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Tropical
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 CERTIFICATION and STANDARDS
 The Criteria and Indicators Toolbox Series
Various authors: CIFOR 1999
ISBN 979-8764-24-2 (Volume 1)
A set of 10 manuals including a CD-Rom that outlines all aspectes of CIFOR's C&I for
sustainable forest management. Very
voluminous and not easy to get into, but full of very useful material. The CD-Rom is the best way of
getting an overview.
Available from CIFOR:
http://www.cgiar.org/cifor
The Forest Certification Handbook.
C.Upton and S. Bass. Earthscan Publications, 1995.
The essential guide to the environmental labelling of wood. However because of continual developments
needs to be read in
conjunction with the above WB paper and in particular the Certification Information Service web page
available on the EFI
website.
http://www.efi.fi/cis/english/intro.html
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The Sustainable Forestry Handbook,
S. Higman, S. Bass, N. Judd, J. Mayers, R. Nussbaum.
Earthscan.1999, 289pp
ISBN 1853835994
A practical guide for tropical forest managers on implementing new standards. Aimed primarily at forest
managers and
management teams in tropical, developing countries, this informative guide is based around the Forest
Stewardship Council’s
Principles and Criteria and the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s Criteria and Indicators
for Sustainable Forest
Management. It clearly explains how these criteria can be met.
Certification of Forest Management and Labelling of
Forest Products
Discussion notes on main issues
Simula, Markku (Indufor Oy) September 1999.
Available from the WB Forest Policy Web page.
Provides an up to date overview of the main issues relating to certification. The main suppliers
and the relationship of certification
to forest management is discussed. The report sees certification as a complementary policy instrument
towards SFM.
Integrating Criteria and Indicators of SFM into the
National Forest Programmes
FAO 1997; 42 pp.
Available free from their sales outlets
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