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How Viet Nam is prepared to meet legal requirements of timber export markets

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Authors: Nguyen Ton Quyen and Tran Huu Nghi

Viet Nam - 2011

ISBN: 978-90-5113-105-5

Language: English

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This report aims to provide some initial assessments of the impacts on Viet Nam of the newly emerged export market requirements on the legality verification of timber products, particularly the EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, EU Timber Regulation, and the US Lacey Act. In addition, it describes key forest policies and initiatives aiming at promoting sustainable production and trade of timber and timber products.

The report illustrates that some parts of Viet Nam’s industry have been gradually moving towards more responsible timber production and trading. This is reflected by an increasing number of companies with reliable wood tracing systems, the use of more reliable and certified wood, and effective collaboration between wood companies and smallholders. Despite these initiatives, a number of difficulties exist that are preventing the upscaling of the sustainable timber production and responsible timber trading in the country. The difficulties include the lack of funding for investment into forest plantations, high transaction costs triggered by small landholdings and processors, and complexity of land tenure system, among others.

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