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APEC 2017: anti-illegal logging group convenes session

APEC’s Expert Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT) opened their meeting on February 20, as part of the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1).
APEC 2017: anti-illegal logging group convenes session ảnh 1Scene at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Khanh Hoa (VNA) – APEC’sExpert Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT) opened theirmeeting on February 20, as part of the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC(SOM-1).

The session focused on finding measures toboost links within the Asia-Pacific in a bid to protect forest resources,prevent illegal logging and enhance capacity of APEC member economies in legaltimber trade.

Participants discussed ways to improveconnections between producers and consumers as well as between small-scaleforest growers and wood processing companies to ensure that only legal timberis allowed to be exported.

At the function, Nguyen Van Ha, deputy headof the Vietnam Administration of Forestry, said Vietnam is making effort to scaleup forest coverage nationwide, with the rate increasing to 40.84 percent in2015 from 33.2 percent in 2010.

APEC member economies account for 53percent of the global forest areas. They also make up 60 percent and 80 percentof the global timber production and value.

Founded in 2011, the EGILAT serves as aplatform for the economies to strengthen policy dialogue on combating illegallogging and associated trade, as well as promoting the trade of legallyharvested forest products.

The SOM-1 is underway in Nha Trang city,the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3.-VNA
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