Contact

Other organisations in African partner countries

Listed here are a selection of links to web sites which contain information about, or related to, VPAs. We are in no way responsible for the content of these external sites and the views expressed.

Regional sites

Portail Environnement et Forêt en Afrique Centrale. Le projet FORINFO de la mission française de coopération est un projet environnemental qui concerne la sous-région du Bassin du Congo. Ce projet a pour mission de contribuer au développement d'une capacité de formation adéquate et de constituer un réservoir de compétences. L'objectif global est d'améliorer la planification et la gestion des ressources naturelles en mettant à disposition des différents acteurs une information appropriée sur l'environnement.

Cameroon

Government
The ministry responsible for forests is MINFOF (Ministry of Forests and Fauna / Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune; prior to 2005 known as the Minsitry of Environment and Forests / Ministère de l'Environnement et des Forêts, MINEF).

European Commission Delegation in Cameroon

Cameroon - NGOs / Networks / Projects

• Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement (CED) is the Cameroonian co-manager for loggingoff.info.
• The Independent Forest Monitoring of Cameroon forest operations was carried out by Global Witness from 2000 to 2005, and by REM- since 2005.
• Cameroon Environmental Watch

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Government
The responsible ministry if the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism / Ministère de l'Environnement, Conservation de la Nature et Tourisme.

European Commission Delegation in DRC

(Website in French)

DRC - NGOs / Networks / Projects

• CEDEN (Cercle pour la Défense de l’Environnement) +243 81 00 42 128 or +243 85 21 38 314 e-mail: ceden_ong@yahoo.fr

• GTF (Groupe de Travail Forêt) +2439 98 84 766 e-mail: bienvenu_ngoy@yahoo.fr

• RCEN (Réseau des Communicateur de l’Environnement) +243815190535 e-mail: aiglenene@yahoo.fr or nenemainzana@yahoo.fr

• CODELT (Conseil pour la Défense Environnementale par la Légalité et la Traçabilité) +243998162759 e-mail: ampoyi@gmail.com

• DGPA (Dynamique de Groupe des Autochtones) +243994406340 or +243854515734  e-mail: dgpa@yahoo.com

• LINAPYCO (Ligue Nationale des Associations des Pygmées du Congo) e-mail: linapyco@yahoo.fr

• RRN (Réseau Ressource Naturelles) +2430817957991  e-mail : josephbobia@rrnrdc.org

• OECEAN e-mail: oceanrdc@yahoo.fr

Gabon

Government

• The Ministry of Water and Forests (formerly of Forest Economy, Water, Fisheries, Environment and Nature Conservation) no longer oversees a National Parks site with WCS / The national parks are under the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN) under the Presidency. 
• The Ministry of Economic Planning, Finance, and Privatisation / Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances, du Budget, et de la Privatisation oversees Gabon's Forest and Environment Sector Programme / Programme Sectoriel Foret Environnement.

European Commission Delegation in Gabon

Ghana

Government
The primary agency responsible for the forest sector is Forestry Commission of Ghana. It has set up dedicated VPA pages.
The Commission operates semi-autonomously from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, who set forest policy.

European Commission Delegation in Ghana

Ghana - NGOs / Networks / Projects

• Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) is a network of social and environmental NGOs
• The Ghana Land and Forest Policy Support Facility (GLFPSF) aims to support and stimulate the processes of policy debate, discussion and formulation in the land and forest sectors within Ghana.

Liberia

Government
Liberia's official forestry documents are currently hosted by the Liberia Forest Initiative

European Commission Delegation in Liberia

Liberia - NGOs / Networks / Projects

• Save my Future Foundation (SAMFU). Their site also contains information on the Liberian NGO Coalition.
• The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) leads Liberia's NGOs on work related to the new forest law and regulations.
• Africa Environmental Watch follows wider environmental issues in Liberia.

Republic of Congo

Government
Ministry of Forests and Environment, Ministère de l'Économie Forestière et de l'Environnement (Minifor)

European Commission Delegation in Republic of Congo

Republic of Congo - NGOs / Networks / Projects

• REM are providing Independent Forest Monitoring services in association with a civil society capacity-building project by Forests Monitor.

Other organisation in Asian partner countries

Listed here are a selection of links to web sites which contain information about, or related to, Voluntary Partnership Agreements. We are in no way responsible for the content of these external sites and the views expressed.

Indonesia

Government
The Indonesia Department of Forestry co-hosts with the European Union a EC - Indonesia FLEGT Support Project

European Commission Delegation in Indonesia

Indonesia - NGOs / Networks / Projects

• Telapak is one of the loggingoff.info contacts for Indonesia
• Forest Watch Indonesia encourages transparency in forestry data and information in Indonesia
• The Environmental Investigation Agency provides international support for the work of Telapak
• Down to Earth monitors and campaigns on the social and human implications of environmental issues in Indonesia.
• Walhi, Friends of the Earth Indonesia, works on wide environmental issues.

Malaysia

Government

• Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM)
• Forestry Department of Sarawak
• Forestry Department of Sabah
• Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MITB)

• Sarawak Forestry Corporation
• Malaysia Timber Council (MTC)
• Malaysia Timber Certification Council (MTCC)

European Commission Delegation in Malaysia

Malaysia- NGOs / Networks / Projects

• Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)
• bangkit.net, the advocacy portal for Malaysian activist groups
• The Borneo Project provides news and links to many Malaysian environmental and social NGOs
• Rengah.c2o.org News of Sarawak indigenous peoples' struggles
• Sarawaknews.wordpress.com Sarawak indigenous community news site

The EFI office in Malaysia is c/o Embassy of Finland, 5th Floor, Wisma Chinese Chamber, 258 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, tel +60 12 2017040      
 

Other organisations in Europe

Listed here are a selection of links to web sites which contain information about, or related to, Voluntary Partnership Agreements. We are in no way responsible for the content of these external sites and the views expressed.

Belgium

The European Commission Development Directorate - DG Dev leads the Commission's website information on FLEGT, so this site has the latest FLEGT / VPA news items. They have a dedicated FLEGT page which includes the Commission's FLEGT Briefing Notes in all major European languages.

The European Commission Environment Directorate - DG Env is also key to FLEGT and other international environmental agreements (as well as working on environmental policy within Europe). Their FLEGT page gives a short introduction.

The European Commission Trade Directorate - DG Trade has hosted a number of 'civil society dialogues' on FLEGT. Search for FLEGT on their dialogue webpage.

The European Commison Enterprise and Industry Directorate includes work on Forest-Based Industries within Europe.

The EFI Office in Brussels is at European Forestry House, 66 Rue du Luxembourg, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, Tel +32 (0)2 2392 309 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            +32 (0)2 2392 309      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Finland

The EU FLEGT Facility supports the Commission and EU Member States in implementing the EU FLEGT Action Plan, especially Voluntary Partnership Agreements. Established in 2007, the Facility is hosted and managed by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and financed by the Commission and Member States. The Facility is working with a growing number of partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In Asia, the Facility executes a Regional Asia FLEGT Support Programme to support the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan in the Asian region.

European Forest Institute, Torikatu 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland Tel +358 (0)10 773 4300 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            +358 (0)10 773 4300      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

+358 (0)10 773 4300 

United Kingdom

Chatham House in the UK is funded by DFID to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate.