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The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process in the Central and West Africa: from theory to practice

Year of publication 2014

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This study was carried out by the FAO FLEGT Programme. The report was written by Marc Vandenhaute, Sophie Lemaître and Robert Simpson with the support of experts Caroline Duhesme, Anna Halton, Emmanuel Heuse, Yann Petrucci and Ruth Raymond. The authors are grateful to Véronique Ferrier for editing the original language text, Leslie Wearne Duncan for English language translation and Gabriele Marcelli for layout and design. Special thanks go to the stakeholders in the VPA countries of West and Central Africa and to the European Commission, whose contributions were crucial in carrying out the study. Lastly, the authors would like to thank the panel of experts who reviewed the study, particularly EFI’s EU FLEGT Facility, FERN, IDL and CIFOR, for their willingness and their technical input.

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