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
Analyse sur l’exportation des bois en grume en République du Congo
Rapport de l’observation indépendante APV FLEGT, Unités Forestières d’Aménagement de JUA-IKIE, TALA-TALA, POKOLA et NGOMBE -République du Congo, Janvier-Février 2016
VPA update November 2016 – Central African Republic
CS-IFM Briefiing #6: Affected Communities’ negotiation with the Alpha logging & Wood Processing Incorporated concession in Gbarpolu County
SDI Briefing #3: Logging Outside the Blouquia Community Forest Management Area 2
VPA update, June 2015
VPA update, November 2014
VPA update, November 2013
VPA update November 2012
Cadre et méthodologie de suivi du respect des obligations sociales des entreprises forestières et de la gestion par les municipalités des revenus forestiers destinés aux communautés
Baseline study, household capacity to comply with timber legality requirements (in Vietnamese)
