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  • EU, China and Africa explore ways to work together in their forestry cooperation

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 20 April 2018
    At the International Workshop on China-Africa Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, participants from Europe, China and Africa discussed synergies among green finance, China’s engagement in Africa, and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT).
  • World Wood-Based Panels Conference addresses timber legality

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 25 October 2017
    The legality of timber and timber products was a recurrent theme at the Fourth World Wood-Based Panels Conference that took place from 22-23 September 2017, in Linyi, China. The China National Forest Products Industry Association (CNFPIA) formally released China’s timber legality verification standard at the opening of the Conference. This voluntary standard sets out the requirements for timber legality for CNFPIA member companies.
  • APEC customs officials learn best practices for detecting illegal timber products

    by FLEGT.org Info, 31 August 2017
    More than 100 customs, forestry, and anti-corruption officials and civil society representatives from countries in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum met in Vietnam from 18-19 August 2017 to share best practices for identifying illegal timber and wood products.
  • The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme launches a new call for concept notes in VPA countries

    by FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, 02 August 2017
    The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme is now accepting concept notes from government institutions, civil society, indigenous and tribal peoples, and private sector organizations in countries engaged in Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with the European Union. Grants up to USD 110 000 are available through the Programme to support ongoing VPA processes in targeted countries.
  • Independent forest monitoring to boost transparency in Africa

    by FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, 27 June 2017
    Independent forest monitoring by civil society can improve transparency and help strengthen checks on illegality in the forest sector in Africa, an international conference heard last month in Accra.
  • Civil society sharing lessons on participation and forest governance

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 07 April 2017
    When civil society organisations in Indonesia began proposing ways to end illegal logging, they knew they had a mountain to climb. In 2002, some 80 percent of logging there was illegally. Corruption and conflict were widespread. Trust was lacking.
  • FLEGT boosts civil society self-help

    by Mike Jeffree, 28 March 2017
    After playing a key role in implementing their country’s FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the EU, Indonesian civil society groups are sharing experiences with counterparts in other countries engaged in the initiative.
  • Briefing: Addressing illegal cross-border timber trade in South Asia

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 02 March 2017
    The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing based on research into cross-border timber trade in South Asia, and between South Asian nations and Myanmar.
  • Civil society keen to take part in ASEAN’s new FLEG plan

    by Pei Ling Gan, 11 January 2017
    As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states implement a new ten-year plan to improve forest governance, civil society organisations (CSOs) in region are keen to get involved.
  • Southeast Asia marks progress in combating illegal timber trade

    by Pei Ling Gan, 04 January 2017
    Representatives from eight member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) shared their achievements in developing reliable timber legality assurance systems at a workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia from 6-8 December 2016.
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