For more information contact Francesca Iannini on f.iannini@odi.org.uk

VERIFOR project poster

VERIFOR project reveiw

Case studies (downloads only - for full details see Country and Sector Case Studies page)

• Ghana's Experience in Timber Verification System Design (full | summary)
• Verification in the Forest Sector of British Columbia, Canada (full | summary)
• The Ecuadorian Outsourced National Forest Control System (full | summary | French version )
• The Experience of Indpendent Forest Monitoring in Cambodia (full | summary | French version )
• Giants don't Leap: Verification in Brazil's Process towards Sustainable Forestry (full | summary | French version)
• The Costa Rican National Forest Control System (full | summary)
• Verification in the Forest Sector in the Philippines (full | summary | French version )
• Systems for Verification of Legality in Malaysia (full | summary)
• Systems for Verification of Legality in the Indonesian Forest Sector (summary)
• Forest Products Verification in Nepal and the work of the Commission to Investigate the Abuse of Authority (full | summary)
• Verification in the Forest Sector of Cameroon (full | summary | French version )
• Verification in the Forest Sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo (English version | French version)
• Verification in the Forest Sector of Congo (English version | French version)
• Verification in the Forest Sector of Gabon (English version | French version)
• The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds
• An Overview of the Evolution, Operation and Status of Nuclear Safeguards
• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
• The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Verification for Food Safety: the case of the Meat Industry
• The experience of election observers: lessons for the process of timber verification
• Ombudsmen, People's Defenders and Mediators: independence and administrative justice in state transformation

VERIFOR project book:

• Legal Timber: Verification and Governance in the Forest Sector, David Brown et al. Published by ODI. Paperback version available for purchase from the ODI Bookshop.
• Bois légal: Vérification et gouvernance dans le secteur forestier. Pour demander une copie du livre priere de contacter Edith Abilogo
• Madera Legal: Verificación y gobernanza en el sector forestal (PDF)

Briefing Papers

1. Designing Verification Systems for the Timber Trade: Learning from International Processes
2. On Independence in Verification Work
3. Developmental Impacts of Verification Systems in the Forest Sector
4. Independent monitoring of the FLEGT Timber Legality Assurance System: Thinking Outside the Box
5. Ownership in relation to the Design of Verification Systems
6. Convergence between Certification and Verification in the drive to Legality Assurance: assessing the pros and cons
7. New Technologies in support of Improved Forest Governance: factors influencing success
8. Multi-stakeholder processes: Lessons for the process of timber verification
9. Trade liberalisation and forest verification: Learning from the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

VERIFOR Options

1. Strategies for Independent Monitoring

VERIFOR Information Notes

1. Recent international trade patterns in timber products for the Verifor case study countries
2. On Independence
3. Multistakeholder Processes: Making Public Involvement Work
4. Building national capacity for forest governance reform: The role of institutions

Concept Papers

1. The legal basis for verification systems - standard setting for legal compliance

1. Reflections on the Social Dimensions of Verification in FLEGT processes
   Thinkpiece by Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples Programme (PDF, 144kb)