NGO view on EUTR Rudi Kohnert, FERN - Writingthefuture.org

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Political significance Hitherto, the government was dismissive of local <strong>NGO</strong>s, and either (conveniently?) ignored them or didn’t even know of their existence, so…. Already a major (possibly unique to-date) step for V<strong>NGO</strong>s to be part of the process
The other side of the coin – what can go wrong Consultation has sometimes been tokenistic (CSOs being used to legitimise the process) Stalemate in Malaysia around key CSO issues about: disputes over land (should be settled prior to logging), timber harvested in disputed areas (should be considered illegal), customary laws (should include unwritten but recognised customary practices), the definition of legality (needs a clause that timber and its products be free from ‘aboriginal or native customary’ claims)
Page 1 and 2: A civil society view</stron
Page 3 and 4: Facets of FLEGT Agreement to facili
Page 5 and 6: Perspectives Logging has to be sust
Page 7: Creating space for CSO participatio
Page 11 and 12: FERN believes… VPAs are a real t
Page 13 and 14: Achievements to date Participation
Page 15 and 16: Key points ‣ VPAs have potential

NGO view on EUTR Rudi Kohnert, FERN - Writingthefuture.org

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