Global Gateway: Ghana and the EU mark a new chapter in the battle against illegal timber trade

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Ghana will be the first country in Africa and second worldwide to provide the EU with export licences that verify the legality of their timber products. Meeting in Brussels, the implementation body of the Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT), which brings together Ghanaian public authorities in charge of forest administration, the private sector, civil society and the European Commission, reached an agreement on the last steps towards issuing FLEGT licences, marking a new chapter in the battle against illegal timber trade.

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Originally Published	29 Sep 2023
Related organisation(s)	DG INTPA - DG for International Partnerships EC - European Commission
Knowledge service \| Metadata	Biodiversity Knowledge Centre \| Biodiversity and trade Biodiversity conservation
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)	biodiversity ecosystem services forest conservation sustainable forest management forestry policy international trade illegal logging illicit trade Export Africa-EU partnership bilateral agreement voluntary work deforestation Market bioeconomy EU law
Geographic coverage	EU Ghana European Union

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