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PEFC, the largest international forest certification organization with 296 million hectares of certified forests as of June 2024, is in the process of consulting to supplement the PEFC ST 1003 Standard on sustainable forest management to meet the European Union’s regulations on deforestation free products (EUDR). PEFC, is currently conducting public consultation on amendments to… Continue reading Sustainable forest management aligning EUDR

The PEFC Forest Forum 2024 organized by PEFC International and PEFC France from May 13-18, 2024 in Paris, France. Dr. Tran Lam Dong, Vice President of the Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences (VAFS), attended the Forum as a representative of the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS). The Forum focuses on forest management issues in the… Continue reading VFCS attended the PEFC Forest Forum 2024

The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes into force in June 2023. The goal of EUDR is to prevent deforestation and forest degradation, contributing to environment protection and climate change mitigation. Accordingly, commercial agricultural goods in the EU market will have to meet and demonstrate requirements on deforestation and forest degradation throughout the entire supply chain. EUDR stipulates… Continue reading Preparing readiness for aligning EUDR in Vietnam’s rubber sector

Encouraging households to use quality seed sources is an important solution to improve productivity and reduce the risk of pests and diseases for plantations. Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) also introduced the indicator “4.2.3. Shall use quality seeds and seedling with clear originals”  in the VFCS/PEFC ST 1003:2019 Standards. Within the cooperation with PEFC and… Continue reading Support for building the Acacia hybrid hedge orchard and transferring cutting culture techniques for Acacia hybrid propagation in Nghe An and Quang Binh province

On the morning of March 11, 2024, the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) welcomed the delegation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation of Myanmar led by Ms. Zin Mar Tun – Deputy Permanent Secretary and Mr. Pe Chit – Deputy General Director of the Forestry Department. Also participating in the delegation were… Continue reading Welcoming the Myanmar Delegation and sharing experiences in developing the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme

Forests bring many benefits to people, including wood and forest products, especially environmental values. Under the impact of climate change and forest management measures, inappropriate land use in the watershed has been increasing the risk of natural disasters including erosion and landslides; floods, flash floods and coastal landslides due to rising sea levels. Currently, the… Continue reading Sustainable forest management for natural disaster mitigation in Vietnam

On November 29, 2023, in Hanoi, Department of Forestry organized the Conference on promoting sustainable forest management and forest certification with the content of evaluating the implementation of sustainable forest management and forest certification, discussing, sharing experiences and proposals solutions to be implemented in the near future. Participating in the Conference, there were over 60… Continue reading VFCO attended the Conference on promoting sustainable forest management and forest certification

The 7th Biomass & BioEnergy Asia Conference with the theme “Enabling Sustainable & Stable Production of Biomass from SE Asia” takes place from November 28-30, 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City. There are about 1,200 delegates representing businesses, consumer organizations, manufacturers and related parties participating in the workshop. On the first day of the Conference, delegates… Continue reading VFCO attended the 7th Biomass & BioEnergy Asia Conference with the theme “Enabling Sustainable & Stable Production of Biomass from SE Asia”

November 1-3, 2023, in Ca Mau Province, the Ca Mau Provincial Forest Protection Department in collaboration with the Forest Science Institute of Southern Viet Nam (FSIS) and the Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) organized a training course titled “Improving the capacity of sustainable forest management” for forest owners as forestry companies, national parks, protection forest… Continue reading Training on sustainable forest management certification according to the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme in Ca Mau Province

Improving the productivity and economic efficiency of plantation, limiting the risk of forest pests and diseases is one of the requirements of sustainable forest management under the Vietnam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS/PEFC). Within the framework of cooperation with PEFC and International Woodchip Corporation PTE LTD (IWC), the Vietnam Forest Certification Office has supported two nurseries… Continue reading Towards sustainable forest management through improving the quality of seedlings for household plantation in Nghe An and Quang Binh provinces