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Vietnam VPA provides framework to improve forest governance

After eight years of negotiation, on 19 October 2018, Vietnam and the EU signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to promote trade in legal timber and improve forest governance. This trade deal has the potential to offer...

21/11/2018

Films

From the forests to the EU

Civil society explains how the EU can help protect forests and forest people rights

Around the world, about 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their survival. And yet, in 2017 alone, global tropical forests lost 15.8...

25/07/2018

Blogs

Blog: Hope for a hard-pressed community

The head of Tan Hoi village sits cross-legged on the floor describing the pressures his people face.

“The older generation lacks education. The younger ones leave school as early as 11. Only one person has ever graduated from...

20/06/2017

Blogs

Fern cautiously welcomes the EU and Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement

On 18 November, a significant milestone was reached in the fight to protect Vietnam’s forests.The EU and Vietnam agreed ‘in principle’ on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) , establishing a legal framework promoting legal...

24/11/2016

Home » Will EU-Vietnam trade deal protect forests and strengthen forest people’s rights?

The legality of wooden furniture from Vietnam has come under scrutiny, particularly regarding its impact on deforestation and forest communities’ rights. The Government of Vietnam and the EU have been in trade negotiations...

09/11/2016

Vietnam–EU VPA to include all timber markets

As their negotiations toward a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) advance, Vietnam and the EU have taken a positive step toward ensuring the VPA’s effectiveness.

During...

15/05/2016

Films

Introducing FLEGT

14/09/2015

Vietnamese ban on natural forest logging may affect region

Two recent pieces of legislation in Vietnam indicate an apparent intention to clamp down on logging of natural forests in Vietnam and its neighbours, Cambodia and Laos. The government decisions seem also to respond to requirements...

26/03/2015

Films

Stories from the ground

12/03/2015

Films

The story of FLEGT

14/04/2014