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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Livelihood impact assessment of Vietnam’s VPA
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Vietnam’s community consultation on the Timber Legality Definition
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Malaysia: Control procedures for Legality Assurance System (Annex B)
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WWF letter to Malaysian government about VPA consultation
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Malaysia: EU delegation to visit Penan area without meeting Penan
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Malaysia: Modern forest and land legislation and native customary rights in Sarawak
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NGO letter on repression of activists in Cameroon
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Preliminary livelihood impact assessment of Vietnam’s VPA
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September 2007 NGO memorandum to Malaysian government
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The challenges in implementing Cameroon’s VPA
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Timber markets and trade between Laos and Vietnam
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