Instruction No. 0076/MAF on the Development of a Timber Legality Assurance System. Country/Territory Lao, People's Dem. Rep. Document type Miscellaneous Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Timber Afforestation/reforestation Monitoring Inspection Enforcement/compliance Forest management/forest conservation Authorization/permit Certification Internal trade International trade Institution Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Instruction is issued in order to ensure the unity of implementation of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Process for Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the Lao PDR and the European Union to be materialized and to enable the strict implementation of forest management, timber harvesting, timber import, the use of labour, wood processing, the utilization of timber and wood products within the country and for export based on laws and other promulgated legislation, also, in order to prevent and combat illegal logging and timber trade. Full text English Website laoofficialgazette.gov.la References - Legislation Implements Forestry Law No. 64/NPC. Legislation | Lao, People's Dem. Rep. | 2007 (2019) Keyword: Emissions trading, Emissions, Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Classification/declassification, Inventory, Traditional rights/customary rights, Processing/handling, Special fund, Timber extraction/logging, Protection of species, EIA, Afforestation/reforestation, Biodiversity, Protected area, Protection forest, Protection of environment, Public forest, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Timber, Climate change, Trade in species, Freshwater resources management, Water conservation zone, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX