On 4 May, the European Commission (EC) published a comprehensive independent evaluation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. The Plan encompasses the wide range of EU policy measures introduced over the last decade to support good forest governance and remove illegal wood from trade. Key amongst these are the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) now being implemented by six tropical countries and negotiated by another nine countries. The report assesses progress since the Plan’s publication in 2003 and makes recommendations for future action.
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Latest trade data shows that the sharp rising trend in EU import value of tropical wood products that began in the second half of 2014 levelled off in the opening months of this year. This was mainly due to slowing imports of tropical sawn wood and decking, notably from Brazil and into the UK and France.
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