3-Certification and sustainability support

PEFC Certification

Type: International forest management & supply-chain certification (PEFC), regionally adapted (PAFC)

Purpose: Promote responsible forest management at global and regional scales

Description: PEFC and its regional system PAFC provide standards and third-party certification ensuring responsible forest practices and verified traceability of certified products.

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Preferred by Nature Certification

Type: Timber legality certification / auditing services

Purpose: Help companies prove legal compliance in timber sourcing and trade

Description: Provides independent verification of legal origin, documentation and supply-chain control across forest-sector operations.

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TLV Certification

Type: Timber legality certification

Purpose: Demonstrate compliance with legality requirements for market access

Description: Independent assessment verifying lawful harvesting, supply-chain traceability and supporting compliance with regulatory frameworks.

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OLB Certification

Type: Timber legality certification

Purpose: Demonstrate that timber is legally sourced and traceable

Description: Third-party verification ensuring legal compliance, documented supply chains and responsible sourcing.

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FSC Certification

Type: International forest management & supply-chain certification

Purpose: Promote responsible forest management at global scale

Description: FSC provides standards and third-party certification to ensure responsible forest practices and verified traceability of certified products.

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Assistant Numérique de Contrôle (ANC)

Type: Mobile application

Purpose: Support digital inspection and control tasks.

Description: App for field officers to record and verify compliance data, likely in forestry or environmental monitoring contexts.

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Assala

Type: Web GIS planning tool

Purpose: Optimize road/trail routing to reduce environmental footprint.

Description: Browser-based GIS application that helps plan access roads/trails minimizing costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental impact.

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AFOLU Carbon Calculator (FAO)

Type: Carbon accounting tool

Purpose: Estimate greenhouse gas impacts of land-based interventions.

Description: Uses IPCC-based methods to model CO₂ benefits or emissions from activities such as afforestation, forest management, agroforestry, cropland or grazing management.

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TEREA

Type: Carbon tools

Purpose: Integrate carbon and GHG considerations in certified forest operations.

Description: In the context of PAFC (Pan African Forest Certification) in the Congo Basin, Terea is developing tools to account for carbon and GHG in certified forest management operations.

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Tashmetum

Type: Document library

Purpose: Centralize forest certification and legality resources.

Description: Provides multilingual guides, technical documents, and training materials to support sustainable forest management and certification in Central Africa.

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Interactive Infographics on Certification Careers

Type: Educational PDF / interactive resource

Purpose: Provide pedagogical guidance on certification-related roles in tropical forestry.

Description: These interactive PDFs present the activities of key roles within a certification unit, including Certification Manager, EFIR Standards Controller, Wildlife and Illegal Activity Officer, Health, Safety, and Environment Officer, and External Social Officer.

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E-learning abattage contrôlé

Type: E-learning video module

Purpose: Provide theoretical and practical training for tropical forest loggers.

Description: This e-learning course covers essential skills for chainsaw operators, including personal protective equipment (PPE), controlled felling, cross-cutting, and first aid. It includes 3D-animated videos created by a professional trainer to demonstrate safe and efficient logging techniques step by step.

FauneFAC

Type: Methodological toolkit

Purpose: Support wildlife data collection and research in forestry and environmental studies.

Description: Provides explanatory methodological tools detailing three different approaches for collecting fauna data, designed to guide students and professionals in practical fieldwork.

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