{"id":25422,"date":"2025-09-16T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/news\/laos-is-gearing-up-for-the-eus-deforestation-free-requirements\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:08:29","slug":"laos-is-gearing-up-for-the-eus-deforestation-free-requirements","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/news\/laos-is-gearing-up-for-the-eus-deforestation-free-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Laos is gearing up for the EU’s deforestation-free requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is reshaping global trade for coffee producers by ensuring that products reaching the EU are free from deforestation, forest degradation and legally produced. Its ultimate aim: to reduce carbon emissions and protect biodiversity.<\/p>

As part of the EUDR Engagement project, forestry advisors led a 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on the EU Deforestation Regulation in Pakse, Champasak Province. The event gathered 28 key players from the Lao coffee sector \u2013 cooperatives, processors, associations, and government representatives \u2013 for an intensive and hands-on learning experience.\u00a0<\/p>

The training provided participants with a deep understanding of the regulation, and further created space for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and group work. The idea is to cascade this knowledge further on the ground \u2013 reaching company staff, government officials, and ultimately farmers \u2013 so the regulation can be effectively applied on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>

The first two days of the training aimed at building knowledge around the key requirements of the EUDR, obligations for different actors, the role of agroforestry, traceability and transparency in supply chains. On the third day participants had the chance to take the role of an EUDR-trainer, preparing training plans and detailed learning sessions for various audiences, such as smallholders, company staff and government officials. The 3-day training included theoretical as well as practical elements during which participants were able to exchange, discuss and apply their learnings in real life situations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\tThis training provided us with the groundwork for our operational planning to move forward and practice sustainable, world-class agriculture that aligns with EU criteria\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The workshop was made possible through the support of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Champasak Province, the EU Delegation to Laos and the GIZ Project \u201cProtection and Sustainable Use of Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity\u201d.<\/p>

The EUDR Engagement project and the Protection and Sustainable Use of Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity (ProFEB) project are co-funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is reshaping global trade for coffee producers by ensuring that products reaching the EU are free from deforestation, forest degradation and legally produced. Its ultimate aim: to reduce carbon emissions and protect biodiversity. As part of the EUDR Engagement project, forestry advisors led a 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25423,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-category":[1102],"class_list":["post-25422","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-eudr-engagement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/25422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/25422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25427,"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/25422\/revisions\/25427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=25422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}