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Forest management

The VERIFOR Project: timber verification

VERIFOR is an Overseas Development Institute (ODI)-led research project which will work with partner institutions in tropical countries to ensure that timber and forest products are legally harvested. It will help producer nations put in place verification systems with high national and international credibility.

This project focuses on:
- Institutional options
- Equitable solutions which support the principles of good governance

Through the dissemination of research findings, VERIFOR will contribute to the EU FLEGT Action Plan by helping the EU's southern partner countries verify that their timber has been legally harvested.

 

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