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Notification on List of goods subject to import-export control and prohibition
Goods subject to import – export prohibition are dangerous and have a severe effect on national security, peace and public safety in order to protect the social/public order; th...
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Biotechnology Safety Law
After the 6th ordinary session of the VII National Assembly Congress, wide studies and consideration were undertaken and agreement was reached on the content of Biotechnology ...
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The context of REDD+ in Vietnam: Drivers, agents and institutions
Vietnam is acknowledged to be REDD+ pioneer country, having adopted REDD+ in 2009. This paper is an updated version of Vietnam’s REDD+ Country Profile which was first published ...
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Order On Strengthening Strictness of Timber Harvest Management and Inspection, Timber Transport and Business
In order to strengthen the implementation of forest management, timber business, timber harvest, timber processing and timber trade with strictly respect to laws and regulations...
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Laos Forestry Law (2019)
This law determines the principles, regulations and measures on management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest and forestland, promotion of regenera...
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Country Forest Note : Vietnam
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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Forest Category in Lao PDR, 2016
Forest Category in Lao PDR, 2016 including national protected areas, national protection forests, and national production forests.
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Thailand’s Community Forest Act: Analysis of the legal framework and recommendations
Thailand is undergoing an important development in its forestry laws. When the Community Forest Act B.E. 2562 was passed in 2019, Thailand had for the first time an official umb...
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Assessment of the new Land Law and Forestry Law in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Customary Tenure Rights over Land and Forests
The report explains the differences between the new Land Law and Forestry Law and their predecessor laws (the Land Law 2003 and the Forestry Law 2007). Compare the new Land La...
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Tree Cover Loss (FORMA) Alerts - Humid Tropics
This data set is from Global Forest Watch and indicating satellite data of tree loss cover alerts (humid tropics) for the Lao PDR. These are known as Forest Monitoring for Actio...
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Shifting Cultivation in Myanmar’s REDD+ Development: A review of three REDD+ program documents
This report provides a review of shifting cultivation across three Myanmar REDD+ programme documents. The initial background study on drivers of deforestation concluded that mor...
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Timber industry faces challenges in the voluntary partnership agreement process in forest governance
The lack of transparency and accountability together with the issues of corruption, an overwhelming wood demand and land rights are still posing challenges for the timber indust...
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Forest Law (1992)
This Law shall be implemented in accordance with the following basic principles: (a) To implement the forestry policy of the Government; (b) To implement the environmental con...
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Myanmar: All about the Myanmar FLEGT process
Forest cover in Myanmar is approximately 29 million hectares or about 43% of its national territory. Of this area, about 31% is managed by the State. According to the Food and A...
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Hansen Forest Cover Loss 2000-2019: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
This update of gross forest cover loss includes new 2019 loss-year and multispectral imagery layers. Relative to the version 1.0 product our method has been modified in numerous...
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Forestry magazine No 62 on the achievement for the first half of 2020 of forestry administration
This magazine showcases the achievement of the Forestry Administration in the first semester of 2020. The content in this magazine consists of the update...
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Hansen Forest Cover Gain 2000-2012: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
Forest gain during the period 2000–2012, defined as the inverse of loss, or a non-forest to forest change entirely within the study period. Encoded as either 1 (gain) or 0 (no g...
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Hansen Tree Cover 2000: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
A dataset visualising tree cover across the Greater Mekong Subregion at 30 x 30m resolution. For the purpose of this study, “tree cover” was defined as all vegetation taller tha...
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Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) An Overview of Negative and Positive Drivers
Forests in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have been undergoing change in the last 25 years due to various factors. Positive and negative changes occur at the same time. Ther...
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Decree No.102/2020/ND-CP on Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance System
The Decree provides for Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS) for export and import; criteria, authority, procedures for classifying timer producers and exporters; i...