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
DECLARATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS FROM FORESTED TROPICAL COUNTRIES
Guide for Community Based-Independent Forest Monitoring
A Decade Later-Time for a new approach to Community Forestry in Liberia
Numopoh community forest: delta timber company in disregard to Liberian forestry laws
Synthèses des rapports d’observation indépendante externe – Cameroun
SDI Briefing #5: Sewacajua Community Forest: need to strengthen rule of law in the community forestry sector in Liberia
CS-IFM: résumé of initiatives prepared for Ghana CSOs
CS-IFM Briefing #8: Comparative analysis of two CFMAs in Grand Gedeh and Nimba Counties
Note de situation de l’OCDH sur LURCIA Services – République du Congo
Forest Watch – Actualité des APV Novembre 2017: un an après la mise en place des licences FLEGT
Rapport No15 Observation Indépendante/CAGDF APV FLEGT UFE Nkola et Ntombo, Kouilou/Pointe-Noire, février-mars 2017
