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[3.31. Food quality control is currently carried out by the Food Quality Control Centre (CECOQDA).]
3.32. The Law aims to:
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• save resources and protect the environment;
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3.34. The objectives of the national standardization policy are as follows: (...)
(5) to accredit and certify multifaceted skills with a view to achieving national, regional and international recognition in the following areas: (...) vi. environmental management system certification; (...)

3.35. Under the plant protection law , anyone who, for commercial or professional reasons, wishes to import plant material or products liable to be carriers of organisms that could harm plants or have an effect on crops must obtain prior authorization to engage in the activity. (...)

3.36. The Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Plant Protection and Packaging (DPVC) is responsible for phytosanitary protection and controls. The DPVC has some 15 phytosanitary checkpoints at the borders to carry out controls on imports of plant products. On completion of the controls, products presenting a danger to plant material, the environment, humans or animals may be disinfected, returned or destroyed, depending on the level of risk. (...)

3.60. The CEMAC countries are all signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Accordingly, the export of these species is prohibited or subject to authorization (see country annexes).

4.2. Spread over more than 3 million km2, the CEMAC region is endowed with a diverse climate and substantial land resources that make it particularly suited to the development of agropastoral activities. Despite this natural potential, however, the agricultural sector remains largely underdeveloped. (...)

4.7. The Common Agricultural Strategy (SAC) adopted in 2003 seeks to promote trade in agricultural products and ensuring food security. It is based five priority pillars: (...) c. mobilizing and strengthening civil society: the idea is to involve civil society more widely in the development and implementation of agricultural and environmental protection policies, and to support the NGOs operating in the sector; (...)

4.10. The mission of the Economic Commission for Cattle, Meat and Fishery Resources (CEBEVIRHA), a CEMAC implementing agency, is to contribute to the sustainable development of the livestock, animal industries, fisheries and aquaculture sectors, and to boost trade.

4.28. The CEMAC region is partly covered by the forests of the Congo Basin, the world's second largest tropical forest, which has exceptional levels of biodiversity. With the exception of Chad, all the CEMAC countries have, to a greater or lesser extent, considerable forest resources, and export wood products. [106] (...)
[106] According to statistics compiled by the Central African Forests Observatory (OFAC) for 2010, the forested area is estimated at 18.6 million hectares for Cameroon; 17.1 million for Congo; 22.3 million for Gabon; and 6.9 million for the Central African Republic.

4.29. However, the maintenance and sustainability of these forest areas remains generally uncertain, the main threats being illegal or uncontrolled logging, the opening up of the massif with roads and tracks, commercial hunting (meat and trophies), and the settlement of populations along new roads, around mines and logging operations.