biodiversity
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Knowledge | Social Impact Assessment of Forest Carbon Projects (toolkit)
02.14.12Are land-based carbon projects good for local people, biodiversity, and ecosystem services? This PROFOR-supported activity produced a user-friendly Manual on how to conduct cost-effective and credible social and biodiversity impact assessments. Background case studies and toolkits are available on this page.
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Knowledge | Establishing a Network of Controlled Delivery Units for Forest Law Enforcement
01.18.12To develop a forest law enforcement community of practice able to conduct international controlled delivery operations that would help bring timber and wildlife smugglers to justice. and reduce international trade and trafficking in illicit forest products.
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Knowledge | National Timber Yield Tables for Mahogany
01.17.12Accurate conversion factors for standing timber and export grade sawn wood are crucial for the effective implementation of the CITES convention. With technical assistance from Intercooperation and PROFOR's FLEG team, Guatemala has developed national yield tables and volumetric conversion factors for mahogany.
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Knowledge | Wildlife Trade Law Enforcement in Mongolia
06.14.11Technical assistance to improve wildlife trade law enforcement in Mongolia was funded under the EU FLEG program, later integrated into PROFOR, in 2009-2010.
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Knowledge | The Matrix: Mapping Payments for Ecosystem Services
05.30.08What is the composition and size of the global market for payments for ecosystem services (PES)? In an effort to answer this question, PROFOR supported an endeavor to devise a matrix which maps the size, environmental and community impacts, participants and shapers, and market trends for PES in the forestry and other sectors. The findings are broad in scope and complex.
