The Forest Legality Initiative works with governments, the private sector and civil society to reduce illegal logging and associated trade.
The Initiative provides tools and resources to improve transparency and accountability in forest-related supply chains, and informs policy and purchasing decisions through data and analysis.
Laws & Policies
LATEST UPDATES
Quatre façons de renforcer l'observation indépendante des forêts dans le bassin du Congo
L’observation indépendante des forêts (OIF) a joué un rôle important dans l’amélioration de la gouvernance forestière et dans la lutte contre l’exploitation forestière illégale au cours des 20 dernières années, en conduisant, par exemple, à l’annulation de titres forestiers illégaux et l’adoption de nouveaux arrêtés ministériels améliorant la gouvernance forestière.
Tools & Resources
Open Timber Portal
The Open Timber Portal (OTP) is a web platform that promotes compliance with legal requirements in timber harvest and trade. It seeks to bring transparency to timber operations and improve access to country-specific information about forest management and harvesting, while increasing the effectiveness of regulations on illegal logging.
World Forest ID
The objective of the World Forest ID is to collect georeferenced physical wood samples from at-risk forests across the globe and help build international analytic capacity whereby partner laboratories can assist in developing reference databases.