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First negotiation of FLEGT voluntary partnership agreement with DRC, 15-17 February 2011, Kinshasa This follows the opening of the negotiations which took place on 21 october 2010 in Brussels, and the joint Declaration by Minister Endundo and Commissioner Piebalgs.

Forests, and particularly tropical forests, play a major role for livelihoods as resource and as safety nets for some of the most vulnerable population, for the economy of developing countries, but also in terms of biodiversity. Their role in terms of climate change adaptation and mitigation, has...