Industrial Logging
Central African Republic: Linking Rights, Capacity Strengthening, REDD and FLEGT
This briefing provides a case study of recent developments in one country, linking together the work that has been done to advance forest community rights and livelihoods, EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance Trade (FLEGT) and REDD processes, and civil society participation.
Resource rights and timber concessions: Integrating local peoples’ land-use practices in forest management in the Congo Basin
This paper presents an overview of land-use practices in the Congo Basin, as described in the literature, and then considers these in relation to forest management planning
Concessions to poverty: The environmental, social and economic impacts of industrial logging concessions in Africa’s rainforests
This study is focused on the situation in DRC, but draws lessons from other cases across West and Central Africa. Evidence for the economic benefits of industrial tropical logging is very scant. Rather, the evidence suggests that the industrial timber concession model is inherently anti-poor.
Broken Promises: How World Bank Group policies fail to protect forests and forest peoples’ rights
This is a collaborative report published with RFUK and seven other organisations. As the articles in this special issue show, the World Bank has broken several key promises and, sadly, the concerns the authors had about the World Bank’s new Forests Policy turn out to have been all too well founded.
Trading in Credibility
The Forest Stewardship Council has come to be seen as one of the most important initiatives to promote the conservation and better management of the world’s forests. It aims to do this by setting standards for the independent auditing of forestry operations and companies, and allowing its logo to be used as a ‘seal of … Read more
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