As Ghana ships first ‘gold standard’ timber to EU, questions about FLEGT’s future remain (commentary)
via news.mongabay.com
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Ghana has become the first African country to win fast-lane access to European Union markets for its timber. A trading license negotiated with the European Commission over 16 years means all logging in the West African country is now recognized as being untainted by illegality, and is carried out with the consent of nearby forest […]