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FLEGT licenses in Indonesia, a world first

03.11.2016

 

As of 15 November, Indonesia is going to issue the world’s first FLEGT licenses for the timber products it exports to the European Union.

 

This historic success is the result of long and intensive efforts between government, the private sector and Indonesian civil society (as well as their European partners) aimed at establishing a system that ensures of the compliance of exported timber products with the legal requirements that are applicable in the country.

 

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