The EU published the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan in 2003. The Action Plan sets out a range of measures available to the EU and its member states to tackle illegal logging in the world’s forests. Reasons for introducing the FLEGT Action plan: Illegal logging has a devastating impact on some […]
What communities should know about FLEGT?
In 2015 the Vietnamese government plans to sign a Voluntarily Partnership Agreement (VPA) that will help protect national forests, and the communities that rely on them, from the threat of illegal logging. This VPA is a part of FLEGT, or the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade plan. It’s designed to improve timber trade across […]