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Vietnam local-level integrated monitoring tool: monitoring timber legality, deforestation and ecosystem services

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The EU REDD Facility and Fauna & Flora International collaboratively developed a pilot, local-level forest monitoring platform that integrates the requirements of three initiatives that aim to protect and sustainably manage forests. These are: 1) the initiative to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and conservation, sustainable forest management and enhancement of carbon stocks in developing countries, 2) Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade and 3) Payment for Forest Environmental Services.

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Independent Monitoring in the forest sector: moving beyond law enforcement

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Forests and trees make vital contributions to both people and the planet. They bolster livelihoods, provide clean air and water, conserve biodiversity and respond to climate change. However, the world’s forests are disappearing at an alarming pace. The year 2017 was the second worst on record for tropical tree cover loss, and 2018 the fourth-highest annual loss since record-keeping began in 2001.

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Achieving zero-deforestation commitments: Lessons from FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements

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Learn about the importance of addressing governance challenges in public and private sector zero-deforestation initiatives. This paper explores lessons from Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) under the EU FLEGT Action Plan.

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Exploring synergies between the FLEGT VPA legality definition and REDD+ safeguards in Vietnam

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The project explored synergies between processes to develop a FLEGT Voluntary Partner Agreement (VPA) timber legality definition and REDD+ safeguards in Vietnam. The development of a VPA timber legality definition and REDD+ safeguards in countries involved in both FLEGT VPA and REDD+ processes, such as Vietnam, creates opportunities for complementarities.

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About the EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility supports countries in improving land-use governance as part of their efforts to slow, halt and reverse deforestation. It also supports the overall EU effort to reduce its contribution to deforestation in developing countries. The Facility focuses on countries that are engaged in REDD+, an international mechanism that incentivises developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their forest and land-use sectors. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute and was established in 2010.

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