These platforms compile the standards, requirements and practical resources specific to forest certification schemes, offering clear guidelines and examples to support their implementation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
