Tag: Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

COP 15: the EU and Guyana sign an agreement on sustainable trade of legal timber

COP 15: the EU and Guyana sign an agreement on sustainable trade of legal timber

- December 16, 2022

Today at COP 15 in Montreal, Canada, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, and Guyana Minister ... Read More

Guyana and EU join forces to meet highest international standards on export of legal timber

Guyana and EU join forces to meet highest international standards on export of legal timber

- October 27, 2022

On 27 October 2022, representatives of Guyana and the European Union met to discuss the implementation of their Voluntary Partnership ... Read More

Guyana to Develop a National Forest Certification Scheme

Guyana to Develop a National Forest Certification Scheme

- October 6, 2021

-in keeping with sustainable forest management policies Guyana’s forests cover approximately 87 percent of the country’s total surface area with ... Read More

Guyana celebrates VPA forestry initialling

Guyana celebrates VPA forestry initialling

- November 30, 2018

Georgetown, Guyana — (November 30, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, last evening, said that the signing of the ... Read More

Historic EU-FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement Initialled

Historic EU-FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement Initialled

- November 24, 2018

PRESS RELEASE The European Union Forest Law, Enforcement, Governance and Trade (EU-FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) was initialled at a ... Read More

Historic EU-FLEGT Voluntary partnership agreement to be initialed in Brussels, Belgium

Historic EU-FLEGT Voluntary partnership agreement to be initialed in Brussels, Belgium

- November 15, 2018

November 15, 2018 After about six years of extensive engagements with local and international stakeholders on the Forest Law Enforcement, ... Read More

Guyana-EU FLEGT VPA to be implemented by year end

Guyana-EU FLEGT VPA to be implemented by year end

- June 29, 2017

DPI/GINA, GUYANA, Thursday, June 29, 2017 By year end, Guyana will officially sign the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the ... Read More