In an effort to combat illegal logging, the Cameroonian government negotiated and signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the EU, which came into force in 2011.

Whilst the agreement came into force in 2011, Cameroon is still in a Systems Development phase, in which a Timber Legality Assurance System needs to be developed and tested. For Cameroonian timber to be legal, it must abide by all legislation applicable to Cameroon’s forest sector (including forestry, environment, human rights, labor and trade) and ratify international agreements.

For more about information about the VPA in Cameroon, please visit: https://www.euflegt.efi.int/cameroon.

Cameroon’s VPA includes an extensive transparency annex (Annex VII) covering 75 elements of information. These elements are provided below.

SCIEB

Transparency ranking: 46 out of 131 in Cameroon

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