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Illegally logging and trading in timber harms the competitiveness of legitimate forest industries in both exporter and importer countries by limiting these industries’ ability to operate in ways that promote sustainable forest management and sustainable development; the Central African Republic (CAR) is an example of this. The Voluntary Partnership Agreement voted on today – which I support – is very important because it offers an instrument for solving this problem: it improves regulation, governance and forest law enforcement, with the CAR committing to implement systems for verifying compliance with the law and traceability throughout the supply chain, from logging to the issuance of forest law enforcement, governance and trade export licences.
While sustainable forest management is one winner, on the one hand, the European Union is also strengthening new market opportunities for the CAR’s timber products, on the other. In a sector representing 4% of the CAR’s GDP, 60% of timber is exported to Europe. I would reemphasise that efforts must be made when implementing this agreement to promote fair solutions that do not have consequences for the worst-off sectors of society or for rural populations who earn their living from this activity, whilst leaving the most powerful unscathed."@en1
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