The forum on “Governance, Legality Verification Systems, and Competitiveness in the Latin American Forest Sector”, took place in Quito, Ecuador from September 30 to October 3, 2014. The workshop sought to facilitate the exchange of experiences and lessons learnt to [...]

Colombia stepped up awareness raising efforts to improve forest governance, welcoming the EU FAO FLEGT Programme’s mission to the capital Bogotá on 10-14 February. Representatives from three government ministries – Environment and Sustainable Development; Agriculture and Rural Development; and Trade, [...]

Background and objective Since 2010, a series of discussions has been held in the Congo Basin to enable stakeholders to discuss and formulate strategies to develop the sector. These discussions led to a white paper entitled Towards a strategy to develop the [...]

"FLEGT in Asia: Supporting good governance and responsible trade for Asia's forests" Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 October 2013 Background and objective This workshop was organized to provide an opportunity for government, civil society and private sector representatives to learn more about existing and emerging [...]

Background and objective This one-day seminar held in Brussels on the 25 of June 2013 presented the main achievements, results and contributions of the ACP-FLEGT Support Programme to improving forest governance through the perspectives and experiences of ACP-FLEGT projects. Between 2008 and [...]

In 2003, the European Union (EU) adopted its Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) with the aim to halt illegal logging and promote better governance. The main tool to implement the Action Plan is the negotiation [...]