ON January 24, the Ciputra Hotel in West Jakarta became a venue where Indonesian and European Union experts on the Forest Law Enforcement, Government and Trade-Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) met. The routine meeting took place seven weeks after the European Union Deforestation-Free Supply Chains (EUDFSC) regulation was ratified. The new regulation, which will come into effect in May-June will require seven commodities circulating in