News
16 May, 2012MSD Platform Successfully Established in Two New Districts
The EU chainsaw milling project has expanded its multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) platform to two new forest districts: Tarkwa and Nkwanta.
15 May, 2012TBI Viet Nam holds a successful final phase two workshop
TBI Viet Nam held its final workshop of phase two on April 17th, 2012 in Hue, Viet Nam. The overall objective of the workshop was to evaluate the obtained results compiled by TBI Viet Nam, and to introduce the programme’s orientation thru 2016.
15 May, 2012Workshop to assess the policy and practice of Forest Land Allocation held in Ha Noi
On April 10th, 2012, TBI Viet Nam, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), conducted a workshop in Ha Noi entitled, “Forestry Land Allocation: Policy and Practice.” The event was held in cooperation with the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (under MARD) and the Institute of Forest Planning and Inventory (FIPI).
How Viet Nam is prepared to meet legal requirements of timber export markets
Viet Nam - 2011
ISBN: 978-90-5113-105-5
Language: English
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.
