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Working group explored Thailand – EU partnership in the context of the new EU regulation on deforestation-free products
Still, under deliberation by the European Parliament, the proposal for the regulation on deforestation-free products sets to reduce the EU’s contribution to global deforestation by regulating the selling and exporting of 6 commodities; palm oil, cattle, wood, coffee, cocoa, and soy.
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FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group: Gearing up for the online self-declaration system and self-declaration of reclaimed timber products
27 May 2022 – At the FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group 4/2022, the Royal Forest Department, with support from the UN-REDD Initiative on Sustainable Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong Region, presented a website – “Sustainable Forest Management.” This website will allow operators to fill up and print out the self-declaration form for certifying the legal source of private land timber online. The website will help simplify the documentation process to facilitate all operators.
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TEFSO Newsletter Issue No. 27 (Jan – May 2022)
Click to visit https://tefso.org Highlights Catch-up FLEGT Strengthening forest governance and timber certification through public disclosure of information Like other fields, the forest sector also needs public disclosure of information to ensure good governance and a check and balance system where civil society organizations and the public can assess the government’s works resulting in […]
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FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group advocating for the amendment of regulation on timber on Sor Por Gor
10 Mar 2022 – The Ad-Hoc Working Group met at the regular meeting to review feedbacks on the Thai Timber Legality Definition and Public Disclosure of Information Annex from the EU FLEGT Asia Programme, European Forest Institute, our partnered organization assisting in the technical of the FLEGT VPA drafting, and to deliberate the Guideline for […]
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Four Annexes adopted at the First Sub-Committee for NEG 4 signaling the prospect of agreement signing next year
23 Feb. 2022 – As the Fourth Thailand-EU FLEGT VPA Negotiation (NEG 4) is scheduled to take place this year, the Sub-Committee met to adopt the draft Annexes before sending them to the EU.
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FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group 1/2022: passing the guideline for self-declaration of timber on Sor Por Kor
Kicking off 2022, the FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group approved another two drafts: Thai Timber Legality Assurance System Annex and Thai Supply Chain Controls Annex, for submitting to the EU FLEGT Asia Programme, European Forest Institute, for technical recommendations, before deliberation at the FLEGT VPA Sub-Committee Meeting and sending to the European Union preparing for […]
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TEFSO Newsletter Issue No. 26 (Sep. – Dec. 2021)
In this issue: Digitizing Thailand’s Timber Verification 3 Options to Verify Timber on Private Land Composite Wood Industry: Market Situation, Sustainability and Role in FLEGT VPA with Ping-Hsun Wang Director-General of Royal Forest Department Surachai A-Cha-La-Bool and the Importance, Achievements and Future of FLEGT VPA
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Greeting the holiday season with progress to the FLEGT VPA process: The working group concluded another two Annexes and assessed RFD Single Window plan
20 Dec. 2021 – Before heading off to holiday, FLEGT VPA ad-hoc working group met at the last meeting of this year to review draft Annexes; Thai Timber Legality Definition, Public Disclosure of Information. The working group also caught up on the long-discussed plan, Thailand’s electronic system for timber verification.
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FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group Meeting 10/2564 – Conclusion of Product Scope Annexes before negotiation with the EU
24 Nov. 2021 – FLEGT VPA Ad-Hoc Working Group welcomed the newly appointed Director-General of the Royal Forest Department (RFD), Surachai A-Cha-La-Bool, as chair of the meeting. Mr. A-Cha-La-Bool reaffirmed the RFD’s commitment to pushing forward the FLEGT VPA process to the point of agreement signing. “Thank you everyone for the continuous contribution, at the […]
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In a Nutshell: An easy infographic guide to FLEGT VPA
This series of infographics will walk you through the main ideas of the Thailand-EU FLEGT VPA and how it impacts all stakeholders in the forest sector from the government, smallholders, timber processors, to civil society organizations.
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FAO-EU FLEGT Programme and SFT-LMR team met with RFD Director-General reaffirming the commitment on collaboration to tackle deforestation
4 Nov. 2021 – FAO teams; the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, led by Bruno Cammaert, and the Sustainable Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong Region (SFT-LMR) led by Mathieu Van Rijn, met with Surachai A-Cha-La-Boon, Director-General of the Royal Forest Department, to congratulate him for his appointment and discuss the programs’ works, achievements, and plans.
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Online seminar: Rights of citizen and government’s role in the public disclosure of information
Public disclosure of information is essential for good governance, transparency, and participation in the forest sector. By joining the FLEGT VPA process, Thailand commits to strengthening governance in the forest sector through building a robust multi-stakeholder process and ensuring that useful information is available to the public to be used by operators in their businesses, […]
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Strong law enforcement drives responsible timber businesses in Ghana