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our dedication to environmental and social responsibility and Enterprise. This visit was facilitated by the Myanmar Forest
assuring our stakeholders of our commitment to not only Certification Committee (MFCC) under the ITTO project
meet but exceed global standards.” ‘Strengthening SFM Standards and the Timber Legality
“This collaboration aligns with our goals, set out in our Framework of Myanmar.’

Sustainability Roadmap Vision 2030 and enables us to further Taking about the visit, Barber Cho, Secretary of the
enhance our capacity to implement effective solutions for a MFCC, said the visit aimed to facilitate engagement with key
sustainable future”. stakeholders in Vietnam pivotal to successful timber exports.
These stakeholders include the Vietnam Department of
Be ready for carbon trading by October 2024 Forest, Vietnam Forest Certification Office, smallholders of
Presidential Chief of Staff, Moeldoko, has emphasised that group-certified forests, intermediate and small sawmills in
President Wiodo wants to see carbon trading in Indonesia Hanoi and leading furniture exporters in Ho Chi Minh City.
running smoothly before the end of his term as President. Given the project's objective to establish a certified
Moeldoko stressed the need to speed up preparation plantation forest the MFCC orchestrated the visit to enable

and alignment of regulations, particularly in sectors that fall the Myanmar delegation to observe how Vietnamese entities
under the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This collaborate for the advancement of forest certification and
includes areas such as energy, waste management, industrial timber legality to support the timber industry and exports.
processes, the utilisation of agricultural products, forestry and Insights garnered from this visit will be used in framing
other sectors that are affected by advancements in science recommendations in the project report.
and technology such as blue carbon.
In response the Director General of Climate Change and INDIA

Control at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Wooden furniture gaining in popularity
Laksmi Dewanti, explained that in preparing the regulations India’s furniture industry is growing rapidly and almost 65
the Ministry will ensure that measures set for carbon trading percent of Indian furniture is made of wood.
can contribute to reducing emissions following the NDC The demand for wood raw material in India’s furniture
targets in the Paris Agreement. manufacturing industry has increased. The interest in wood
products in the home has grown over the past few years
MYANMAR
Myanmar delegation visits Vietnam
A delegation from Myanmar recently visited the Vietnam Forest Anna Evans

Certification Office (VFCO) to gain insights and strategies
regarding the development of the Vietnam Forest Certification
Scheme (VFCS).
The Myanmar delegation and the VFCO affirmed their
commitment to continued collaboration in promoting sustainable
forest management certification within their respective countries,
the region and globally.

The Myanmar delegation comprised senior management
personnel from the Forest Department and Myanma Timber