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Read in English La Unión Europea y Honduras acuerdan combatir la tala ilegal y promover el comercio de madera legal Honduras y la Unión Europea (UE) firman un acuerdo sobre la aplicación...

Leer en español EU and Honduras agree deal to combat illegal logging, promote trade in legal timber Honduras and the European Union (EU) have reached an agreement on forest law...

Cuando Honduras decidió negociar un acuerdo sobre el comercio de la madera con la Unión Europea en 2013, pocos en el país imaginaban el efecto que tendría el simple hecho de juntar a los actores...

When Honduras decided to negotiate a timber trade deal with the EU in 2013, few imagined the profound effect of simply having forest stakeholders come together to talk about timber-related issues.

The EU FLEGT Facility recently published three stories to coincide with the EU and Guyana initialling their Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade.

Honduras y la UE ponen a prueba el AVA con una prueba de campo Honduras ha avanzado un paso más hacia la conclusión de un Acuerdo Voluntario de Asociación (AVA) con la Unión Europea tras...

Honduras and the EU test the VPA on the ground Honduras has moved a step closer towards concluding a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union (EU) after completing a...

From negotiation to implementation: VPA countries share lessons with Guyana Guyana needs to ensure that the transition from negotiating to implementing its Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)...

A forum on forest governance is scheduled for Quito, Ecuador, from 30 September to 3 October 2014.

For the fifth year in a row, the Improving Forest Governance course brought together forest governance practitioners from government, civil society and the private sector.

The second VPA negotiation session between Honduras and the EU took place in Brussels on 3 October.

The Honduras Forest Institute has been intensifying its efforts to improve stakeholder representation for the country’s VPA negotiations with the EU.

Guyana is organising stakeholder consultations in addition to those originally planned, following its second VPA negotiation session with the EU, held in Brussels on 18 July.

VPA negotiations between Honduras and the European Commission have started with a formal videoconference.

VPA negotiations between Guyana and the European Commission are moving ahead, with two formal videoconferences having taken place since negotiations began.

The first Voluntary Partnership Agreement negotiation session between Honduras and the European Union was held 22–24 January 2013 in the capital Tegucigalpa.

The first VPA negotiation session between Guyana and the European Union was held 5 December 2012 in Guyana’s capital Georgetown.

The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) developed an inventory of current activities on FLEGT in Bolivia tocontribute to a growing awareness among key Bolivian...

The VPA will help ensure that only timber verified to be legal under Guyana law can be exported to the EU.

El Ministro Director del Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre de Honduras, José Trinidad Suazo Bulnes se expresa en Brusselas durante la...