUR 985 million under its Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the EU, documenting the legality of its timber trade with the EU. This is a significant increase despite the pandemic #TimberTrade #Legality
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinASEAN/status/1660845478429196288
With our programme’s support, the role of civil society and the private sector in FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement processes has increased. Read about the VPA negotiation process in #Laos, where the VPA has given these groups a more prominent voice in the #forestry sector
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinASEAN/status/1660845481226895361
Taking examples from initiatives in #Indonesia and #Laos, we have identified best practices and lessons learnt from using a landscape approach for #sustainability
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinASEAN/status/1660845486402568194
At a regional level, we organised the 8th Timber Legality Assurance Workshop in Viet Nam to increase regional collaboration on forestry, governance and timber trade issues. Planning for the next workshop is already under way! #Forestry #TimberTrade
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In Viet Nam, we support Voluntary Partnership Agreement implementation by helping the parties clarify timber legality requirements to ensure that they are reflected in the domestic legal framework #VietNam #TimberLegality
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinASEAN/status/1660845493356752896
Learn more about VPA negotiation process here: https://efi.int/sites/default/files/files/flegtredd/EU%20FLEGT%20Asia/EFI-GIZ%20report%20-%20Non%20State%20Actors%20involvement%20in%20Laos%20VPA.pdf
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