27 Cameroonian civil society and indigenous peoples' organisations call, among others, on the Government of Cameroon to guarantee the representation of national civil society and of indigenous peoples' organisations in the preparation, negotiation and implementation of the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement.


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Study on policies adopted by the EU and some of its member states to exclude illegal timber from EU markets including the FLEGT licensing system, existing domestic legislation and additional legislative options, and government procurement policy.
The Illegal Logging website hosted by Chatham House has a section dedicated to Additional Legislative Options

Consultation document on Additional Legislative Options under consideration by the UK Government, the European Commission and Member States.
The Illegal Logging website hosted by Chatham House has a section dedicated to Additional Legislative Options

A press release by Bruno Manser Fund, expressing disappointment and concern that the EU Delegation did not meet the affected Penan communities while visiting their territory


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Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe Position Paper in response to the European Commission Public Consultation on additional options to combat illegal logging and associated trade. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth recommend that the EU adopt legislation that supports both developing and developed countries in their efforts to regulate and conserve their natural resources by requiring that timber and timber products placed on the EU market come only from legal sources and responsibly managed forests.

WWF EPO (European Policy Office) reply to the to the European Commission Public Consultation on additional options to combat illegal logging and associated trade.

Serious loopholes in FLEGT VPAs mean significant volumes of illegal timber will not be restricted from the
EU market. So the EU must introduce new legislation to restrict illegal timber and timber products from the EU market, regardless of where the timber is from, or what form it takes.

This paper is the first of briefing papers that will inform stakeholders on how Ghana progresses on the initiative.

A one-page update on progress since the enactment of the National Forestry Reform Law in September 2006.

The first formal negotiating session between the European Union and Ghana was held on 1st March, 2007 in Accra.

EC delegation update on the first formal negotiations between Indonesia and the European Union on FLEGT VPA, which took place in Jakarta from 29 to 30 March 2007.

FGLG is "an informal alliance of in-country teams and international partners currently active in ten countries. We try to connect those marginalised from forest governance to those controlling it, and to help both do things better". This Update covers the activities of FGLG in a number of current and future VPA partner countries.

JOANGO Hutan proposal for a multi-stakeholder consultation process for the Malaysian-EU FLEGT VPA negotiations.

This statement aims to explain in detail the grounds behind the withdrawal of the JOANGOHutan and JOAS coalitions from the FLEGT Multi-stakeholder Consultation process organised by the Ministry of Plantation and Industrial Commodities (MPIC) on March 18, 2008.

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.

The seventh update from the FGLG - an informal alliance of in-country groups and international partners active in Niger, Ghana, Cameroon, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Indonesia, India and Vietnam. Some 15 new policy research outputs and tools and some 14 new press, TV and radio advocacy outputs have been produced.