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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Vietnam VPA at a milestone as it receives government approval
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Un potentiel en jachère ? Revue des appuis européens à la foresterie communautaires dans le bassin du congo
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Bringing community forestry to the next level: a review of European support in the Congo Basin
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Transparence et commerce du bois : en construction – Actualité des APV, décembre 2018
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Trade agreements and transparency: under construction – VPA update, December 2018
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The long road to timber legality – Taking stock of the EU-Vietnam VPA timber trade deal
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Client Earth Forest Logbook
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EUTR News – November 2018 to January 2019
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