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Perceptions of wood-processing industries on FLEGT implementation: Insights from Vietnam

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Title Perceptions of wood-processing industries on FLEGT implementation: Insights from Vietnam
 
Creator Pham Thu Thuy
Tang, T.K.H.
Dang, T.T.N.
Tran, N.M.H.
Nguyen, T.T.A.
Nguyen, T.V.A.
Hoang, T.L.
Dang, H.P.
Nguyen, N.Q.
 
Subject timber production
timber trade
certification
supply chain
forestry
 
Description This paper analyses timber and wood processing companies' views on opportunities and challenges for FLEGT implementation in Vietnam based on a literature review, online surveys with 56 timber and wood processing companies, in-depth interviews with 26 stakeholders from different institutions, and a consultation workshop involving 94 participants. Our paper shows that FLEGT has received increasing attention and political support from the Government of Vietnam, which has issued new policies on sustainable forest management, forest certification and financial incentives to enable timber and wood processing companies to participate in FLEGT. The active presence of civil society organizations has helped improve forest governance, which is a key aspect of FLEGT. Perceiving FLEGT as a global market trend able to generate higher profits, timber and wood processing companies see opportunities to benefit from this timber trading initiative, and are therefore more willing to comply with FLEGT requirements. However, these companies also highlight challenges to implementing FLEGT on the ground, including unclear and inconsistent policies, weak monitoring and evaluation, high transaction costs, companies' limited access to information, unclear tenure and erratic land-use planning, and the weak capacity of household and small-scale enterprises. Effective implementation of FLEGT requires regulatory changes, improved law enforcement and translation of policies on the ground, enhanced information exchange between stakeholders, and addressing underlying problems relating to land tenure and forest governance.
 
Date 2021-11
2021-10-19T07:34:00Z
2021-10-19T07:34:00Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Pham, T.T., Tang, T.K.H., Dang, T.T.N., Tran, N.M.H., Nguyen, T.T.A., Nguyen, T.V.A., Hoang, T.L., Dang, H.P. and Nguyen, N.Q. 2021. Perceptions of wood-processing industries on FLEGT implementation: Insights from Vietnam. Forest Policy and Economics 132: 102592. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102592
1389-9341
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115518
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102592
 
Language en
 
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Format 102592
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Forest Policy and Economics