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FLEGT in Cameroon

The process to conclude the Cameroon-EU VPA lasted 5 years from 2005–09. The informal pre-negotiation phase (2005–06), mainly involved a Cameroonian assessment of the VPA’s ability to increase timber product exports to Europe and help reinforce ongoing governance reforms. This included several multi-stakeholder consultations on issues such as how to define legality, traceability and control systems. This phase was followed by formal political and technical negotiation sessions (2007–09) that concluded with the signing of the agreement in December 2009.

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Documents

Heracles' 13th labour?
12/04/2012 English Cameroon, Civil society publications

A study of SGSOC's land concession in South-West Cameroon

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Un contra informe de la sociedad civil acerca del AVA entre Camerún y la UE
18/08/2011 English Cameroon, Consultation / Participation, LoggingOff publications (including VPA counterbriefs)

Cameroon counterbrief in Spanish

 

El 6 de mayo de 2010, el Gobierno de Camerún y la Unión Europea (UE) firmaron un Acuerdo Voluntario de Asociación (AVA) que tiene como objetivo resolver el problema generalizado de la tala ilegal en el país y la mala gestión asociada. El acuerdo tiene como objetivo desarrollar medidas para garantizar que el sector maderero en Camerún es legal y sostenible.

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Whose land is it?

05/05/2011 English Cameroon, Civil society publications

Report by Liz Alden Wily that sets out to identify the current legal status of customary land interests in Cameroon. This report analyses what the law says concerning customary land rights, focuses on the forestry legislation in force and compares the situation in Cameroon to that in other African States. The report also suggests ways forward by describing what an optimal legal status of customary land rights would look like and what possible avenues can be found in the existing law.

application/pdf iconcameroon_eng_internet.pdf2 MB bytes

What is the EU FLEGT?

25/08/2010 English Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Ecuador, FLEGT, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Vietnam

PDF version of the slideshow which appears on the FLEGT page

application/pdf icon2010.07.01 What is EU FLEGT_loggingoff1_rwil.pdf1.57 MB bytes

Key facts about the Cameroon-EU VPA
18/06/2010 English Cameroon, FLEGT, Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs)
  • The Cameroon–EU VPA’s objective is to provide a framework of legislation, systems, controls and verification procedures to ensure that all timber exports from Cameroon into the European market have been legally acquired, harvested, transported and exported.
  • Cameroon and the EU want the VPA to be a tool to promote environmentally sound and socially just forest management.

Forest Governance Learning Group Update (IIED) June '08
16/05/2010 English Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam

The sixth update from the FGLG - an informal alliance of in-country groups and international partners currently active in eight African and three Asian countries. This update covers activities over the last year, impacts to date, the state of play in participating countries, and the path ahead, including focused studies, developing tactics and tools, holding learning events, and working as a group to effect change.

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Forest Governance Learning Group (IIED) Apr '07
04/05/2010 English Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam
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