FLEGT Week 2015 was a unique opportunity for the EC and its partners to reflect on the full scope of the  EU FLEGT Action Plan , including but not limited to  VPAs  and the  EU...

Linking supply and demand-side measures Many major agricultural commodities such as beef, soy, sugar and palm oil drive deforestation in tropical countries. There is a growing awareness that in...

Benefits REDD+ can support and benefit from an EU initiative called FLEGT, which stands for forest law enforcement, governance and trade. The EU developed its FLEGT Action Plan in response...

Major bilateral and multilateral initiatives  Much of the support for REDD+ preparations, investments and result-based payments comes from the development and cooperation budgets of donor...

Deforestation and forest degradation When agriculture, mining, urban development or other land uses replace forest, the land is said to have experienced deforestation. By contrast, degradation...