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"en.20120419.15.4-250-000"2
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"Tropical and rainforest timber from the Central African Republic is a valuable resource. In order to control trade in this timber and to curb illegal felling, the EU has already concluded a Voluntary Partnership Agreement with a handful of African states, including Ghana, Congo and Cameroon. Now, an agreement of this kind is to be concluded with the Central African Republic. Some definite advantages of the agreement are the traceability of the timber, legal verification and the licensing of timber and timber products. Around 60% of the Central African Republic’s timber is exported to Europe. The report received my vote because I agree with the rapporteur that the Voluntary Partnership Agreement will have a positive impact on forest management in Central Africa. I abstained from voting, because it has not yet been possible to fully clarify whether our partner country is capable of implementing this agreement within the required timeframe, as measures in the areas of capacity building, participation of local communities, safeguards for indigenous populations and general awareness-raising among the various stakeholders still need to be taken."@en1
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