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Myanmar industry profile
Myanmar
Archived web content
The European Timber Trade Federation
2020
The annual rate of deforestation in Myanmar was 1.2% for the period 1990-2015 (FAO, 2015) with rapid expansion of commercial agriculture, alongside legal and illegal logging, an...
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Country Forest Note : Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
The World Bank
This Country Forest Note (CFN) provides an upstream analysis of the status of forests and of investments and policies relevant to the forest sector in Vietnam. It looks at fores...
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Understanding timber flows and control in Cambodia in the Context of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ក្រុមការងារបច្ចេកទេសស្តីពីកំណែទម្រង់ព្រៃឈើ,...
2014
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Serial Offender: Vietnam’s continued imports of illegal Cambodian timber
Cambodia, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Investigation Agency
2018
This report details how investigators found that while the nature of the illicit trade had changed, there are still huge volumes of illegally logged and traded Cambodian timber ...
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Discussions on Linkages between REDD+ and FLEGT in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
2017
This is the first technical meeting between key FLEGT and REDD+ stakeholders in Lao PDR to understand and brainstorm on potential practical synergies between the two initiatives...
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The FLEGT Asia Regional Support Programme: EU Support for Improved Forest Governance in Asia
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2015
This publication presents the progress, achievements and some examples of initiatives where the EU is working closely with partners across Asia. FLEGT Asia complemented other in...
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Overview on Lao-EU FLEGT VPA Process
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Heiko Woerner
Presentation slides by Heiko Woerner, Chief Technical Adviser GIZ, Support to the Lao-EU FLEGT Process (ProFLEGT)
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Resources and Rules of the Game: Participation of Civil Society in REDD+ and FLEGT-VPA Processes in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Irmeli Mustalahti , Mathias Cramm, Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen,...
2017
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) aims to achieve its purpose by working across multiple sectors and involving multilevel actors in reducing ...
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Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade Annex
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Responsible Asia Forestry & Trade (RAFT), WWF, TRAFFIC
2013
This publication is produced by TRAFFIC and WWF's Global Forest and Trade Network.
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The Role of Social Safeguards in Addressing Forest Governance in FLEGT and REDD+
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Celina (Kin Yii) Yong, UN-REDD
2018
This presentation seeks to demonstrate how social safeguards can provide opportunities to address the forest governance challenges faced by FLEGT and REDD+. It discusses the imp...
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Myanmar Imposes Export Ban To Stop Its Timber From Foreign Exploitation, Goal Is To Establish Domestic Wood-Processing Industry
Myanmar
Archived web content
Sophie Song
2014
Myanmar's government is putting an end to its timber exports in the first step of a project to establish a domestic wood-processing industry that will dramatically boost revenue...
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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis: Forest Resources Sector Report
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and...
2019
This report analyzes the underlying challenges, builds on international best practice, and makes recommendations on the forest sector in Myanmar.
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Vietnam Forestry Outlook Study
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Forest Science Institute of Vietnam (FSIV)/Viện Khoa học Lâm...
2009
Vietnam Forestry outlook study is a part of The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS), which is a wide-ranging initiative to gather information on, and examine, th...
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Timber Legality Assurance System of Cambodia
Cambodia
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
So Lorn
2018
Presentation slides emphasizing the importance of having laws, regulations and clear policy as stated in the NFP in cooperation with EU to develop FLEGT-VPA
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Annual review of REDD+ activities in Laos 2010
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Laos. Department of Forestry
2011
The report is about the role REDD has played in project development in the forest sector in Laos. Since 2009, a number of projects have come into existence under facilitation of...
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Impacts of the Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Bans
China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Phuc Xuan To, Forest Trends, Naomi Basik, Kerstin Canby
2017
In May 2016, the Government of Lao PDR enacted a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15) which, along with other commitments, aimed to help control the country’s high deforestation rates...
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At the Supply Edge: Thailand’s Forest Policies, Plantation Sector, and Commodity Export Links with China
China, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith Barney, Forest Trends, Center for International Forestry...
2005
This study on Thailand’s forestry sector was commissioned by CIFOR and Forest Trends as part of a wider effort to address an information gap regarding Asia’s forestry and planta...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Investigation Agency
2012
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International Protection for Siam Rosewood Begins
Thailand
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Environmental Investigation Society
2013
As international UN trade restrictions on endangered Siam rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) came into effect (June 12, 2013), the London-based Environmental Investigation Age...
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Navigating the Border: An Analysis of the China-Myanmar Timber Trade
China, Myanmar
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Fredrich Kahrl, Horst Weyerhaeuser, Su Yufang
2004
In addition to socio-economic pressures, the combination of insufficient regulation in China and political instability in northern Myanmar has exacted a high ecological price. T...