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
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Indonesia: JPIK demands revocation of legal timber certificates
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Experiences from the FLEGT/VPA process in Ghana and Congo Brazzaville
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Government of Ghana VPA briefing paper 1, February 2007
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Improving forest governance: A comparison of FLEGT VPAs and their impact
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Research project on independent monitoring: Terms of Reference
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Second Technical Working Group meeting on Indonesia-EU VPA
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LoggingOff slideshow introducing the EU FLEGT
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Summary of questionnaires presented to Fern on VPA process, October 2012
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Joint statement on Guyana-EU VPA, July 2012
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Forest Trends briefing: Honduras VPA
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Letter about illegal timber harvesting in published Guyana’s Stabroek News
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