Evidence of VPA impacts: findings from Cameroon, Ghana and Indonesia
A study conducted in Cameroon, Ghana and Indonesia, three countries at different stages of implementation of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), signed within the framework of the EU’s Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, showed that the VPA process contributed to significant improvements in various dimensions assessed.
Supported by the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) conducted a study to gather evidence of the contribution of the VPA FLEGT process to four thematic areas:
- Sustainable forest management and forest conditions;
- Relation and development of the formal and informal forest sector;
- Jobs and employment;
- Governance, law enforcement and compliance.
Overall, the findings showed progress on many VPA-related targets, and that for most of the observed changes, VPA contribution is generally positive.
The most significant reported contributions of the VPA were found in the areas of Sustainable forest management and forest conditions, and Governance, law enforcement and compliance.
The full article with further details is available on the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme website.
Other links
- Synthesis Report of the study
- Literature desk review – Cameroon
- Literature desk review – Indonesia
- Literature desk review – Ghana
- Blog post by CIFOR in English, French, Indonesian
Author: FLEGT.org Info
