by juniormtsadmin | 1/Nov/2021 | News
Lao PDR reflects on current situation and policy implications for operators engaged in wood product export towards improving, easing and increasing legal timber trade specifically from Laos to Vietnam Laos has strengthened and improved the forestry sector by revising...
by juniormtsadmin | 26/Oct/2021 | News
The Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) is a core annex of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) and Laos and the European Union (EU) are currently negotiating this agreement. TLAS is a system ensuring that timber supply chain does not contain material from...
by juniormtsadmin | 28/Sep/2021 | News
Amongst the 8 annexes that form an important part of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), the Annex VII-Public Disclosure of Information, also known as “Transparency Annex”, is a commitment of the VPA signatory parties to ensure that the VPA operations by the...
by Flegtlao | 14/Sep/2021 | News
Lao PDR considers the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Process (FLEGT) an important tool to improve forest governance and reduce illegal logging and trading in illegal timber. It promotes the protection and sustainable use of forest ecosystems and...
by juniormtsadmin | 22/Jun/2021 | News
Following TechEx 1 and 2, on 17 June 2021 the Lao and EU TechEx teams held the TechEx-3 meeting virtually to proceed with the Lao FLEGT process along the VPA roadmap. Discussions focused on two main technical components of the VPA, namely (i) Annex on Public...
by Default admin language (currently English) | 21/Jun/2021 | News
Following the TechEx-1, with support from GIZ project Protection and Sustainable Use of Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity (ProFEB), the Lao and EU TechEx teams held the TechEx-2 virtually on the 3rd June 2021 to discuss, clarify and agree upon some action points...
