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The EU was about to discard its best weapon in the fight against illegal logging. Then civil society groups around the world pushed back. Marie-Ange Kalenga looks at a crisis that was averted.
09/12/2021
A US-Vietnam agreement underscores FLEGT’s broad impact
09/11/2021
Lush, tropical forests cover approximately 40 per cent of Cameroon, yet since 1990, more than three million hectares have been cleared – an area approximately the size of Belgium. The destruction is driven by agriculture, logging...
25/10/2021
In the Republic of the Congo (RoC), the forestry sector continues to face governance challenges. Authorities often struggle to enforce laws and sanction illegal logging practices, and corruption remains omnipresent. Civil society...
The political instability that still confronts the Central African Republic undermines the protection and inclusive management of its forests. Almost non-existent government control and increases in chaotic logging threaten the...
Esta carta fue enviada al Ministro Janez Janša y al Ministro Jean-Yves Le Drian.Somos un grupo de ONGs medioambientales y de derechos humanos que trabajamos para promover la gobernanza forestal y los derechos de los pueblos de los...
15/10/2021
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Ironically, the future of the programme that insisted on openness in partner countries’ forest sectors is frustratingly opaque.
16/09/2021
In Ghana, long-standing roadblocks to progress on forest governance are now being tackled by a new Minister.
14/07/2021
Forest rich countries have invested time, energy, and resources in cleaning up their forest sector and have achieved important successes. NGOs have joined forces to tell the European Commission that the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan is more important than ever.
04/05/2021
The EU seems to be considering rewarding Liberia’s administrative foot-dragging by abandoning FLEGT – communities and CSOs fear the pillage of Liberia’s remaining forests.
22/04/2021