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Jocelyn Dow, Chair of the Board of the GFCJavier Bernal Revert, EFI

How EU timber trade deals can support women in tropical forests

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

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Quatre pays APV partagent des leçons sur la légalité du bois

En novembre 2018, un groupe de visiteurs du Laos s’est retrouvé dans une forêt au Libéria pour apprendre comment les fonctionnaires de l’administration forestière du pays suivent le bois tout au long de la chaîne d’approvisionnement. Quelques jours plus tard, ils ont fait de même au Ghana. Leurs visites – et celle d’une équipe de la République du Congo au Ghana – ont été effectuées dans le cadre d’accords commerciaux appelés Accords de partenariat volontaires (APV), conclus entre chacun des quatre pays et l’UE.

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Ghana and Liberia share timber legality lessons with Laos and Congo

In November 2018, a group of visitors from Laos found themselves in a forest in Liberia, learning how the country’s forestry officials track timber through the supply chain. A few days later they got to do the same in Ghana. Their visits — and that of a team from Republic of the Congo to Ghana — were made in the context of trade deals called Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) that all four countries are engaged in with the EU.

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European Forest Institute

Communities benefit at last from Liberia’s money trees

It’s a myth that money doesn’t grow on trees — a glance at any timber baron’s bank balance would confirm that. But for people living near tropical forests it has long been clear that when money flows to logging companies, there is little left behind for local development. Now, in Liberia, that is all changing, thanks in part to a trade deal called a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) the country negotiated with the EU.

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Flore de Preneuf, PROFOR

Liberia’s forests: From bloodshed and crime to the rule of law

Just over a decade ago, Liberia’s forest sector was synonymous with crime and conflict. President Charles Taylor had looted the country’s forests to fund two civil wars and further bloodshed across the border in Sierra Leone. Illegal logging was rife.

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European Forest Institute

Justice in the forests of Liberia: communities get a share of forest income

A partnership between the EU and Liberia tackles illegal logging by improving forest governance. Rivercess, the eighth largest county in Liberia, is a paradox. The area is rich with forests, fish, gold and promise, but its people are still desperately poor. Local resident Matthew T. Walley is President of the National Union of Community Forest Development Committees. He understands better than most how the forests that cover nearly half of Liberia have brought suffering, not wealth, to the people who live in them.

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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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