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Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management and Implications for Certification and Trade in Africa

Year of publication 2000

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper describes the various international and regional processes and initiatives that are developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, and discusses the relationship between these and certification efforts. It highlights the complementarities that exist between them, and indicates the implications they have for trade in forest products. Secretariat Note, African Foretsry and Wildlife Commission, Lusaka, Zambia, 27-30 March 2000.

Meeting symbol AFWC 2000 5

Language English

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