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
CS-IFM Briefing #3: Partners in progress or illegality? The case of International Consulting Capital and Forest Venture Inc.
VPA questionnaire responses from Gabon, Malaysia, Vietnam, DR Congo and Honduras
Congo Basin civil society workshop on independent forest monitoring
LoggingOff slideshow introducing the EU FLEGT
Forest Trends briefing: Honduras VPA
Letter about illegal timber harvesting in published Guyana’s Stabroek News
Indonesia’s Timber Legality Assurance System under scrutiny
Ghana Forestry Commission’s proposed wood tracking system
