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CAMEROON VPA


The negotiations over the Cameroon VPA were concluded in May 2010 and the agreement was formally signed by the EU and the Cameroon Government on 6 October 2010.

For other news stories, documents and further information about Cameroon, see the Cameroon country page.


DOCUMENTS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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12/11/2012 Forest Watch Special – VPA Update
Every six months, FERN produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's ... 		FERN

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09/10/2012 Making the Forest Sector Transparent VPA Transparency Gap Assessment 2012
The Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) between the European Union (EU) and timber‐exporting ... 		Global Witness

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09/07/2012 Local Civil Society Organisations Join EU battle Against Illegal Logging
This briefing note looking at what has been achieved so far by FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements ... 		FERN

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25/11/2011 EU Forest Watch Special - VPA Update November 2011
This briefing provides an update on VPA negotiations in individual countries. ... 		FERN (Saskia Ozinga, Nathalie Faure, Tom Lomax, Feja Lesniewska & Indra van Gisbergen)

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17/05/2011 ForestWatch Issue 160 and FLEGT Update
In this issue:

* NGOs re-frame the sustainable biomass debate
* Road to ruin: Russian project destroying ... 		FERN

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09/02/2011 EFI EU FLEGT News, December/January/February 2010-2011
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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09/12/2010 Recommendation on the Draft Council Decision on the Conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in Timber and Derived Products to the EU (FLEGT)
This Recommendation on the Cameroon VPA includes:

* The draft European Parliament legistlative resolution.

* ... 		European Union

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01/10/2010 TTAP News October 2010
This issues of TTAP News includes items on the first VLPO supply chain in Brazil, information on companies ... 		Timber Trade Action Plan

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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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14/05/2013 Cameroon hopes EU timber labelling can protect forests
Cameroon’s government has introduced a new timber mark that will appear on all legitimate wood ... 		Thomson Reuters Foundation

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01/04/2013 UNCERD calls on Cameroon to respect international law
During its 82nd session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) examined ... 		Fern

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18/02/2013 Cameroon and EU train independent auditors on logging
A workshop grouping independent auditors selected to check the legality and ensure the transparency of ... 		Business in Cameroon

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10/12/2012 Civil society raises serious concerns about Cameroon’s draft revised Forest Code
Cameroon’s 1994 Forest Code is being reformed and civil society has serious and urgent concerns ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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09/10/2012 African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments
Lack of transparency threatens groundbreaking trade agreements with EU. ... 		Global Witness

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03/10/2012 A decade of ground-breaking EU action on deforestation
Unless the EU and its member states renew their enthusiasm for enforcing the Forest Law Enforcement Governance ... 		EurActiv

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05/03/2012 Cameroon government cracks down on illegal logging
Yaounde, Cameroon – The government of Cameroon has intensified a crackdown on illegal loggers in ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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21/06/2011 Cameroon: Parliament adopts bill on trade in timber
Members of the National Assembly during a plenary sitting on tuesday, June 20 adopted the bill to authorise ... 		allAfrica.com

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20/06/2011 Sawnwood from community mills may not satisfy FLEGT
Reports are indicating that the forestry authorities in Cameroon and the Central African Republic are ... 		Fordaq, the Timber Network

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13/04/2011 Cameroon: Independent forest observers empowered
Members of the Steering Committee of the Independent Observer Project for the Control and Monitoring ... 		allAfrica.com

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03/03/2011 Cameroon: forest exploitation - government suspends 72 illegal exploiters
The sanctioned companies include those holding the Wood Removal Permits (AEB) and the Authorisations ... 		allAfrica.com

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19/01/2011 Fighting illegal logging in Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon
In a bid to fight the trade in illegally harvested timber and wood products, MEPs on Tuesday approved ... 		Iewy News

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17/01/2011 New EU-Africa timber partnerships could herald more forestry protection
The extensive timber export industry from the Republic of Congo and Cameroon to Europe could take a step ... 		European Parliament

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04/01/2011 EU, Cameroon team up in fight against illegal timber exports
Voluntary Partnership Agreement signed with Cameroon to ensure legal origin of imported wood products ... 		African Business Review, South Africa

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02/12/2010 Illegal logging: MEPs give green light for agreements with Congo and Cameroon
In a bid to fight the trade in illegally-harvested timber, the EP International Trade Committee gave ... 		European Parliament

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06/10/2010 Fight against illegal timber exports: the European Union and Cameroon team up to ensure legal origin of imported wood products to the EU
Today, the European Union signed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Cameroon, the largest African ... 		Iewy News

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29/09/2010 Council approves FLEGT agreement with Cameroon
The EU Council approved, on 27 September, the signature of a voluntary partnership agreement between ... 		Europolitics

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23/09/2010 Cameroon: forest governance - FAO signs partnership agreements with five organisations
The beneficiaries are expected to carry out projects in the reinforcement of fight against the illegal ... 		allAfrica.com

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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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07/02/2013 VPA update Mathieu Bousquet

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05/07/2012 FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement update Giuliana Torta, European Commission

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28/01/2011 Assessing transparency in the forest sector in Cameroon and implications for VPA-FLEGT Germain Djontu, Forest and Environmental Governance

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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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Monday 17th January 2011 Bridging local and global interests: Integration of domestic timber markets in FLEGT/VPAs and REDD+
This seminar will discuss how to address domestic timber trade and timber-dependent livelihoods effectively ...

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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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