Forest Governance and the Voluntary Partnership Agreement
On 9 May 2011 the government of Liberia and the European Union (EU) signed a Voluntary
Partnership Agreement (VPA) in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. The aim of the agreement is
to improve forest governance by tackling the problem of illegal logging, improving transparency
and public participation, enhancing community rights and strengthening the role of
civil society in overseeing the forest sector. The VPA was negotiated against the backdrop of
faltering forest sector reform.
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