The 25th anniversary session was a new experience for all of us with a full virtual event and a virtual atrium exhibition featuring the achievements and releases of the Forestry Division in the last two years.

Grâce à l’appui technique et financier du programme FAO-UE FLEGT, les opérateurs de la filière bois au Cameroun s’arriment aux exigences de légalité de l’exploitation forestière telles que prévues par la loi forestière de 1994 en vigueur. Cela contribue directement [...]

7 August 2020, Jakarta - FAO has stepped up support for legal timber production and trade in Indonesia with the launch of six new projects. The projects will help strengthen objectives established under a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and [...]

Strengthening legality and sustainability to address COVID-19’s effects on deforestation at FAO COVID-19 Forestry Webinar Week The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic pose an unprecedented challenge to virtually every aspect of society, including not only human health but also the economy [...]

This brief highlights some of the identified and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on development aspects interconnected with the forest sector, with a particular emphasis on the impacts on the production and trade of forest products.

En 2010, le Cameroun a signé un Accord de Partenariat Volontaire (APV) avec l’Union Européenne (UE) pour l'application des réglementations forestières, la gouvernance et les échanges commerciaux (FLEGT). Cet accord, ratifié en 2011, vise à garantir la légalité de l’ensemble [...]

A study conducted in Cameroon, Ghana and Indonesia, three countries at different stages of implementation of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), signed within the framework of the EU’s Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, showed that the VPA [...]

Makassar, Indonesia, 2 December 2019 The civil society organization Jurnal Celebes presented the results of one year of activities today in Makassar, conducted as part of the project ““Strengthening Indonesia’s Independent Forestry Monitoring Network to Ensure a Credible Timber Legality Verification [...]

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations has partnered with the Wooden Furniture and Handicraft Producer Association of Jepara (APKJ) in Indonesia to assist micro and small enterprises in Jepara and Pasuruan Regencies in the Central Java Province [...]

  Grants are available to eligible applicants from government, civil society and private sector organizations in Uganda. All eligible applicants from government institutions, civil society, communities, indigenous groups and private sector organizations in Uganda are invited to submit proposals to the FAO-EU [...]