login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10371
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

Deforestation - EU-Indonesia illegal timber agreement

Brussels, 04/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The EU and Indonesia signed an agreement in Jakarta on Wednesday 4 May which aims to bring an end to the trade in illegally felled timber, which is driving the deforestation of the world's third most heavily forested area. The voluntary partnership agreement means that all supplies of timber from Indonesia to the EU will, after March 2013, have to be certified as being legally sourced. “Indonesia is by far the largest timber exporter to enter into...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS