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
Civil society counter-brief on the Central African Republic-EU VPA
Civil society declaration on participation in Cameroon’s VPA process
Vietnam: Households’ ability to meet timber legality requirements
Simplified community guide to independent forest monitoring
Civil society counter-brief on the Cameroon-EU VPA
Cameroon: FLEGT independent auditors edified on control mechanisms
Key Principles for a VPA in Malaysia
Aide Memoire of the fourth VPA negotiation between Liberia and the EU
