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Structure of Report ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Elements of Forest Law Enforcement ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3. Risk-based, Data-informed Approach ............................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 2. Forest Laws and Policies .................................................................... 9 2.1. Overall Policy Directions ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2. The Forestry Legislative Framework.............................................................................................................................. 10 2.3. Criminal Provisions of Vietnamese Forest Law .......................................................................................................... 11 2.4. Key Government Programs and Institutional Arrangements ............................................................................... 13 2.5. Institutional Arrangements ............................................................................................................................................... 14 2.6. The Five Million Hectares Reforestation Program (5MHRP) ................................................................................ 16 2.7. State Forest Enterprise Reforms ...................................................................................................................................... 17 2.8. The Harvest Quota Management System ..................................................................................................................... 17 2.9. Forest Land Re-classification ............................................................................................................................................. 22 2.10. National Wood Supply ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 2.11. Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Chapter 3. Law Enforcement in the Forestry Sector ........................... 27 3.1 Government Forest Crime Incidence Data ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.2. Other Indicators of Forest Crime Levels ........................................................................................................................ 28 3.3. Current Enforcement Strategy ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Chapter 4. Assessment and Recommendations ............................................ 33 4.1. Re-balancing Prevention and Suppression .................................................................................................................. 33 4.2. Intelligence-based Enforcement to Replace Reaction ............................................................................................. 35 4.3. Tackling International Forest Crime .............................................................................................................................. 38 References ................................................................................................................................ 41 Boxes, Figures, and Tables Box 2.1. Inter-agency Cooperation Mechanisms .............................................................................................................. 14 Box 2.2. Wildlife Trade and the Law ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 1.1. The Intelligence Cycle ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 2.1. The Harvest Quota Management System ............................................................................................. 20 Figure 2.2. Demand, Overall Supply, and Supply from Domestic Plantations ........................................... 23 Figure 3.1. Number of Recorded Administrative and Criminal Forest Violation Cases by Year ....... 29 Figure 3.2. Criminal Prosecutions as a Proportion of Administrative and Criminal Cases .................. 29 Figure 3.3. Share of Agriculture and Forestland with Land Use Certificates 2002-2006 ...................... 32 Figure 3.4. Number of Households with Land Use Certificates for Agriculture and Forestland, 1998-2005 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Table 2.1. Direction of Incentives and Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 9 Table 2.2. Forest Crime Risks introduced by the Harvest Quota Management System ...................... 21 Table 2.3. Overview of 5 Forestry Programs of National Forest Development Strategy, 2006-2020 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Table 2.4. Wood Imports from Five Wood-Exporting Countries ......................................................................... 25 Table 3.1. Recorded Causes of Forest Loss ................................................................................................................ 28 Table 3.2. Assessment of Forest Crime Prevention, Detection and Suppression Performance in Vietnam .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Abbreviations and Acronyms 5MHRP Five Million Hectares Reforestation Program CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna CPV Communist Party of Vietnam DARD Department for Agriculture and Rural Development DDR Due Diligence Regulation - DDR FLEG Forest Law Enforcement and Governance FLEGT Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade FMB Forest Management Board FPD Forest Protection Department FSC Forest Stewardship Council GIS Geographical Information System LURC Land Use Right Certificate MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MONRE Ministry of