Reinforcing Chinese Government and industry action to reduce illegal timber exports from Cameroon, Viet Nam

This project is designed to achieve increased legal compliance with timber harvest and trade controls along the supply chain from Central African countries and Viet Nam to China and the European Union) EU. Cameroon and Republic of Congo have signed Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) and Viet Nam is negotiating a VPA with the EU, with project countries agreeing VPA legality definitions. Project outputs combine delivery of legality training tools and materials based on VPA legality definitions to strengthen monitoring to combat illegal timber trade, especially by Customs; and strengthening of China’s timber legality standards for industry.