Topic : Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) / Observation Indépendante des Forêts (OIF) / Supervisión Independiente de Bosques
Independent forest monitoring (IFM) is a tool for assessing and strengthening legal compliance in the forest sector internationally. By complementing official forest law enforcement activities with the objectivity and public credibility of an independent third party, IFM can improve transparency in the short term while contributing to the development of a sound legislative and regulatory framework for responsible forest management[citation needed].
Transparency was emphasized as a key element in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) in Copenhagen in December 2009 in its decisions on methodological guidance for forest monitoring systems
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Forest Trends briefing: Honduras VPA
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Letter about illegal timber harvesting in published Guyana’s Stabroek News
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Indonesia’s Timber Legality Assurance System under scrutiny
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EU NGO statement on the murder of Indonesian activist Indra Kailani
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Ghana Forestry Commission’s proposed wood tracking system
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Third Technical Working Group meeting on Indonesia-EU VPA
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Third Joint Expert Meeting on Indonesia-EU VPA
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Guyana and Norway agree on climate funding for forests
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A civil society counter-brief on the Ghana-EU VPA
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Aide memoires of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ghana-EU Joint Monitoring Review Mechanisms
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Indonesia: JPIK demands revocation of legal timber certificates
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