Over the past decade, the European Union has been entering into voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) with tropical timber-producing countries to fight forest crime. These bilateral trade agreements legally bind both sides to trade only in verified legal timber products. There is evidence VPAs help countries decrease illegal logging rates, especially illegal industrial timber destined for export markets. Within the Greater Mekong region, only Vietnam has signed a VPA.
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