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CAMEROON VPA


The negotiations over the Cameroon VPA were mostly concluded early in 2009, and final agreement was reached in May 2010. The first FLEGT-licensed products are anticipated in December 2011.
For other news stories, documents and further information about Cameroon, see the Cameroon country page.


DOCUMENTS

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01/07/2010		 EU FLEGT News, June/July 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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31/05/2010 A civil society counter-brief on the Cameroon–EU VPA
On 6th May 2010, the Cameroonian Government and the European Union (EU) concluded a Voluntary Partnership ... 		FERN

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06/05/2010 FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement Between Cameroon and the European Union: Briefing Note
Briefing note on the newly signed VPA between the EU and Cameroon. ... 		European Commission & Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife

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22/04/2010 EFI EU FLEGT News, April/May 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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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 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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01/07/2007 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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01/01/2006 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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NEWS

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17/07/2010 Africa looks to vast forests for carbon credit
Banco, Ivory Coast - They inhabit a polluted part of Ivory Coast’s main city with few jobs and ... 		Arab News

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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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01/07/2010 Ghana in the vanguard of new logging laws
London - New laws should be in place in Europe by the end of this year obliging timber importers to ensure ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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17/06/2010 Cameroon introduce wood tracking system
A new wood tracking system to protect and support Cameroon's timber industry has been unveiled. ... 		AfricaNews

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18/05/2010 Legal timber trade in Cameroon: How far from paper to practice?
On 6 May 2010, the EU and Cameroon announced a trade agreement aimed at ensuring Cameroonian timber is ... 		Fern - EU Forest Watch

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10/05/2010 Cameroon agrees to cut illegal wood out of its supply chain
One of Africa's largest exporters of tropical hardwoods, Cameroon, has announced today a trade agreement ... 		Mongabay.com

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06/05/2010 Hope that signed Cameroon-EU VPA will begin an end to illegal logging
After 31 months of negotiations and waiting, today 6 May 2010, saw representatives from Cameroon and ... 		FERN

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06/05/2010 EU-Cameroon trade agreement ensures timber legality from one of Africa’s biggest exporters of tropical timber
Brussles and Yaoundé - The European Union (EU) and the Government of Cameroon today announced ... 		European Commission & Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife

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06/05/2010 Conclusion of negotiations of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between Cameroon and the European Union on forest law enforcement, governance and tradein forest products to the European Union
On 6 May 2010 Mr Raul Mateus Paula, the Ambassador representing the European Union in Cameroun and Hon. ... 		European Commission & Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife

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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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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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30/01/2008 Interactive forest mapping launched for communities in Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the British High Commission Yaounde and ... 		FCO/Helveta (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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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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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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PRESENTATIONS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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20/01/2010 EU FLEGT Update Julia Falconer, European Commission

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24/06/2009 FLEGT VPA update 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 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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17/01/2008 EU FLEGT Action Plan Update, January 2008 Julia Falconer, DG Development European Commission

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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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09/07/2007 FLEGT Legality Definition: Cameroon process DFID/World Bank (Emeran Serge Menang Evouna)

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25/01/2007 Civil society involvement in the FLEGT process in Cameroon CERAD (Patrice Bigombe Logo)

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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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20/01/2006 Stakeholders involvement (AFLEG) in VPA Cameroon Cameroonian Chapter of the Central African Parliamentary Network (Honourable Joseph Roland Matta)

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EVENTS

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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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