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LIBERIA VPA


The Liberian VPA was agreed on 9 May 2011, and the EU and Liberia signed the agreement on 27 July 2011. The VPA is expected to be fully implemented in 2014.
For other news stories, documents and further information about Liberia, see the Liberia 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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15/09/2011 ForestWatch Issue 163
In this issue:

* Ghana and Liberia undermining Voluntary Partnership Agreement implementation already?
* ... 		FERN

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25/07/2011 Fairly Trading the World's Timber: Lessons on Global Forest Governance and Trade from Europe and Liberia
Each year, 12 million hectares of timber are lost to logging, both legal and illegal. Reducing this rate ... 		World Policy Institute / Demos (William Powers & Andrea Wong)

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14/07/2011 Forest Governance and the Voluntary Partnership Agreement: Deepening Forest Sector Reform in Liberia
On 9 May 2011 the government of Liberia and the European Union (EU) signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement ... 		FERN

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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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21/01/2011 ForestWatch Issue 156
Articles in this month's Forest Watch include:

* VPA processes see slow progression.
* Paralysis ... 		FERN

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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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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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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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01/01/2010 Liberia - The Promise Betrayed
This report reflects on the near collapse of the rule of law in the forestry sector in Liberia over the ... 		Sustainable Development Institute

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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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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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NEWS

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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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10/08/2012 50 residents get GPS technology knowledge
Fifty community dwellers, drawn from ten counties recently benefited from Global Positioning System (GPS) ... 		Daily Observer, Liberia

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19/04/2012 MEPs back fight against illegal rain forest logging in Africa
Parliament backed EU efforts to halt the illegal logging and degradation of rain forests when it granted ... 		European Parliament News

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26/08/2011 Harvesting trees sustainably in Liberia
Liberia, a country that for much of its recent history has been engaged in bloody wars, was once the ... 		Time

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23/05/2011 By barcoding trees, Liberia looks to save its rainforests
A decade after a brutal civil war, the West African nation of Liberia has partnered with the European ... 		Yale Environment 360

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16/05/2011 Liberia hopes to revive greener logging industry
Forested nations used to fear tough rules on logging would hurt their valuable timber industries, but ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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11/05/2011 EU signs accords with Indonesia, Liberia in bid to curb illegal timber trade
The EU and Indonesia last week finalised an agreement on monitoring bilateral trade in timber products ... 		ICTSD

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10/05/2011 EU-Liberia strike deal to stem illegal logging
Brussels - The European Union on Monday signed a deal with Liberia requiring exports of its wood products ... 		AFP

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10/05/2011 Liberia fights illegal logging through agreement with EU
The tiny West African nation of Liberia (about the size of the US state of Virginia) is the most recent ... 		Mongabay.com

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10/05/2011 Efforts to tackle $10b illegal logging trade, Liberia, EU sign VPA after Ghana
The Liberian government has signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) to ensure that all timber ... 		Ghana Business News

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09/05/2011 Liberia and EU sign bilateral trade agreement to stop illegal logging
Today, Liberia and the European Union (EU) will sign a legally binding comprehensive agreement to control ... 		FERN

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17/03/2011 Liberia and the EU in the run-up to concluding a timber trade agreement: Voluntary Partnership Agreement to be signed on 9th May 2011 in Monrovia
The Republic of Liberia and the European Union have successfully concluded the fifth negotiation session ... 		VPA Secretariat, Liberia

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16/07/2010 MOU screws illegal timber trade
The European Union and the Government of Liberia have embarked on a vigorous campaign against the exportation ... 		Daily Observer, Liberia

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16/02/2010 EU-FLEGT delegation hails Liberia's forestry reform
Monrovia – The representative of the European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement Governance and ... 		Daily Observer, Liberia

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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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PRESENTATIONS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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07/02/2013 VPA update Mathieu Bousquet

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06/07/2012 Private Use Permits and Liberia’s VPA: Do they demonstrate legally recognised rights? Jonathan Yiah, Liberian Civil Society Platform

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

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20/06/2011 Liberia-EU FLEGT VPA Victoria Cole, Head of Law Enforcement, Forestry Development Authority, Liberia

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20/06/2011 Liberia industry report on the VPA process John S Deah, Liberia Timber Association

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20/06/2011 VPA: a positive step for governance reform but commitment from all is key Julie Weah, Foundation Community Initiatives & Nora Bowier, Sustainable Development Institute, Liberia

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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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17/01/2008 EU FLEGT Action Plan Update, January 2008 Julia Falconer, DG Development European Commission

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EVENTS

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DATE TITLE
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Monday 20th June 2011 Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 18
The 18th Chatham House Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Meeting was held on 20th - ...

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Wednesday 10th March 2010 EU-Liberia FLEGT Partnership Agreement Negotiations: Public Information Session
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