

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.
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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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| 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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| 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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