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  • Collaboration en RCA pour la transparence forestière

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 29 November 2017
    Une mission d’observation indépendante effectuée en République Centrafricaine fait partie des actions menées dans le pays dans le cadre du Plan d’action sur l’application des règlementations forestières, la gouvernance et les échanges commerciaux (FLEGT) de l’Union européenne (UE). Comprenant des membres de la société civile ainsi que des fonctionnaires de l’État, les activités de cette mission ont amorcé un processus de reprise de confiance et de restauration de la crédibilité du secteur.

  • Collaboration in CAR for transparency in the forest sector

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 29 November 2017
    A mandated independent observation project carried out in the Central African Republic is one of the actions initiated in the country as part of the European Union (EU) Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). By involving members of civil society and Government officials, the project has triggered a revival of confidence and credibility within the forest sector.

  • Cameroon and the EU release 2016 annual report on VPA progress

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 20 November 2017
    Cameroon and the EU have released a joint report on progress in implementing the Voluntary Partnership Agreement in 2016. The report describes progress made with the timber legality assurance system, institutional improvements, stakeholder engagement, communication, transparency and monitoring of the agreement.

  • New regulations in Ghana important milestone for full VPA implementation

    by FLEGT.org Info, 17 November 2017
    New regulations enacted by Ghana on 3 November 2017 address entrenched forest governance challenges and are an important milestone on the road to the full implementation of the country’s Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union (EU).

  • Indonesia shipped verified legal timber worth more than 1 billion euros to EU in first year of FLEGT licensing

    by FLEGT.org Info, 15 November 2017
    Indonesia has shipped verified legal timber and timber products worth more than 1 billion euros to the EU since it began issuing such products with FLEGT licences one year ago.

  • ClientEarth compares illegal logging laws of the EU, the US, Australia and Japan

    by FLEGT.org Info, 13 November 2017
    ClientEarth has published a table of information on the laws in force in Australia, the European Union (EU), Japan and the United States (US) to restrict or prevent access of illegally-harvested timber to their markets.

  • Paper analyses VPA implementation in Indonesia and Ghana

    by FLEGT.org Info, 09 November 2017
    A new paper in the journal Regulation & Governance analyses the implementation of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) in Indonesia and Ghana under the European Union (EU) Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan.

  • Call for tender: Facilitation services for FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements in Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo and Guyana

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 03 November 2017
    The European Forest Institute has issued a call Facilitation services for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements in Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Guyana. The objective of the assignment is that an international service provider will provide a FLEGT facilitation service in four VPA partner countries which are Ghana, Liberia, Republic of the Congo and Guyana in a format of a Facilitation Unit.

  • Call for tender: National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia

    by EU FLEGT Facility, 26 October 2017
    The European Forest Institute has issued a call for tender for a National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia. The objective of the assignment is to support the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the EU, represented by EU Delegation to Indonesia and the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) of the European Commission, in the licensing phase of the VPA.

  • 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.