Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has promulgated regulations to monitor, supervise the volume of harvested plantation timber and ensure legal foundation for timber flow in the market. However, in reality, the majority of households participating in forest planting and timber harvesting do not observe these regulations due to their limited capacity as well as insufficiencies of the regulations which lead to emerged negative impacts. Therefore, the State should introduce necessary policy amendments in order to closely monitor and supervise the amount of plantation timber after harvesting, ensuring its legality and enabling the involvement of the households into the VPA/PLEGT process.

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