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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 PartnershipsEC - European Commission |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Biodiversity | Biodiversity and tradeBiodiversity conservation |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | biodiversityecosystem servicesforest conservationsustainable forest managementforestry policyinternational tradeillegal loggingillicit tradeExportAfrica-EU partnershipbilateral agreementvoluntary workdeforestationMarketbioeconomyEU law |
| Geographic coverage | EUGhanaEuropean Union |
