Our projects
Indonesia’s community forests: learning from the past to improve the future
Smallholders
Community forests play an important role within Indonesia, but their certification continues to be a challenge. This project developed a new community forestry standard to make forest certification more accessible to these communities.
Advancing forest certification in Ghana
National system development
While forest certification existed in Ghana, it lacked international recognition. This project helped get the national forest certification system through key stages of development, moving it towards PEFC endorsement.
Generating new knowledge on carbon stocks in managed tropical forests
Research
Supporting CIRAD to generate new knowledge on the long-term impacts of timber extraction on both carbon stocks and timber recovery in the humid tropics.
Working in partnership to bring sustainable management to Myanmar’s forests
National system development
As Myanmar reforms its forest sector, we are supporting the country towards sustainable management of its forest resources in order to advance equitable and sustainable development.
Supporting stakeholders to develop the Macedonian forest certification system
National system development
Following on from an initial outreach project carried out in the Southwest Balkans, this project guided Macedonia through the system development process, up to their application to PEFC for endorsement.