1. FLEGT/Legality definition : Cameroon process Emeran Serge Menang Evouna, DFID/WB CHATHAM HOUSE/ Illegal logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation July 2007

2. Government of Cameroon Background for (A)FLEG(T)  October 2003: Host country of the AFLEG inter-ministerial conference  2004: Expressed interest in FLEGT  2005: Began consultation process to define legality.

3. Definition of legality process  Desk work on Cameroon laws and regulations related to timber (Forestry, Environment, Common law, labour law, Health and Safety, Trade)  Peer review by technical committee  National multi-stakeholder consultation workshop

4. Preparatory work Study by independent consultants Draft 1 review by Forcoms Consultants Draft 2 review by Eurocertifor Consultants Review of Draft 3 by Technical Committee Multi-stakeholder workshop co-funded by WWF and GTZ Grid of Legality 1 (GL1) CSOs Private sector Definition of legality Process CSOs review GL1 GL2 Additional comments on GL2 Draft1 Draft2 Draft3 VPA discussions CGL

5. CONTENT ‘’Is reputed legal all timber coming from one or more areas of production/acquiring processes that are fully compliant with all criteria derived from from laws and regulations of Cameroon and applicable in the forestry sector’’ Legality Definition : Criteria and Indicators Grid of Timber Legality: 6 sections: 1.Legal registration documents for the Company 2.Tax Obligations 3.Forestry and Environmental obligations/ logging Operations 4.Timber transport Obligations 5.Industrial Processing timber Obligations 6.Social Obligations

6. Next Steps  Series of Multi-stakeholder consultation workshops facilitated by IUCN in close collaboration with GTZ To complete the legality definition process (by taking into account CSOs and Private sector concerns) Identify hot issues and ways to address them ( e.g., Independent monitoring, Indigenous Peoples rights, etc)

7. Lessons Learned  The Government has to be in the driving seat of the process  CSOs and Private sector need to be involved at the beginning of the process  The process is time consuming  Strong guidance required from the EU on the requirements of the definition and the consultation process

8. Thanks you for your attention For More information: 1. Denis Koulagna Koutou, MINFOF koulagnakd@yahoo.fr 2. Marc Vandenhaute, GTZ marc.vandenhaute@cameroun-foret.com 3. Adonis Milol, IUCN adonis.milol@iucn.org 4. Emeran Serge Menang Evouna, DFID/WB emenangevouna@worldbank.org