Topic : FLEGT
The EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan represents the European Union’s flagship attempt to tackle the root causes of illegal logging. It sets out a series of measures, including a Regulation (the EU Timber Regulation) requiring companies to verify the legality any timber products they import to the EU.
A key element of the FLEGT Action Plan is a series of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). These agreements between timber producing countries and the EU aim to ensure that wood being exported to the EU is legal and that forest governance in the exporting country is improved. VPAs work by tackling the root causes of illegality, which include corruption and lack of clarity about land rights.
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How much do communities get from logging? Social obligations in the logging sector in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Republic of Congo
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FLEGT Lao CSO Committee Meeting 1/12/2016 at LBA
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Assessing Civil Society Participation in REDD+ and FLEGT Case study analysis of Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Republic of Congo
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Observation Indépendante – APV FLEGT, Cuvette, juillet 2015
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Foder and the EU-Cameroon VPA: protecting forests, communities and the climate
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Note de position de la Plateforme Forêt et Communauté sur le renouvellement de l’APV-FLEGT entre le Cameroun et l’Union européenne
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SDI and the EU-Liberia VPA: protecting forests, communities and the climate
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Civic Response and the EU-Ghana VPA: protecting forests, communities and the climate
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Rapport sur des incidences d’abattage illégale près de Zagoué, Cote d’Ivoire
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REPORT OF ILLEGAL LOGGING NEAR ZAGOUÉ, COTE D’IVOIRE
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Améliorer la Gouvernance Forestière en Afrique Centrale : Bonnes pratiques et leçons apprises de la collaboration entre parlementaires, société civile et médias
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