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"en.20120419.15.4-263-000"2
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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. This is particularly important in Liberia, since the country has been under UN sanctions on timber imports for some time, owing to the sector’s involvement in funding the civil war.
It should be noted that approximately 45% of the country is covered by forest. Therefore, this Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the EU enables Liberia to respond simultaneously to the problems associated with logging and illegal trade, to improve forest sustainability and to expand EU market opportunities for timber. I also consider it positive that the VPA with Liberia has involved a multilateral approach, with a high rate of participation by civil society, industry and forest-area communities, and with particular attention being paid to the new system for verifying legality, to independent audits, to the transparency of the process, to information exchanges and to creating a joint implementation committee which will oversee the agreement."@en1
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