On July 12, in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in collaboration with the EU Delegation to Vietnam organized a workshop on “Technical exchange on EUDR and supply chains that do not cause deforestation and forest degradation in Vietnam” to review the preparation for EUDR and exchange information on measures and tools to support EUDR implementation.
Mr. Rui Ludovino, First Counsellor for Climate Action, Environment, Employment and Social Policy, EU Delegation to Vietnam speaking at the event
The workshop was co-chaired by Mr. Nguyen Do Anh Tuan – Director General of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr. Rui Ludovino – First Counsellor for Climate Action, Environment, Employment and Social Policy, EU Delegation to Vietnam.
The workshop was attended by more than 80 representatives from central ministries, branches and local agencies in the Central Highlands provinces, representatives of the private sector including associations, enterprises in the three industries of coffee, wood and rubber as well as domestic and international organizations.
Following the success of the technical meeting in March 2024, this workshop is the second event in a series of coordinated activities between the Department of International Cooperation, MARD and the EU Delegation to Vietnam, contributing to providing a platform for exchange and dialogue between key stakeholders in promoting the implementation of the EUDR.
Here, stakeholders have the opportunity to collaborate and exchange with each other on concerns, challenges and opportunities for deforestation-free supply chain management, especially for the coffee, timber and rubber sectors in Vietnam, to prepare for effective compliance.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Chi - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Lak province spoke at the workshop.
At the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Do Anh Tuan emphasized: “Vietnam's readiness to meet EUDR is not only to comply with the requirements of a market with high standards for agricultural exports, but also an opportunity for our agriculture to transform in a green, sustainable direction, in line with the orientation of agricultural, farmer and rural development.”
“ The EUDR will contribute to reducing global deforestation and forest degradation worldwide, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping to address two major contemporary crises: biodiversity loss and climate change. The increased EU demand and trade in legal, deforestation-free commodities and products will create opportunities for small-scale farmers in Vietnam. Indeed, compliance with the EUDR will improve their production systems, further enhancing product quality and traceability along the supply chain; thus improving product prices and farmers’ livelihoods,” said Mr. Rui Ludovino.
The EU Delegation to Vietnam (through the EUDR Engagement Project) has been working closely with Vietnamese partners to facilitate dialogue on EUDR topics. The Vietnamese Government, including its central and local authorities, is actively preparing and supporting stakeholders in the process of complying with the Regulation.
Within the framework of “EUDR Engagement”, the EU Delegation to Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have held a number of meetings to exchange information on the implementation of the EUDR Regulation in Vietnam. In the first technical meeting co-chaired by the EU Delegation to Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held on 26/03/2024 with the participation of more than 100 delegates, the two sides agreed on the need for a local-level event in the Central Highlands provinces.
EU commitment to sustainable forestry With the EUDR regulation, the EU aims to reduce the Union's contribution to global deforestation and forest degradation and thereby reduce its impacts on climate change, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Furthermore, the EU also wishes to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Glasgow Declaration on Forests and Land Use, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Furthermore, the EU wants to emphasize that the EUDR Regulation focuses only on businesses, not on countries or third-country producers. It is a transition from a voluntary approach to a strict legal framework, which requires businesses importing goods into the EU market to exercise full due diligence. |
Source: https://daklak.gov.vn/-/nang-cao-kien-thuc-chuoi-cung-ung-khong-giay-pha-rung-suy-thoai-rung-tai-viet-nam
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