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Campaign Forest transparency
Making the Forest Sector Transparent was a four year project that supported civil society groups in forest-rich countries to engage with policy makers and advocate for accountable forest sector governance. -
Report A Guide to Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM)
The definitive guide to IFM for governments, donors, and NGOs.
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Report Exploring credibility gaps in Voluntary Partnership Agreements
A review of independent forest monitoring initiatives and lessons to learn. -
Report A Decade of Experience - Lessons Learned from Independent Forest Monitoring to Inform REDD
Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) has been developed over the last decade to monitor logging, legal compliance and forest law enforcement. Through the provision of publicly accessible, objective information on the control of activities in the forest sector, IFM addresses governance and transparency and supports forest law enforcement. IFM is, in effect, a form of systems or governance monitoring. This report presents a detailed review and analysis of lessons learned from implementing IFM in practice. -
Briefing IFM in Nicaragua
Despite having emerged from the conflict that affected the country for many years, Nicaragua still suffers from poverty, corruption and inequity. -
Briefing IFM in Honduras
Over half of Honduras, the third poorest country in Latin America, is covered by forests. The country relies heavily on external aid and suffers from a drastically unequal distribution of income. -
Briefing IFM in Cameroon (2000-2005)
Cameroon's nearly 22 million hectares of forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. -
Briefing IFM in Cambodia (1999-2003)
Global Witness was appointed the official independent monitor of Cambodia's forestry sector in 1999 and played this role until 2003.
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Briefing Document Feasibility Study on Independent Forest Monitoring in the DR Congo
Global Witness conducted a three month Feasibility Study on Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) in the DR Congo, from August to October 2007. -
Report Scoping Study: IFM in Ghana
There is a growing consensus that tropical timber production in Ghana has peaked. As the resource reduces, the state comes under greater pressure from the international community, and its own citizens, to be more efficient and effective in both earning and spending state revenues. A cat-and-mouse game takes place between those who persist in short-term behaviour, rushing for the last few trees of value, and those support a more ‘soft-landing’ approach. -
Briefing Document Principles for Independent Monitoring of REDD (IM-REDD)
Governance is key to REDD+. Through internationally agreed principles, safeguards and standards, a roadmap for progress towards the good governance required for successful REDD+ will be developed. Importantly, it will be owned by the countries concerned. A clear conflict of interest exists if governments monitor their own performance. A set of 10 principles can be dervied from Independent Forest Monitoring, developed over the decade to address precisely this problem. -
Video Guide to IFM in Cameroon
A short film about IFM in Cameroon. Download in FLV format. Or download the individual chapters in WMV format: