EU FLEGT: VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) are the means of putting the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing system into effect.

At the heart of the FLEGT initiative lies the attempt to exclude illegally logged timber products from EU markets. Timber products which have been legally produced in VPA partner countries will be licensed for legality of production, and only licensed products from these partner countries will be allowed access to the EU.

A series of VPAs are currently under negotiation between the EU and timber-producing and -exporting countries. Three have so far been agreed: with Ghana, in September 2008, and the Republic of Congo in March 2009; the terms of the VPA with Cameroon have been agreed but not yet signed. Negotiations are ongoing with Central African Republic, Indonesia, Liberia and Malaysia, and informal discussions are proceeding in many other countries.

Each VPA will need to set out a series of key factors in implementing the licensing system. These include the range of the laws and regulations to be considered in deciding the status of legality to be applied in awarding the license, the institutional arrangements behind the system, and the degree of independent verification of legal behaviour at every stage of the chain of custody of the products.

Perhaps most importantly, the VPAs offer an important means of improving forestry governance in the partner countries. All the VPAs so far agreed will include an analysis of existing legislation, with commitment to reforms where necessary; agreement on independent monitoring of the functioning of the legality assurance and licensing systems, with outcomes available to the public; a commitment to national stakeholder involvement in the joint committees to be set up to oversee the process; and improvements in transparency in forest management. In most cases the VPA negotiation process itself has helped to improve governance, primarily through the inclusion of partner-country civil society in the talks.

Sub sections:

• Cameroon VPA
• Central African Republic VPA Negotiations
• Ghana VPA
• Indonesia VPA Negotiations
• Liberia VPA Negotiations
• Malaysia VPA Negotiations
• Republic of Congo VPA
• Vietnam VPA Negotiations

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
30/08/2010	EU FLEGT News, August/September 2010 Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and institutions to combat illegal ...	EFI (European Forest Institute)
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03/03/2010	EFI's EU FLEGT News February/March 2010 EFI have published the first issue of EFI’s EU FLEGT News. The newlsetter includes information ...	EFI (European Forest Institute)
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01/02/2010	Forest Watch Special Report – Update report on FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements This FERN Special Report offers a brief overview of VPAs and an update on the status of negotiations ...	FERN (Saskia Ozinga & Iola Leal)
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20/01/2010	Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures Summary and analysis of the range of measures taken by consumer countries to control imports of illegal ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/11/2009	New EU Trade Regulations to Combat Illegal Logging: A Critique The authors of this critique of EU policy to address illegal logging claim that, under WTO rules, the ...	European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Fredrik Erixon & Brian Hindley
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01/10/2009	Keeping Illegal Fish and Timber off the Market: A Comparison of EU Regulations Comparison of the EU's approaches to excluding illegal timber and illegal fish for its markets. ...	Chatham House (Heike Baumueller, Duncan Brack & Katharina Umpfenbach)
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17/09/2009	Consultation on the UK implementation of the European FLEGT regulation 2005 This consultation seeks views on the implementation of a scheme for verification of the Forest Law Enforcement ...	DEFRA
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22/06/2009	Combating Illegal Logging: Interaction with WTO Rules Controlling international trade in illegal timber is an essential part of the international effort to ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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26/05/2009	What Is a Voluntary Partnership Agreement? The European Union Approach The European Commission published the FLEGT Action Plan in 2003, setting out a range of measures available ...	European Forest Institute
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01/04/2009	Forest Governance, Markets and Trade: Implications for Sustainability and Livelihoods - Can FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements Lead to Increased Investment and Trade for Partner Countries? This note discusses the potential of VPAs, by strengthening forest governance, to assist partner countries ...	Forest Trends / Department for International Development (DfID) UK
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27/03/2009	Road map for the negotiation process between Liberia and the European Commission for a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) The Roadmap envisions four formal negotiation sessions with technical video-conferences at appropriate ...	Government of Liberia (Forestry Development Authority)
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27/03/2009	Joint statement on a VPA on FLEGT between Liberia and the European Community Agreement between Liberia and the European Community to open negotiations on a voluntary partnership ...	Government of Liberia and European Community
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03/02/2009	Joint technical evaluation of Malaysian Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) The independent technical evaluation of the Malaysian Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) aimed to ...	EFI
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01/01/2009	The EU's Policy with Respect to Imports of Illegally Harvested Timber and the Commission's Regulation on the Matter - An African perspective Looks at the background to the EU's measures to control import of illegal timber, gives the history ...	Forestry Commission of Ghana (Chris Beeko)
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01/11/2008	Forest Governance, Markets and Trade: Implications for Sustainability and Livelihoods - Linking FLEGT Partnership Agreements to Jobs and Growth This brief report discusses the potential impact of the European Commission’s Voluntary Partnership ...	Forest Trends (Elson, Dominic)
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20/10/2008	Cross-border flows of timber and wood products in West Africa Recognizing that regional and cross-border timber trade may have important implications for the FLEGT ...	European Commission
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01/10/2008	Promoting China's Engagement in Africa: Chinese forest delegation study tour to West and Central Africa The overall intent of the 2008 study tour was to engage China, as a major consumer of African forest ...	IUCN
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01/07/2008	European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (English Version) An updated series of documents (also see EC ...	European Commission
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01/07/2008	Illegal wood for the European market: An analysis of the EU import and export of illegal wood and related products This report looks at EU timber imports and concludes that one-fifth of wood imported into the European ...	WWF
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01/07/2008	European FLEGT Briefing note 8 (Chinese version) The Chinese translation of briefing note 8 from an updated series of documents (see EC ...	European Commission
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01/06/2008	Forest Governance Learning Group Update June 2008 This Update highlights the impacts and plans of the Forest Governance Learning Group in its country-based ...	IIED
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01/06/2008	Communique from Civil Society on EU-Ghana VPA Since December 2006, Ghana and the European Union have been negotiating a Voluntary Partnership Agreement. ...	Ghana Civil Society Contact Group
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01/06/2008	Communique from Industry on EU-Ghana VPA The Ghana timber industry accepts the objectives of VPA and considers it as an important mechanism to ...	Ghana Timber Industry VPA Representatives
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01/04/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 4 This edition highlights the discussions contributing to harmonising EU and North American purchasing ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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03/12/2007	Republique du Congo: Communiqu final, sanctionnant les travaux de l'atelier national sur le processus FLEGT Sets out work to be done under FLEGT as decided at the national workshop organised in Brazaville on 3-4 ...	Ministry of Forest Economy (Republic of Congo)
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01/12/2007	So, who owns the forest? Sets out the confusions and conundrums of forest tenure in Liberia today and develops clear recommendations ...	Sustainable Development Institute/FERN
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28/09/2007	Joint declaration from the EU FLEGT Cameroon VPA negotiations Statement from the FLEGT VPA negotiations in Yaounde, Cameroon. (In French) ...	Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Fauna/ European Commission
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06/09/2007	The Verifor Project: Update for the third EC Projects meeting Update of the Verifor project, which enables producer countries to develop their capacity to verify their ...	Verifor
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06/09/2007	EFI Project: Support for EU FLEGT partnership agreement in developing countries The project purpose is to assist developing countries to enter into and implement effective partnership ...	European Forest Institute
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06/09/2007	Implementing the EU FLEGT Action Plan: promoting good governance in the forest sector Description of FERN project to support legal, institutional, and policy reform within the framework of ...	FERN
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01/09/2007	Capacity Building in the Congo Basin and Implementation of Independent Monitoring of FLEG (IM-FLEG) in the Republic of Congo Project description of IFM work being done in the Republic of Congo towards Forest Law Enforcement and ...	Forests Monitor/ Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)
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03/08/2007	Communique from civil society meeting on EU-Ghana VPA Civil Society representatives from across Ghana met at the Institute of Local Government Studies, Accra, ...	Ghana Institute of Local Government Studies
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01/07/2007	Documents relating to the Cameroon EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) A collection of documents relating to the Cameroon EU FLEGT VPA negotiation process. Includes details ...	Government of Cameroon
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01/04/2007	Ghana VPA Discussion Paper 2 Ghanas preparation for the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) commenced in May 2005 when a multi-stakeholder ...	Ghanian Ministry of Lands, Forestry & Mines
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01/03/2007	European Commission FLEGT Briefing Sheets (French Version) An updated series of documents ( ...	European Commission
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01/03/2007	Independent Forest Monitoring: Seven years on Paper published in the International Forestry Review looking at the development of International Forest ...	Global Witness (David Young)
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01/02/2007	Blocking Loopholes with Law: Why FLEGT VPAs require New EU Legislation test edit ...	EIA/Telapak
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01/02/2007	Development of the Indonesian Timber Legality Standard Disagreement concerning how to define illegal timber has been identified as a root cause of the problem ...	Telapak Indonesia
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24/01/2007	Action against illegal logging: interaction with international trade agreements A paper prepared for the Chatham House meeting 'Forest governance and trade: exploring options' ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/12/2006	Arborvitae Issue 32: The IUCN/WWF forest conservation newsletter The focus of this issue of arbor vitae is illegal logging and forest governance. It contains informative ...	IUCN and WWF
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19/09/2006	Briefing: EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements NGO statement on potential pitfalls in EU FLEGT VPAs, and recommendations for how to address them. ...	FERN, Global Witness, Greenpeace
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01/06/2006	Forest Governance in Ghana: Recommendations for a VPA One of a series looking at forest governance from an NGO perspective, other reports in this series cover ...	FERN
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01/06/2006	Forest Governance in DRC: Recommendations for a VPA One of a series looking at forest governance from an NGO perspective. Other reports in the same series ...	FERN
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01/05/2006	Excluding illegal timber from EU markets: options for the EU and its member states A range of options are available to governments of consumer/importer countries in seeking to reduce their ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/01/2006	Forest Governance Learning Group Update January 2006 Describes the group's activities, impacts and outputs over the last year and outlines the path ahead. ...	FGLG
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01/01/2006	Planned Research: Regional Trade Patterns – West and Central Africa The aim of the study is to identify any potential trade distortions that might arise as a result of the ...	DFID
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01/01/2006	DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme 2006-2011 The UK Department for International Development's Forest Governance and Trade Programme is a five-year, ...	DFID
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20/12/2005	EC Regulation on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme In May 2003 the European Commission presented an action plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and ...	EC
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01/12/2005	Ghana VPA Discussion Paper 1 This discussion paper is meant to stimulate thinking on the broader implications of the EU FLEGT Voluntary ...	Ghanian Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines
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01/11/2005	Scoping Study: Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) in Ghana Following on from a feasibility study in 2004 that concluded that Ghana faces some serious forest law ...	Global Witness (UK)
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01/10/2005	Impacts of reduction of illegal logging in European Russia on the EU and European Russia forest sector and trade A report examining the potential impacts of implementing trade controls, such as the licensing scheme ...	European Forest Institute
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01/10/2005	Lawless: How Europe's Borders Remain Open to Trade in Illegal Timber Greenpeace briefing on illegal logging and the EU FLEGT process and Voluntary Partnership agreements, ...	Greenpeace
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19/05/2005	DEFRA Consultation on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Licensing Scheme The EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan sets out the European Commission's ...	UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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20/12/2004	CEPI Position paper on the Proposal for setting up a voluntary Timber Licensing Scheme for imports of timber into the EU Conferderation of European Paper Industries position on the EU FLEGT volutary partnership agreements ...	CEPI
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01/11/2004	A Licensing System for Legal Timber: Options and considerations for a legality licensing system under the EU FLEGT Action Plan Analyses the practical requirements for implementing the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Duncan Brack)
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01/04/2004	European Commission FLEGT Briefing Sheets (Russian 2004 version) A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Russian. The briefings describe the main aspects of the ...	European Commission
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01/04/2004	European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (French 2004 version) These are the original versions of this European Commission series translated into French (also ...	European Commission
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01/04/2004	European Commission FLEGT Briefing Sheets (Indonesian Bahasa 2004 version) A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Indonesian Bahasa. The briefings describe the main aspects ...	European Commission
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01/04/2004	European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (English 2004 version) These are the original versions of this European Commission series (also ...	European Commission
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01/04/2004	FLEGT Briefing Sheets (Spanish 2004 version) A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Spanish. The briefings describe the main aspects of the ...	European Commission
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01/04/2004	European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (Portugese 2004 version) A series of EC briefing sheets translated into Portugese. The briefings describe the main aspects of ...	European Commission
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02/12/2003	Illegal Logging Stakeholder Consultation Pre-Meeting A brief summary of the meeting which considered the FLEGT Action plan, including the licensing scheme ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Jade Saunders)
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12/03/2003	WTO Implications of an International Timber Licensing Scheme A draft paper, for discussion and comment, on the possible treatment under WTO rules of a legality licensing ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Duncan Brack)
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
20/07/2010	European illegal logging legislation passes last major hurdle During June, representatives of the European Commission, Council and Parliament reached agreement on ...	ITTO Market Report
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15/07/2010	European Commissioner talks tough in fight against illegal logging Andris Piebalgs promises to come down hard on member states that fail to adequately enforce illegal timber ...	BusinessGreen.com
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14/06/2010	UK government prepares timber licensing controls Defra’s Animal Health agency has been given the task of managing timber imports licensed under ...	TTJ - The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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16/04/2010	Forest footprint makes its mark How much or little your business contributes to deforestation is set to be an increasingly significant ...	TTJ - The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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13/03/2010	Wood export rules change HCM [Ho Chi Minh] City — Vietnamese wooden products makers have to conform to new US and EU laws ...	Viet Nam News
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05/03/2010	EC helps Vietnam in forest management A working group on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) has made its debut in Hanoi to ...	VOV News, Vietnam
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15/02/2010	EU due diligence legislation The European Council of Ministers reached agreement on a text of the proposed “due diligence” ...	ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Market Report
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06/12/2009	EFPI introduces Code of Conduct on sustainability The pressing problems of illegally logged and traded timber and sustainable forestry are at the heart ...	European Federation of Parquet Importers (EFPI)
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18/11/2009	Malaysia addressing issues on EU forest law, says Dompok The Hague - Malaysia is addressing the sticky issues with regard to the European Union Forest Law, Enforcement, ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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11/11/2009	Stringent conditions to be met before Norway $$ released Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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06/11/2009	GOL, EU to negotiate partnership agreement The Government of Liberia and the European Union are to negotiate for a Voluntary Partnership Agreement ...	The Inquirer Online, Liberia
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02/11/2009	Malaysian Forestry Department studies RFID The Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM) recently completed a trial of timber tracking and ...	RFID Journal
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03/09/2009	US introduces new approach to combat illegal wood trade The United States has been intensifying regional dialogue with a number of Asia's wood exporting ...	The Jakarta Post
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18/08/2009	EU hopes to sign trade agreement with Malaysia by year end Kuala Lumpur - The European Union (EU) hopes to sign a bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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23/07/2009	The need to check deforestation in West Africa Achieving long-term development in West Africa requires much more than just exploiting the region's ...	Business Day, Nigeria
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17/07/2009	TIDD organises roundtable discussion on timber trade procedures Takoradi - Mr Alhassan Attah, Executive Director of the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD), ...	Ghana News Agency
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07/07/2009	EC pledges funds to stop illegal logging The European Commission has upped its fight against illegal logging by pledging 4.5m euros to the EU ...	TTJ Timber Industry Magazine
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25/05/2009	Slow forest tenure reform threatens Africa's action against climate change A new report released today at a major global forestry conference in Cameroon has found that deforestation ...	Africa Science News Service (Kenya)
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20/05/2009	Forestry Commission appeals for sustainable timber industry The Forestry Commission has appealed to Ghanaian timber producers and exporters to join hands and support ...	The Statesman (Ghana)
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11/05/2009	European Union waits for Indonesia's approval over illegal logging Jakarta - The European Union is waiting for the Indonesian government to approve the agreement for not ...	TempoInteractive, Indonesia
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11/05/2009	The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging The Republic of Congo and the EU have announced a new system to ensure that by 2011 no illegal timber ...	Mongabay.com
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10/05/2009	EU, Congo to protect tropical forest with timber pact The European Union reached an agreement with the Republic of Congo to halt illegal timber imports to ...	Ghana Business News
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09/05/2009	EU to conclude deal to stop illegal timber extraction from Republic of Congo First bilateral pact with Congo Basin nation uses power of European Market to curb rise of illegal timber ...	European Forest Institute
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06/05/2009	FC appeals to timber industry players to support initiatives The Forestry Commission (FC), has appealed to Ghanaian timber producers and exporters to join hands and ...	GhanaWeb
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26/04/2009	EU and Malaysia in final phase of timber trade talks Brussels - The European Union (EU) and Malaysian negotiators are in the midst of finalising the bilateral ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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07/04/2009	Jakarta to be hit by moves on illegal logging New US and European Union efforts to clamp down on the illegal timber trade are expected to take a multi-billion ...	Financial Times, UK
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26/03/2009	Launch of Voluntary Partnership Agreement between Government of Liberia and EU Minister Chris Toe's opening statement at the launch of negotiations ...	Government of Liberia (Forestry Development Authority)
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01/02/2009	Sarawak to resist pressure from Europe Kuching, Malaysia - Sarawak will not bow to pressure from the Europeans on timber certification, said ...	Malaysia Star (Malaysia)
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19/01/2009	European Union plan to hit illegal logging said unclear, costly Brussels - European Union farm ministers on Monday broadly welcomed plans to crack down on the lucrative ...	Kyiv Post (Ukraine)
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15/12/2008	EC and Vietnam establish FLEGT Technical Working Group The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the European Commission (EC) have agreed ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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07/11/2008	Ghana: Locals hail EU pact to end illegal logging Accra, Ghana - A long queue of trucks loaded with timber, freshly sawed from Ghana's fast-depleting ...	IRIN
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31/10/2008	EU tackles illegal logging, but evironmentalists want more The EUs Environment Commissioner has announced two new initiatives to combat illegal logging and deforestation, ...	Bridges Trade BioRes
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27/10/2008	Stricter trade rules seen cutting illegal timber Geneva, Switzerland - Stricter trade standards could help reduce the amount of illegal timber used as ...	Reuters
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23/10/2008	Impact Assessment: combat illegal logging The European Commission has published a staff working document related to the Summary of the Impact Assessment ...	Euroalert.net (Spain)
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15/10/2008	EU illegal logging legislation continues to be delayed There continue to be delays to the release of the European Commission Communication containing proposals ...	ITTO Timber Trade Market Report (Japan)
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23/09/2008	Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement - What benefits? Treaties, conventions and protocols governing international trade in specified commodities are becoming ...	Graphic Online (Ghana)
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19/09/2008	EU-Ghana trade deal takes aim at illegal logging The EU and Ghana clinched a deal last week aimed at reducing illegal timber harvesting in the forested ...	Bridges Trade BioRes
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18/09/2008	Malaysian Timber Set For A Brighter Future In EU Markets, Says MTC London, UK - Malaysian timber exports to the European Union (EU), is set for a brighter future with the ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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14/09/2008	Ghana achieves historic VPA first Ghana has become the first country to sign a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to prevent illegal ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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04/09/2008	Timber imports to be licensed to combat illegal logging Timber imported to Europe from Ghana is to be certified in an attempt to stamp out illegal logging costing ...	Telegraph (UK)
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04/09/2008	Ghana: Country, EU Sign Pact The Minister of Lands Forestry and Mines, Mrs. Esther Obeng Dappah, has noted that Ghana, under the first ...	AllAfrica.com
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03/09/2008	Ghana, EU sign trade deal on timber Ghana and The European Union on Wednesday signed a groundbreaking trade agreement that would stop imports ...	Joy Online (Ghana)
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25/08/2008	Sarawak Chief Minister implicated in yet another timber scam (Press Release) European Union asked to stall timber trade talks with Malaysia. ...	Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)
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25/08/2008	Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U. Malaysia - Sarawak's Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud, has been linked to a timber trade scheme involving ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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11/08/2008	Malaysia poised to gain EU trade advantage for wood products Malaysia could become the first Asian country to have a voluntary trade deal with the European Union ...	The Star (Malaysia)
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13/06/2008	Forest resources in danger - report Ghana - Preliminary reports from the ongoing voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) negotiations on how ...	Modern Ghana (Ghana)
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30/05/2008	EC-Indonesia FLEGT Support Project targets threats to biodiversity Antara News reported that the EC-Indonesia Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Support ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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22/05/2008	The voluntary partnership agreement and Ghana Ghana depends on its forest resources for economic, environmental and cultural benefits. Despite their ...	Ghanian Times (Ghana)
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16/05/2008	Ghana: Government-EU Negotiation On Timber Trade Ends The on-going round of negotiations in Accra between the government of Ghana and the EU aimed at establishing ...	AllAfrica.com
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15/05/2008	Ghana and EU poised to formalize VPA In June 2008, the European Union (EU) and Ghana will formalize a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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30/04/2008	EU-Ghana To Stem Illegal Timber Trade Beginning from June this year, Ghana and the European Union (EU) will formalise a voluntary partnership ...	Modern Ghana (Ghana)
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02/04/2008	Heavy penalties proposed for illegal timber traders Those caught knowingly selling illegal timber in the UK could face up to five years in prison and a £100,000 ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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02/04/2008	Much to learn from the VPA process For three days beginning 31 March 2008, FERN hosted a seminar for civil society NGOs from countries involved ...	FERN (EU Forest Watch)
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10/03/2008	FLEGT update from the EU Support Team Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia and Malaysia continue to negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), ...	CPET (UK)
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14/01/2008	London illegal logging debate to kick off UK environment minister Phil Woolas will kick off a two-day illegal logging debate in central London ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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12/12/2007	Ghana: Country, Others Losing U.S.$10 Billion Through Illegal Logging Ghana - Illegal logging has been identified as one area where the government and custodians of the country's ...	AllAFrica.com
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23/10/2007	Ministry continues timber talks with EU Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry will continue to hold negotiations ...	Malaysia Star (Malaysia)
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02/10/2007	Ghana hopes for EU timber deal Giant trucks thunder out of Ghana's tropical forests, loaded high with huge logs. ...	BBC (UK)
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15/09/2007	Cameroon and EU agree to investigate illegal logging Sky News reported that Cameroon and the EU will investigate illegal logging in Cameroon, which costs ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/08/2007	VPA negotiations yield mixed progress EU Forest Watch reported progress in the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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23/08/2007	EU helps Cameroon fight $100 mln/yr illegal logging Yaounde, Cameroon - The European Union and Cameroon have agreed to investigate illegal logging, which ...	Reuters (UK)
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17/07/2007	Tightening regulations Malaysia - Europe is placing new rules on timber products that can enter its market. ...	Malaysia Star (Malaysia)
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07/07/2007	Malaysia And EU To Continue Timber Legality Talks Kuching, Malaysia - Malaysia and the European Union (EU) will continue negotiations for the Forest Law ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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30/06/2007	Minister expects robust performance of timber industry Malaysia - Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Anifah Aman said he expected the ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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30/04/2007	Ghana VPA process based on five deliverables Ghana's preparations towards the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process are based on a five-point ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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10/04/2007	Negotiations between Indonesia and the European Union on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) The first formal negotiations between Indonesia and the European Union on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement ...	NGO Forestry Sector Partnership
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31/03/2007	Ghana and EU hold first VPA meeting The Lands, Forestry and Mines Ministry, Professor Dominic Fobih, said Ghana was determined to protect ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/03/2007	Malaysia-EU kick off second round of negotiations Malaysia and the EU will hold the second round of negotiations in Brussels in April, under the Forest ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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30/03/2007	The 1st Negotiation on FLEGT-VPA between Indonesia, European Commission (Press Release) The first formal negotiations between Indonesia and the European Union on a Voluntary ...	European Commission (Belgium)
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27/03/2007	Malaysia to use certification to crack down on illegal logging Malaysia will ask its timber suppliers in other countries to provide certification on the origin of wood ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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21/03/2007	Second Round M'sia-EU Timber Legality Talks Next Month Kuching, Malaysia - Malaysia and the European Union (EU) will held the second round of negotiations for ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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15/03/2007	Malaysia to ask timber suppliers for proof of origin Malaysia to ask timber suppliers for proof of origin Malaysia will ask its timber suppliers in other ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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02/03/2007	Ghana and the EU hold the first round of negotiations on a FLEGT voluntary partnership agreement Joint Ghana-European Union press release on forest law enforcement governance and trade (FLEGT). ...	Ghanaian Government/European Commission
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26/02/2007	DFID announce grants supporting forest governance and trade London, UK - DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme is a five-year, £24 million programme ...	Chatham House (UK)
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22/02/2007	Ghana: Saving the Country's Forest Ghana - Government and the Forestry Commission must be congratulated on their announcement of a November ...	AllAfrica.com
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07/02/2007	EU tackles illegal logging (Press Release) Brussels - Leading members of the European Parliament attended a seminar today to address ...	EIA (UK)
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31/01/2007	Malaysia and EU agree on an independent body Malaysia and the EU have agreed that an independent body will be assigned the task to ascertain whether ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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24/01/2007	Illegal logging high on Asia-Pacific agenda It has been a good week for trees, with Australia and the UK agreeing to work together to tackle illegal ...	Environmental Data Interactive UK)
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21/01/2007	EU delegation in Malaysia's Borneo to check on legality of timber exports Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - An EU trade delegation was set to wrap up a visit to Malaysia's portion ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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19/01/2007	Malaysia-EU Pact Can Influence Fight Against Illegal Logging Sarawak, Malaysia - The success of the voluntary partnership agreement between Malaysia and the European ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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19/01/2007	Malaysia and the European Commission held the first round of negotiations on a FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement ...	Malaysian Government/European Commission
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16/01/2007	EU delegation to visit Penan blockade area without meeting the Penan An official EU delegation enquiring about the legality and sustainability of timber production in Malaysia ...	Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)
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15/01/2007	EU delegation visits blockade sites in Baram Malaysia will host an EU delegation in Sarawak in late January to showcase its sustainable logging system ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/01/2007	Indonesia and EU kick off formal VPA talks The Indonesian Forestry Minister, M.S. Kaban, and Commissioners Louis Michel and Stavros Dimas, responsible ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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10/01/2007	Indonesia, EU ready to discuss timber export licensing system Jakarta - Indonesia and the European Union were ready to discuss timber export licensing system which ...	Zee News (India)
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08/01/2007	Indonesia and EU agree to tackle illegal logging through a "FLEGT" Partnership (Press Release) The Hon. M.S. Kaban, Minister of Forestry of Indonesia met Commissioners Louis Michel ...	European Commission (Belgium)
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15/12/2006	Validation of Legal Timber Project set for completion Ghana - Preparations for the Validation of Legal Timber Project (VLTP) and the competitive tendering ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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12/12/2006	EU Delegation To Visit Penan Blockade Sites In Ulu Baram Kuching, Malaysia - Malaysia will fly in a European Union (EU) delegation to visit logging sites in Sarawak ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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22/11/2006	EU-RI Agree to Regulate Illegal Log Import Jakarta, Indonesia - The European Union (EU) Commission and the Indonesian government are going to draft ...	Bisnis (Indonesia)
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15/10/2006	Malaysia and EU to hold more formal talks on VPA Malaysia and the EU will hold formal talks in November to formalize the certification of timber exports ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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05/10/2006	Two NGOs blame EU for importing illegal timber Jakarta, Indonesia - Two non-governmental organisations, namely , the Environmental Investigation Agency ...	Antara (Indonesia)
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29/09/2006	EU-Malaysia plan for legal timber trade fails to tackle massive wood smuggling (Press Release) Plans by the European Union and Malaysia to negotiate an agreement to ensure they only ...	EIA (UK)
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25/09/2006	Malaysia and EU agree to start negotiations on "FLEGT" (Press Release) 'The Hon. Datuk Peter Chin, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities of ...	European Commission (Brussels)
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25/09/2006	EU and Malaysia to talk on curbing illegal timber BRUSSELS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The European Union and Malaysia agreed on Monday to launch talks on a trade ...	Reuters (UK)
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21/09/2006	FFIF: Forest industry makes strong contribution in EU to prevent illegal logging Finnish Forest Industries Federation Press Release: Finnish forest industry has actively contributed ...	Kauppalehti (Finland)
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12/09/2006	Cameroon: Timber Exportation - European Union Sets Conditions Stakeholders work out new criteria for legal exploitation in order to break through the international ...	AllAfrica.com
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31/08/2006	EU and Malaysia kick off formal VPA talks Malaysia and the European Commission (EC) in Malaysia are in the process of kick start negotiations for ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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16/08/2006	Msia, EU to sign VPA to ensure access of timber products to Europe Malaysia and the European Union (EU) Commission delegation to Malaysia are in the process of signing ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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01/08/2006	Msia remains committed to sustainable forest management Malaysia remains committed to ensuring sustainable forest management and is not a party to illegal logging ...	Pertubuhan Berita Nasional (Malaysia)
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25/07/2006	EU To Help Streamline Timber Industry Ghana - The European Union (EU) is to support the government to streamline the operations of the timber ...	Daily Graphic (Ghana)
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24/07/2006	"We will buy only legal timber" Ghana - Mr. Gareth Thomas, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Department for International Development ...	Accra Daily Mail (Ghana)
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16/05/2006	Gabonese authorities head to the UK Some reports indicate that a delegation from Gabon government and SNBG headed to UK to possibly hold ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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15/05/2006	EU and Malaysia continue talks on VPA Negotiations between the EU and Malaysia for a landmark Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) are still ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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11/05/2006	Malaysia, Netherlands to hold working meeting on forestry Malaysia and the Netherlands will hold a working meeting on forestry next Monday, said the Royal Netherlands ...	People's Daily Online
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07/05/2006	EU makes its presence felt Malaysia - Handed the task to set up the European Commission (EC) office in Malaysia in April 2003, Thierry ...	The Star (Malaysia)
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13/04/2006	EU wishes to hold negotiations with wood producers soon The European Union (EU) wishes to hold negotiations on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VP) to fight ...	Antara (Indonesia)
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31/03/2006	RI, Britain 'must stop deforestation' Indonesia - Greenpeace is calling on the British and Indonesian governments to adopt binding legal mechanisms ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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31/03/2006	Corporate Governance Sector Review: Forestry and Paper The Forestry & Paper sector is encountering many challenges partly arising out of the growth of emerging ...	Manifest (UK)
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30/03/2006	Joint Statement by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Tony Blair Indonesia - (Extract) The President and the Prime Minister reaffirmed their commitment to combating illegal ...	Paras Indonesia
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29/03/2006	Greenpeace calls for UK-Indonesia agreement to stop forest destruction JAKARTA, Indonesia - Greenpeace called on the leaders of Indonesia and the UK to adopt laws to help halt ...	Forbes (USA)
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16/02/2006	EU proposes inspection of Indonesia plywood exports The European Union is proposing a collaborative scheme with the Indonesian government to allow its members ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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01/12/2005	EU committed to protect forests in Indonesia: Envoy The 25-member European Union (EU), through its executive arm, the European Commission (EC), is committed ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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29/09/2005	Civil Society Mobilises Against Illegal Forest Exploitation Some 30 Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have called on government to give them a chance in the fight ...	AllAfrica.com
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16/06/2005	Europe urgently needs legislation on illegal logging Press Release: The Belgian Minister of Environment, Bruno Tobback, calls on the European Commission to ...	Minstry of the Environment (Belgium)
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30/07/2004	Impact & International Trade Implications of the Proposed EU Timber Licensing Scheme Part two of a two-part article on the adoption of two proposals aimed at curbing illegal logging and ...	Forest Certification Watch
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23/07/2004	Impact & International Trade Implications of the Proposed EU Timber Licensing Scheme Part one of a two-part article on the adoption of two proposals aimed at curbing illegal logging and ...	Forest Certification Watch
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20/07/2004	EU commission to build partnerships with wood producing countries The European Commission said Tuesday it would set up partnerships with wood producing countries to combat ...	Terra Daily
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20/07/2004	EU Commission to Build Partnerships with Wood Producing Countries The European Commission said Tuesday it would set up partnerships with wood producing countries to combat ...	EU Business
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06/06/2004	Special licence for timber products Malaysia - A requirement for Sabah exporters to obtain a special licence before they can ship timber ...	The Star, Malaysia
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
24/06/2010	EU FLEGT update	Mathieu Bousquet, European Commission
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24/05/2010	FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) - monitoring and participation	Jade Saunders, EFI / Chatham House
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20/01/2010	EU FLEGT Update	Julia Falconer, European Commission
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22/10/2009	The EU FLEGT initiative: Improving forest governance; excluding illegal timber	Duncan Brack, Chatham House
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24/06/2009	Civil society involvement in the Republic of Congo's VPA	Iola Leal, FERN
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24/06/2009	Experience of the private sector with the VPA FLEGT process in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)	Olivier Desmet, Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB)
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24/06/2009	FLEGT VPA update	Julia Falconer, European Commission
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24/06/2009	EU-Congo: FLEGT VPA	Julia Falconer, European Commission
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19/01/2009	Overview of VPA negotiations and their challenges	Philip Mikos, European Commission
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19/01/2009	Ghana's VPA process - lessons learned	Chris Beeko, Ghana Forestry Commission
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19/01/2009	Ghana's VPA process	Albert Katako, Care Ghana
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19/01/2009	Cameroon's VPA process	Jean-Claude Ndo Nkoumou
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19/01/2009	Lessons learned in the Cameroon VPA process	Samuel Nguiffo, CED
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19/01/2009	Lessons from Malaysia's VPA process	Dato' Freezailah Che Yeom, Adviser, VPA Process
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19/01/2009	EU-Malaysia VPA: lessons learned	Ivy Wong Abdullah, WWF-Malaysia
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19/01/2009	Malaysia-EU FLEGT-VPA stakeholder consultations and native customary land rights in Malaysia	Ramy Bulan, University of Malaya
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10/12/2008	Fighting illegal logging: obligation or opportunity?	European Commission DG Environment (Soledad Blanco)
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18/06/2008	The Overview of FLEGT in Vietnam and management orientation on forest products processing by 2020	Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development of Vietnam (Pham Ngoc Mau)
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18/06/2008	Update on the EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) processes	European Commission (Vincent van den Berk)
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10/06/2008	EU FLEGT update	Julia Falconer, European Commission
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09/06/2008	Progress towards definition of legality standards in VPA countries	Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
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17/01/2008	Ghana's VPA Multi-Stakeholder Platform: Opportunities and Challenges	Ghana Forestry Commission (Chris Beeko)
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17/01/2008	Ghana: Assessing the Impacts of a FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement	James Mayers, IIED
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17/01/2008	EU FLEGT Action Plan Update, January 2008	Julia Falconer, DG Development European Commission
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17/01/2008	The EU FLEGT process and the European Forest Institute	Ralph Ridder, European Forest Institute (EFI)
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17/01/2008	Overview of Forestry Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) in Vietnam	Tran Kim Longran Kim Long, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam
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01/11/2007	FLEG in Africa and its potential relevance and its potential relevance for China	IUCN Forest Programme (Guido Broekhoven)
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01/11/2007	EU government procurement and FLEGT timber licensing	Chatham House (Jade Saunders)
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02/10/2007	FLEGT Licensing Schemes: compliance and system verification	Ruth Nussbaum, Proforest.
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02/10/2007	FLEGT Voluntary Partnerships: defining legality	Hugh Speechly, DFID
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09/07/2007	The LAS (Legality Assurance System) development in Ghana	Ghana Forestry Authority (Chris Beeko)
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09/07/2007	EU Action Plan for FLEGT - Chatham House Update July 2007	European Commission (Julia Falconer)
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09/07/2007	EU FLEGT VPAs and TTAP	Timber Trade Action Plan (Emily Fripp)
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09/07/2007	UK Timber Trade Federation: Views on VPAs	UK Timber Trade Federation (Andy Roby)
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26/04/2007	The EU FLEGT initiative: Improving governance; excluding illegal products	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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26/04/2007	Government timber procurement in the EU	Chatham House (Jade Saunders)
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22/02/2007	Certification and FLEGT legality verification	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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26/01/2007	Key principles for the Malaysia-EU FLEGT VPA	JOANGOHutan/JOAS (Shamila Ariffin, FoE Malaysia)
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26/01/2007	Malaysia VPA debrief	European Commission (Vincent van den Berk)
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25/01/2007	The VPA - Ghana's process	Ghana Forestry Commission (Alhassan Attah and Chris Beeko)
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25/01/2007	EU FLEGT Update	European Commission (John Bazill and Julia Falconer)
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20/07/2006	FLEGT Cameroon: Fight against poverty and legal security in the forest sector	GTZ (Dr Florent Dirk Thies)
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20/07/2006	Independent monitoring and FLEGT in Cameroon	REM (Stuart Wilson)
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20/07/2006	Ghana and the VPA	Ghana Forestry Commission (Alhassan Attah)
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20/07/2006	EU FLEGT and forest reform in Ghana	Ghana Forest Watch (Kyeretwie Opoku)
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20/01/2006	Stakeholders involvement (AFLEG) in VPA Cameroon	Cameroonian Chapter of the Central African Parliamentary Network (Honourable Joseph Roland Matta)
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19/01/2006	Forest Destruction: Illegal logging and related trade	Greenpeace (Sebastien Risso)
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19/01/2006	EU FLEGT Action Plan Update	European Commission (Neil Scotland)
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Wednesday 10th December 2008	Fighting illegal logging: Obligation or opportunity? A discussion of FLEGT measures and additional EU legislative options including due diligence by European ...
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Thursday 17th January 2008	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 11 The eleventh in a series of update meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the meeting ...
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Thursday 27th September 2007	FLEGT: Legality assurance systems for partnership agreements A briefing session to discuss the implementation of EU guidance on Legality Assurance Systems required ...
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Monday 10th September 2007	Discussion Meeting: Carbon Markets and Forest Governance The aim of the meeting is to bring together a small, informed group to explore critical governance issues ...
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Monday 9th July 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 10 The tenth in a series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the update was held ...
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Tuesday 3rd July 2007	Central Africa FLEGT Forum - Congo Brazzaville ...
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Friday 22nd June 2007	Liberia - FLEGT and Certification Workshop Workshop on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) ...
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Monday 21st May 2007	FLEGT Independent monitoring stakeholder discussion Independent Monitoring will be a requirement for FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements. The exact form ...
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Thursday 22nd February 2007	Forest certification and legality verification policy implications The credibility of forest certification is central to consumer confidence and to market mechanisms aimed ...
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Thursday 25th January 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 9 The ninth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 20th July 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 8 The eighth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Friday 24th March 2006	Indonesian civil society and FLEGT Chatham House hosted the visit of a group of 15 representatives of Indonesian forest civil society. The ...
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Thursday 19th January 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 7 The seventh in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Friday 7th October 2005	Tropical Forest Governance and Trade - Ghanian and UK Initiatives The meeting aimed to share information about current understanding of the EU FLEGT Licensing scheme and ...
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Wednesday 27th July 2005	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 6 The sixth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 17th June 2004	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 4 The fourth in a regular series of meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting covered ...
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Monday 6th October 2003	Excluding illegal timber: border controls and procurement: making the system work A meeting held to address the practical and legal implications of establishing an EU FLEGT timber licensing ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
European Commission (DG Development): Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT process)	Summary of the Commission's activities on tackling illegal logging and trade in illegal timber. Contains information about the FLEGT Action Plan and its implementation and other related documents, together with relevant EU-funded projects.	Broken link
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Logging Off	Website established by an NGO grouping to exchange information on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) negotiations under the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative. The site aims to be a one-stop-shop used by civil society, NGOs, the media, the timber industry and governments involved or interested in these negotiations.	Broken link
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ProForest	ProForest is an independent company working with natural resource management and specialising in practical approaches to sustainability. They have worked with a wide range of public and private organisations on the development and implementation of legal and sustainable timber purchasing, notable examples including the UK Central Point of Expertise on Timber, and development of the EU FLEGT licensing system.	Broken link
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Timber Trade Action Plan (TTAP)	TTAP is a project funded by the European Union. It is the timber industry response to the FLEGT Action Plan. TTAP offers Europe's importers, traders and their suppliers an opportunity to be at the forefront of efforts to promote legal forestry, and to access premium European markets. TTAP is currently working in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and Gabon.	Broken link
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UK Department for International Development (DFID)	The lead UK government department for international forestry issues. DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme is a five-year, £24 million programme that aims to tackle the problems of illegal logging in developing countries and the associated international trade in illegally logged timber. Its main area of activity is supporting reforms in countries that enter voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) with the European Union under the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (EU FLEGT) Action Plan. Click here for a story on a DfID funded project to protect the forest in Aceh, Indonesia.	Broken link
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VPA Livelihoods: Illegal or Incompatible	The aim of this website is to assist in communicating and learning among the partners and stakeholders of the "Illegal or Incompatible?" Project (2008 ' 2010) in Ghana and Indonesia in a joint endeavour to improve forest governance in order to better manage the consequences of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) on both the forest and local livelihoods.	Broken link
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