Our projects
Fostering partnerships to promote PEFC certification in Hungary
Smallholders
Hungary was one of the few remaining European countries with a significant share of private forest owners, but without a national forest certification system. Our Collaboration Fund project helped to change this.
Synergies between FLEGT VPA and PEFC Certification
Research
Exploring synergies and formal recognition between Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPAs) and certification in Ghana.
Indigenous Peoples & Certification
Smallholders
Raising the awareness of indigenous communities in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines to the opportunities and benefits offered by forest certification.
Working towards a national forest certification system in Nepal
Smallholders
Supporting Nepal’s stakeholders as they begin to develop a national forest certification system – the first of its kind in the country.
1 June 2016
Exploring the potential of forests in fashion
Innovation
Forest certification never stands still, and we always look to involve new sectors and enable the certification of new products. Past projects have developed the certification of rubber wood, cork and wild food - in 2016 we entered the world of fashion!