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Behind the Logo: an environmental and social assessment of forest certification schemes.
Fern, 2001This report focuses on the four largest certification schemes; the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the Canadian Standards Association’s Sustainable Forest Management Standard (CSA), the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Pan European Forest Certification Scheme (PEFC).DocumentAgriculture and deforestation in tropical Asia: an analytical framework
Mekonginfo, 2001Utilises a number of situations observed in tropical Asia to motivate a simple trade-theoretical analysis of the implications of technological progress in agriculture.DocumentA survey of indigenous land tenure: a report for the Land Tenure Service of the FAO
Forest Peoples Programme, 2001This study provides a concise overview of the information available on the land rights of indigenous peoples, with a focus on those in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Successive chapters summarise the rights of indigenous peoples in international law and then examine how these rights are being recognised, or not, in Latin America, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.DocumentConsolidating the gains: indigenous peoples’ rights and forest policy making at the United Nations
Forest Peoples Programme, 2001This briefing paper assesses the progress made in indigenous participation in forest policy making at the UN and reviews the extent to which indigenous peoples have achieved recognition of their rights and inclusion of their concerns in international forest policy.DocumentEffectiveness of Parks in Protecting Tropical Biodiversity
Komodo National Park, Indonesia, 2001This report assesses the impacts of anthropogenic threats on 93 protected areas in 22 tropical countries to test the hypothesis that parks are an effective means to protect tropical biodiversity. Each park tested was over 5 years old and greater than 5,000 hectares.DocumentBranching out: Zimbabwe’s resource colonialism in Democratic Republic of Congo
Global Witness, 2002This report focuses on the Zimbabwe government and military ambitions to exploit timber resources in the DRC. It highlights their role in a global corporate web which is taking advantage of conflict in the DRC to exploit natural resources.DocumentForests in sustainable development: a quick report card on progress since Rio
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002Report charting trends towards - and away from - sustainable forest management since the Earth Summit. The author highlights several positive trends such as the mainstreaming of participatory forestry approaches, growing consensus on sustainable management and significant clean up of forestry operations.The authors also highlight a number of persistent trends not addressed in Rio or since.DocumentFAO Forestry Country Profiles
Forestry Department, FAO, 2002Extensive collection of country based data on forestry and forests culled from various FAO reports.DocumentPaper tiger, hidden dragons 2: APRIL fools - The forest destruction, social conflict and financial crisis of Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL), and the role of financial institutions and paper merchants
Friends of the Earth, 2002Latest report from Friends of the Earth's Coporates Campaign looking at linkages between financial institutions, pulp and paper manufaturers and paper merchants in forest destruction. The report focuses on the activities of Asia Pacific Resources International Holding Ltd (APRIL) - one of the worlds largest pulp and paper companies - and their subsidiary operations in Sumatra.DocumentState of the forest: Indonesia
World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002Joint report from Forest Watch Indonesia, World Resources Institute and Global Forest Watch. It provides a detailed analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia’s forests.Pages