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
Community-based Real Time forest Monitoring (RTM)
Overcoming technical capacity constraints in IFM
Integrating governance monitoring into IM-FLEGT and IM-REDD to improve forest governance
THE INDEPENDANT FOREST MONITORING APPROACH IN THE CONTEXT OF COTE D’IVOIRECLASSIFIED FORESTS
Leçons tirées des expériences de la mise en oeuvre de l’OIF dans le Bassin du Congo
IFM FUNDING
Implementing SNOIE in Cameroon
Addressing International Forest Policy Issues through Independent Forest Monitoring
The Role and Operations of VPA Independent Monitoring in Ensuring Legality Compliance
Opportunities in FLEGT for Independent Forest Monitoring and Governance Monitoring
MONITORING REDD+ AND LINKAGES WITH LEGALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMPLIANCE
