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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10504
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/central african republic

Partnership to fight deforestation

Brussels, 28/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union and the Central African Republic signed, on Monday 28 November in Brussels, a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) ensuring that, from 2014 on, only legally harvested wood from the Central African Republic and products derived from that wood are legally exported to the European market. The agreement - known as FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) - corresponds to a joint determination to combat deforestation. Both...

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