Topic: forests

Version 3.0 of the Interactive Forest Atlas provides users with more complete and up-to-date information on the Congo forest sector – timber extraction areas, forest concession management plan status, volume of timber logged, and more. One of its main objectives is to strengthen forest management and land use planning by bringing all major land use categories onto the same standardized platform.

La version 3.0 de l’Atlas Forestier Interactif du Congo fournit aux utilisateurs une information complète et actualisée sur le secteur forestier au Congo – superficie exploitée, statut des plans d’aménagement des concessions forestières, volume de bois exploité, etc. L’un de ses objectifs majeurs est de renforcer la gestion forestière et la planification de l’utilisation des sols en regroupant toutes les catégories d’utilisation des sols sur une plateforme unique.

This WRI/WBCSD guide provides simple, clear information about the 10 key issues related to sustainable procurement of wood and paper-based products. The guide is designed as an information support tool to assist users as they develop and implement their own procurement policies for forest products.

During the design of REDD+, Parties recognized that REDD+ actions will likely not be sustainable unless they account for the role of local people and ecosystems. As a result, Parties defined seven “safeguards” to guide implementation of REDD+, among them transparency, participation, protection of biodiversity, and protection of the rights of local people.

Governments in REDD+ countries are tasked with providing information on how these safeguards will be “addressed and respected.” One option is to develop a national system focused on implementing the safeguards and to provide information on how the system functions. The purpose of this report is to support this process by providing a framework for what a robust national system to implement the REDD+ safeguards would include.

Version 3.0 of the Interactive Forest Atlas provides users with more complete and up-to-date information on the Cameroon forest sector – timber extraction areas, forest concession management plan status, volume of timber logged by concession area, and more. One of its main objectives is to strengthen forest management and land use planning by bringing all major land use categories onto the same standardized platform.

Forest carbon monitoring systems are necessary for tracking the effectiveness of national forest policies aiming to mitigate GHG emissions. This issue brief highlights the broad, fundamental technical capacity needs for forest carbon monitoring based on an assessment of current capacity gaps in seven countries.