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from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, MAY 05, 2011 -- PAGE 13 The European Union (EU) and Indonesia announced on Wednesday that they had signed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT-VPA), to reduce illegal logging, log laundering and related international activities.
The FLEGT-VPA will implement the new Indonesian timber legality assurance system (TLAS) and the EU forest law enforcement governance and trade policy on timber and timber products, which until recently represented around 50 percent of timber exported from Indonesia and 20 percent of timber products imported to the EU.
"Indonesia is not only the first Asian …