Tapio Leppänen

Independent forestry consultant with personal experience from development projects, forest enterprises and government agencies; the past 14 years in Indochina, mainly Vietnam. Ongoing and recent short-term assignments in Indochina region on:
– Formulating the EU-Vietnam Forestry Support Project
– Supporting management of production-, protection, and conservation forests in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
– Analysing timber- and wood industry markets in Vietnam and Laos
– Evaluating investment projects in wood production and wood industry in Vietnam
– Supporting integrated coastal protection zone- and mangrove management
– Forest policy, institution development, EU-FLEGT, REDD +