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FLEGT/Legality definition : Cameroon process

CHATHAM HOUSE/ Illegal logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation July 2007. FLEGT/Legality definition : Cameroon process. Emeran Serge Menang Evouna , DFID/WB. Government of Cameroon Background for (A)FLEG(T). October 2003: Host country of the AFLEG inter-ministerial conference

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FLEGT/Legality definition : Cameroon process

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  1. CHATHAM HOUSE/ Illegal logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation July 2007 FLEGT/Legality definition : Cameroon process Emeran Serge Menang Evouna, DFID/WB

  2. Government of Cameroon Background for (A)FLEG(T) • October 2003: Host country of the AFLEG inter-ministerial conference • 2004: Expressed interest in FLEGT • 2005: Began consultation process to define legality.

  3. Definition of legality process • Desk work on Cameroon laws and regulations related to timber (Forestry, Environment, Common law, labour law, Health and Safety, Trade) • Peer review by technical committee • National multi-stakeholder consultation workshop

  4. Study by independent consultants Draft1 Definition of legality Process Preparatory work Draft 1 review by Forcoms Consultants Draft2 Draft 2 review by Eurocertifor Consultants Draft3 Review of Draft 3 by Technical Committee Grid of Legality 1 (GL1) CSOs review GL1 Multi-stakeholder workshop co-funded by WWF and GTZ GL2 CSOs Additional comments on GL2 CGL Private sector VPA discussions

  5. ‘’Is reputed legal all timber coming from one or more areas of production/acquiring processes that are fully compliant with all criteria derived from from laws and regulations of Cameroon and applicable in the forestry sector’’ Legality Definition : • 6 sections: • Legal registration documents for the Company • Tax Obligations • Forestry and Environmental obligations/ logging Operations • Timber transport Obligations • Industrial Processing timber Obligations • Social Obligations Criteria and Indicators Grid of Timber Legality: CONTENT

  6. Next Steps • Series of Multi-stakeholder consultation workshops facilitated by IUCN in close collaboration with GTZ • To complete the legality definition process (by taking into account CSOs and Private sector concerns) • Identify hot issues and ways to address them ( e.g., Independent monitoring, Indigenous Peoples rights, etc)

  7. Lessons Learned • The Government has to be in the driving seat of the process • CSOs and Private sector need to be involved at the beginning of the process • The process is time consuming • Strong guidance required from the EU on the requirements of the definition and the consultation process

  8. Thanks you for your attention For More information: 1. Denis Koulagna Koutou, MINFOF koulagnakd@yahoo.fr 2. Marc Vandenhaute, GTZ marc.vandenhaute@cameroun-foret.com 3. Adonis Milol, IUCN adonis.milol@iucn.org 4. Emeran Serge Menang Evouna, DFID/WB emenangevouna@worldbank.org

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