European Union and FAO to step up efforts to combat illegal timber trade $30m initiative aims at empowering smallholder wood producers, reducing poverty

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13 May 2016, Rome - A $30 million funding agreement was formalized here today by Veronique Lorenzo of the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, and René Castro Salazar, FAO Assistant Director-General for Forestry, to support the next phase of FAO FLEGT Programme, set to run through 2020.  

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