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A response to the European Commission FLEGT Fitness Check, and options for the future
16/12/2021
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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
To preserve the Congo Basin rainforest and reduce carbon emissions, CSOs need continued oversight
26/10/2021
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...
25/10/2021
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
Tropical forests and those who depend on them are at greatest risk where their governance is weak. The Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) that the EU - and, post-Brexit, the UK independently - establishes with forested...
30/06/2021
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
This statement summarises the views of civil society organisations (CSOs) from Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and West and Central Africa. These organisations help address the key challenges threatening forests around...
27/04/2021
