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    Forestry and paper sector report

    European Social Investment Forum, 2007
    This paper discusses some of the major social and environmental challenges facing the European  paper industry whilst highlighting associated risks and opportunities for long term returns. It also looks at a number good practice case studies.
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    Environmental aspects of China's papermaking fiber supply

    Forest Trends, 2007
    This report assesses the environmental impacts of China’s pulp and wastepaper production as well as the reputational risks related to China’s pulpwood sourcing from “high risk” countries.
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    Amazon Watch

    Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organisations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial de
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    Conflict-sensitive business practice: guidance for commercial reforestation in Colombia

    International Alert, 2006
    This manual is an adapted version of the Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice (CSBP) toolbox which applies the CSBP methodology to the Colombian reforestation sector in Colombia. The manual discusses the national information related to planted forests as well as conflict management and resolution.
  • Organisation

    ISEAL Alliance

    The International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL) is an association of leading voluntary international standard-setting and conformity assessment organisations
  • Organisation

    Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

    The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) is an NGO, established in 1990 by the World Rainforest Movement specifically to work with forest peoples in their struggle to survive the global forest crisis.
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    Convergence between certification and verification in the drive to legality assurance: assessing the pros and cons

    VERIFOR, 2007
    This brief highlights two different approaches to regulating trade in timber resources: certification and verification.
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    A funny place to store carbon: UWA-FACE Foundation’s tree planting project in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda

    World Rainforest Movement, 2006
    This report documents human rights abuses at Mount Elgon National Park in east Uganda, where a Dutch foundation plants trees for the purpose of carbon offsetting.
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    Can payments for avoided deforestation to tackle climate change also benefit the poor?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    Avoided deforestation (AD) has become a global concern with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This paper discusses financial incentive schemes to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation in tropical countries may be established and considers some of the issues from the perspective of host countries and the forest-dependent poor.
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    Forests and climate change: global understandings and possible responses

    Policy Studies Institute, UK, 2006
    This is the draft report of a scoping study for the Forestry Commission on forests and climate change. The report discusses the role that sustainable forest management can play in mitigating climate change.

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