(Business in Cameroon) - A workshop grouping independent auditors selected to check the legality and ensure the transparency of the Government-European Union Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT) on logging activities in the country, took place on Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Yaoundé.

Drilled on the different control mechanisms, the role of the independent auditors, according to team leader, Caroline Duhesme, is to ensure that the national legality verification system that issues FLEGT export licenses is credible and reliable.

Although, illegal exportation of Cameroon wood to EU countries exists, the inspector General No. 1 at the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Ebia Ndongo says, “Government will not spare any effort to ensure FLEGT process it voluntarily signed is applied.”

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