EU signs a deal with Liberia to end trade of illegal timber
The European Union and the Government of Liberia, which presides over half of the remaining rainforest in West Africa, announced today a landmark agreement to ensure that all Liberian timber products exported from Liberia to the EU are derived from legal sources and that the resulting trade will benefit the Liberian people. EFIs EU FLEGT Facility provided technical support to the preparation, negotiation and implementation of FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Liberia.
Liberia to Choose between Logging and future Climate Revenue
Trucks loaded with undressed timber are on the move again around Buchanan in Grand Bassa county, south-east Liberia.
The dust recalls the not-so-distant time when the timber trade was synonymous with war.
Liberia's rainforests are being primed as a lucrative and legal industry. Electronic tags allow consumers to trace the end-product right back to the stump. Photograph: Glenna Gordon/AFP/Getty Images
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