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2 results foundAuthor: Søreide, Tina Title: Certified Integrity? Forest Certification and Anti-Corruption Summary: Forest certification schemes regulate forest exploitation and trade across many countries. In the absence of a multilateral agreement on limiting deforestation, they provide rules to balance the social, economic and ecological values of forest resources. Expansion of these schemes into tropical countries that display poor governance and high levels of corruption has raised questions about these schemes’ performance in such contexts. Referring to the case of the Forest Stewardship Council – a global forestry certification system – the authors looked at whether forest certification schemes can address corruption issues. While forest certification is not primarily geared towards detecting and preventing corruption, they may have some anti-corruption effects in countries where corruption is sporadic but not systemic. This is due to their role in documenting forest management practices and applying third-party monitoring. Details: Bergen, Norway: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2013. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: U4 Issue, January 2013, No. 1: Accessed March 22, 2013: http://www.u4.no/publications/certified-integrity-forest-certification-and-anti-corruption/ Year: 2013 Country: International URL: http://www.u4.no/publications/certified-integrity-forest-certification-and-anti-corruption/ Shelf Number: 128070 Keywords: CorruptionForest CertificationForestry ConservationIllegal LoggingNatural Resources Management |
Author: Environmental Investigation Agency Title: Checkpoints: How Powerful Interest Groups Continue to Undermine Forest Governance in Laos Summary: In July 2011 the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a report entitled Crossroads, revealing how well-connected companies in Vietnam and the Lao PDR (Laos) were profiting from illicit timber trade between the two countries. The report found significant trade in raw logs from Laos to Vietnam, in contravention of the former country’s stated policy of banning the export of unprocessed timber. In March 2012 the Government of Laos (GoL) stated that it would take “serious action” to reduce the export of unprocessed natural resources, including timber, in order to support domestic industries. Yet on the mountainous border with Vietnam, policy continues to diverge with reality. Further recent investigations by EIA show that it is business as usual and that the plunder of Laos’ forests continues unchecked. A handful of powerful firms are still moving logs across the border, aided by murky exemptions from timber export controls apparently granted by the upper echelons of the GoL. In 2012, once again, unprocessed Laos logs flooded into coastal cities in Vietnam to feed its voracious furniture industry. This briefing details the main findings of research and fieldwork conducted by EIA in 2012. Details: London: EIA, 2012. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 28, 2013 at: http://www.eia-international.org/checkpoints Year: 2012 Country: Laos URL: http://www.eia-international.org/checkpoints Shelf Number: 128156 Keywords: DeforestationForest Management (Laos)Illegal LoggingNatural Resources ConservationNatural Resources Management |