certification
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Knowledge | Evaluating the Effectiveness and Impact of Forest Certification
11.22.11Sustainable forest management certification enjoys wide support; yet critical evaluation of forest certification has not been carried out. This activity proposes to develop a rigorous approach toward evaluating the effectiveness and impact of forest certification.
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Field Notes | Giving Every Tree an ID
08.01.11Once transformed into an amorphous bundle of planks, wood can be hard to identify let alone certify as legal or sustainably-harvested. The ambition of Double Helix Tracking Technologies is to apply genetics to forests and the timber supply chain.
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Knowledge | Strengthening the Value Chain for Indigenous and Community Forestry Operations
08.03.10Building on the successful work of the Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Forestry Division in Mexico and Central America, PROFOR co-financed three case studies documenting changes in income, return on investment and the role of technical assistance in bringing investments to their full potential in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
