PROGRESS ON TIMBER LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN …

PROGRESS ON TIMBER LEGALITY

ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN CAMBODIA

Forestry Administration

Cambodia

Fourth Sub-Regional Training

Workshop on TLAS

22-24 October 2014 Vientiane, Lao PDR

Presentation Outline

Past efforts of VPA and TLAS

Current works on VPA and TLAS

The way forward

Past efforts of VPA and TLAS

Government policy stated in National Forest

Programme (2010-2029)

Propose for support from EU on FLEGT (Letter No.

2157, 15 Dec 2009 and No. 191, 03 Feb 2010)

ASEM FLEGT Conference and Seminar were hold

by FA and EU at Phnom Penh in 2010.

Number discussions between Ministerial level and

EU on VPA and TLAS in 2011

Current works on TLAS

The timber flow study was conducted by Global

Forestry Services (GFS) in collaboration with the

Forestry Administration, relevant government

agencies and private sectors, supported from

EU/EFI

The study on understanding timber flows and

control in Cambodia in the context of FLEGT was

approved by Technical Working Group on Forest

Resources (TWG-FR) in July 2014.

The Workshop – Launch of Study Report on

Timber Flows and Control in Cambodia in the

Context of FLEGT will take place on 19 November

2014 in Phnom Penh, organized by TWG-FR and

EU-EFI

Activities are to be done in post-the workshop.

The way forward

Thank you very much for your attention