The core of the deal is the Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS), which ensures that wood and timber products exported from Vietnam to the EU have legal origins.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam to collect over $100 mln from forest environment services in 2018
Vietnam is forecast to collect approximately 2.5 trillion VND (106.4 million USD) from payments of forest environmental services in 2018.
The road is clear for solar energy in Cambodia, says UNDP director
UNDP Cambodia Programme Director discusses the state of Cambodia’s energy sector, the hope of solar, and bringing electricity to everyone
Where are the women in aquaculture and fisheries?
But women are commonly not even counted in fisheries statistics. We don’t know how many there are, where they are and if their numbers are going up.
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
The glacier is vital to billions of people relient upon ten major rivers: Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges—are fed by seasonal melting.
Cooperation among China, Japan and Mekong countries in the interest of region
In engaging with Mekong countries, China should focus on efforts in different directions. First, China should properly understand and approach concerns of Mekong countries and make efforts to facilitate their rise as a whole.
Laos-China catalyse science, technology cooperation on one belt, one road
Science and technology representatives from Laos and Guangxi of China met in Vientiane to discuss the strengthening of cooperation networks aiming to develop the sector between both nations.
Lao Villagers Denied Payment for Land by Vietnamese Firm
Under a profit-sharing arrangement, villagers are being refused compensation by the foreign-owned firm, which says the land belongs to the state.