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"en.20120419.15.4-247-000"2
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"Today, the European Parliament gave its agreement to the conclusion of a partnership agreement with the Central African Republic. This Voluntary Partnership Agreement obliges the partner to create a legal framework, and, in particular, permits for timber and derived products that may be exported to EU markets and to establish a monitoring system and independent audits.
As much as 60% of Central African timber is exported to the EU. As this sector is one of the principal sources of income for this country, exploitation of forestry resources leads to environmental damage. The main causes of this are a lack of means to enforce the law as well as ineffective monitoring, which leads to illegal logging. It should also be remembered that over 3 million hectares of forests in the Central African Republic are covered by commercial concessions, mainly to European companies. These companies must have permits for logging, thus a proper legal environment is vital both for these companies and for growth in trade.
In order to ensure sustainable forestry management and to avoid degradation of the forests, the Central African Republic has undertaken, as part of the agreement, to trade only in legitimate forestry products. I think it is a very important development that this agreement, together with other legal measures, such as the EU Timber Regulation which is to come into force in 2013, will help reduce illegal logging. However, effective implementation of the regulation will be essential."@en1
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