Publications & Insight

Briefing Notes

Making Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) work for forests, people and the climate: Civil society recommendations on the future of VPAs

As decision makers in the European Union (EU) and timber producing countries consider the future of the FLEGT Action Plan, and its Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA), civil society organisations and platforms from Cameroon,...

16/03/2017

Forest governance, Blogs

Video Blog: Why forests are at risk in Liberia and how to plant the seeds of change

 Illegal logging is reducing globally, but deforestation continues as land is cleared for commercial agriculture. In Liberia, oil palm concessions were welcomed by the Government as a means to create jobs and infrastructure after...

15/11/2016

Liberia’s Land Rights Act: toward community forestry?

Liberian and international NGOs took part in a conference with Liberian government officials in Monrovia in October at a crucial juncture for the country’s forests, with the country’s parliament considering a Land Rights Act that...

15/11/2015

Forest governance, Films

Introducción a FLEGT

14/09/2015

Forest governance, Films

Stories from the ground

12/03/2015

Forest governance, Films

Liberian Timber: Are the people benefiting?

01/07/2014

Reports

Community representation and participation in the VPA process

This report looks at the extent of community participation in VPA processes by considering case studies of communities from nine VPA countries.

02/05/2014

Forest governance, Films

The story of FLEGT

14/04/2014