Guyana stories Archives - VPA ALA Facility

Jocelyn Dow, Chair of the Board of the GFC

How EU timber trade deals can support women in tropical forests

6 March 2019

Women in five tropical forest countries share their views on how timber trade deals between their countries and the EU could boost gender equity.

Fidal Bassier, EFI

Progress for women in Guyana’s forest sector

5 March 2019

Five women from Guyana explain how their country’s negotiation of a timber trade deal with the EU has promoted gender equity in the forest sector – and how they hope for more gains as the parties implement the deal.

Javier Bernal Revert, EFI

How timber trade deal talks with EU improved governance in Guyana

14 January 2019

The process of negotiating a timber-trade deal with the EU has improved forest governance in Guyana, and more gains are expected as implementation gets underway.

Javier Bernal Revert, EFI

High hopes for Guyana-EU partnership on legal timber trade

10 December 2018

On a cool grey day in Belgium last month, a group of visitors from Guyana gathered at Antwerp port and imagined a future in which their country’s timber products flow freely into the EU, bypassing red tape because every item has been verified to be legal.

VPA-linked reforms bring legal clarity to Guyana’s forest sector

29 November 2018

It’s hard to follow the law when the law doesn’t follow itself, and this has long been a challenge for the timber sector in Guyana. Inconsistencies in the legal framework there have made it difficult for businesses involved in harvesting and processing wood from Guyana’s forests to follow the law. It has also made it difficult for authorities to enforce it. But that all changed this year, when Guyana enacted much-needed reforms.

About the VPA Africa – Latin America Facility

The VPA Africa – Latin America Facility supports the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan with a focus on Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). The Facility contributes to combating illegal logging and strengthening forest governance while encouraging sustainable economic development in countries that produce or process timber and export to the EU. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and was established in November 2019.

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