Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions

The European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan is an ambitious strategy to fight illegal logging and its negative impacts. The FLEGT theory of change is based on three types of FLEGT actions, namely timber production, demand, and global timber trade standards a...

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Autores principales: Cerutti, P.O., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Dermawan, A., Newbery, J., Tabi Eckebil, P.P., Tsanga, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111698
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author Cerutti, P.O.
Goetghebuer, T.
Leszczynska, N.
Dermawan, A.
Newbery, J.
Tabi Eckebil, P.P.
Tsanga, R.
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Dermawan, A.
Goetghebuer, T.
Leszczynska, N.
Newbery, J.
Tabi Eckebil, P.P.
Tsanga, R.
author_facet Cerutti, P.O.
Goetghebuer, T.
Leszczynska, N.
Dermawan, A.
Newbery, J.
Tabi Eckebil, P.P.
Tsanga, R.
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description The European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan is an ambitious strategy to fight illegal logging and its negative impacts. The FLEGT theory of change is based on three types of FLEGT actions, namely timber production, demand, and global timber trade standards and dynamics. FLEGT works in more than a dozen countries through Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA). Very few studies exist on the global or country-level impact of the FLEGT-VPA process. We sought to understand the contribution of FLEGT-VPAs in three countries (Cameroon, Ghana, and Indonesia) at different stages of VPA implementation. A uniform methodology was applied to provide cross-cutting results on perceived changes directly linked to the FLEGT expected impacts while allowing for contextual specificities. This approach is designed to be easily replicable in all VPA countries and directly linked to the FLEGT global theory of change. This commentary presents our findings and their implications for policy makers.
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spelling CGSpace1116982024-06-26T09:36:36Z Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions Cerutti, P.O. Goetghebuer, T. Leszczynska, N. Dermawan, A. Newbery, J. Tabi Eckebil, P.P. Tsanga, R. certification impact assessment timber trade logging forest management forestry The European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan is an ambitious strategy to fight illegal logging and its negative impacts. The FLEGT theory of change is based on three types of FLEGT actions, namely timber production, demand, and global timber trade standards and dynamics. FLEGT works in more than a dozen countries through Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA). Very few studies exist on the global or country-level impact of the FLEGT-VPA process. We sought to understand the contribution of FLEGT-VPAs in three countries (Cameroon, Ghana, and Indonesia) at different stages of VPA implementation. A uniform methodology was applied to provide cross-cutting results on perceived changes directly linked to the FLEGT expected impacts while allowing for contextual specificities. This approach is designed to be easily replicable in all VPA countries and directly linked to the FLEGT global theory of change. This commentary presents our findings and their implications for policy makers. 2021-03 2021-03-02T07:44:02Z 2021-03-02T07:44:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111698 en Limited Access Elsevier Cerutti, P.O., Goetghebuer, T., Leszczynska, N., Dermawan, A., Newbery, J., Eckebil, P.P.T. and Tsanga, R., 2021. Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions. Forest Policy and Economics, 124: 102386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102386
spellingShingle certification
impact assessment
timber trade
logging
forest management
forestry
Cerutti, P.O.
Goetghebuer, T.
Leszczynska, N.
Dermawan, A.
Newbery, J.
Tabi Eckebil, P.P.
Tsanga, R.
Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
title Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
title_full Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
title_fullStr Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
title_full_unstemmed Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
title_short Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
title_sort voluntary partnership agreements assessing impacts for better policy decisions
topic certification
impact assessment
timber trade
logging
forest management
forestry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111698
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