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
VPA questionnaire responses from Gabon, Malaysia, Vietnam, DR Congo and Honduras
Indonesia’s Timber Legality Assurance System under scrutiny
LoggingOff slideshow introducing the EU FLEGT
EU NGO statement on the murder of Indonesian activist Indra Kailani
Aide memoires of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ghana-EU Joint Monitoring Review Mechanisms
Indonesia: JPIK demands revocation of legal timber certificates
Government of Ghana VPA briefing paper 1, February 2007
Third Technical Working Group meeting on Indonesia-EU VPA
Third Joint Expert Meeting on Indonesia-EU VPA
Letter about illegal timber harvesting in published Guyana’s Stabroek News
Improving forest governance: A comparison of FLEGT VPAs and their impact