Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
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| ENA FLEG | |
|---|---|
| Start date: | 2005 |
| Scope: | Other |
| Policy area: | Forest and forestry |
| Legal status: | Non-legally binding |
| Main formal decision making body: | ENA FLEG Ministerial Conference |
| Main implementing body: | Signatory Countries |
| Language: | English, Russian |
| URL: | ENA FLEG website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | The World Bank Group |
| Country(ies): | USA |
| Date: | 8/11/2011 |
The Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (ENA FLEG) is a political initiative launched by a number of countries to strengthen forest governance within a given region. These ministerial-level political processes aim to mobilize international commitment from producer, consumer and donor governments to increase efforts to combat illegal logging. They create the political space at national and regional levels to address these sensitive issues and they specifically recognize the need for joint efforts and shared responsibility of wood products producing countries, consuming countries, civil society and donors.
| Objective | To galvanize international and multi-stakeholder commitment to combat the problem of illegal logging and associated trade and corruption at the forest sector |
| Target | Illegal logging trade |
| Monitoring, assessing and reporting | International, national and regional follow-up and implementation |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | UNFF, UNCPF, FAO, UNEP, MCPF, ITTO, UNFCC, UNCBD |
| Keywords | Europe, North Asian region, forest law, sustainable forest management, illegal logging |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| Socio-economic functions | Trade in wood | Trade balance |
