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The Congo Basin is at a critical turning point in its history, with demographic growth, the development of megalopolises, the increase in GDP and the emergence of a middle class. This will bring about changes in terms of the consumption, [...]

The Brazzaville Forum, held on 21 and 22 October 2013, brought more than 400 participants together. With the aim of enabling all the players, stakeholders and donors of the sector to really grasp the work and achievements of this forum, [...]

This White paper brings together a series of reflections and suggestions for the development and implementation of strategies to develop the forest industry in the Congo Basin.These were formulated over the course of four workshops organized between September 2010 and [...]

This fact sheet presents the main strengths of the ACP-FLEGT Support Programme and how they will be transferred to the scaled up efforts to improve forest governance with EU FAO FLEGT.

One of the main tools of the FLEGT Action Plan is the negotiation and conclusion of legally-binding yet Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) between the EU and individual timber-producing countries. VPAs represent an unprecedented, bottom-up and inclusive process, bringing together a [...]

This compendium was published as a resource document for a regional conference on "Experiences from the VPA process in Central and West African countries" which took place in Ghana in October 2012. It is highlighting 16 experiences and the resulting [...]

The EU FAO FLEGT Programme provides assistance to three stakeholder groups in eligible countries - government institutions, civil society organizations and private sector organizations. This brochure describes the main components of the support provided by the Programme: support to projects [...]

This brochure provides concrete examples of the ACP-FLEGT Support Programme’s contribution to implementing FLEGT Action Plan. The Programme supported over 100 projects in 33 countries. As mostly pilot initiatives, these projects test new methodologies and approaches for improving forest governance [...]

The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme addresses FLEGT-related issues as defined in the EU FLEGT Action Plan to tackle timber illegality. Consistent law enforcement, improved governance and assurances of legality, are part of the foundation that must be laid if forests are [...]

Despite progress of responses to illegal logging, the FLEGT Action Plan continues to face a daunting global trade in illegal timber. In light of the challenges ahead, the EU and FAO are scaling up by embarking the EU FAO FLEGT [...]