The VPA Meeting that is held twice a year is aimed at improving forest governance, addressing illegal logging and promoting trade in verified legal timber products. Stakeholders at the four-day meeting included representatives of line ministries and agencies, the NGO Coalition of Liberia, the Liberia Timber Association, the National Union of Community Forestry Development Committees, and the National Union of Community Forest Management Bodies. “This means that Communities that Logging activities are taking place in will benefit that we can assure the community,” Karnwea said. He noted that it is time to end illegal logging in Liberia while calling on locals to report such activities in their community. “Finally and also importantly, we have agreed to enhance transparency and communications within the VPA process and we welcome the strong commitment expressed by the FDA to end Illegal logging in Liberia.”

Source: Front Page Africa March 08, 2019 01:18 UTC