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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10375
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development

Liberia and EU join forces against deforestation

Brussels, 10/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Liberia and the European Union are resolved to work together to combat deforestation. From the beginning of 2014, all shipments of wood products to the European Union from Liberia will be required to carry a license certifying their legal origin. A voluntary partnership agreement (VPA), known as FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Government and Trade Agreement), was signed with that in mind on Monday 9 May in Monrovia, by Florence Chenoweth, Minister for...

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